port 5998 blocked by my isp?

[Overcast]

[LoginServer]
Host=eqemulator.net:5998

http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka...akka=PlayGuide

It's 5998

For titanium in any event.

[Humerox]

I've had this exact problem for a LONG time. I did everything...took my router out of the equation, disabled the firewall and all AV software, tried using the direct IP instead of the mirror, uninstalled and reinstalled the client...and a bunch of other stuff I can't remember atm, lol.

My problem started becoming more serious as the population increased. Back when there were a couple hundred players peak, I had no problems. When the population went over 400 or so...BAM. No servers on the select screen.

I think it may either have something to do with how your ISP routes you, or what the delay time between communicating servers is. There is just enough delay in ping for the server screens not to show up. When there are more people logged in...it creates more delay.

I thought my ports might be blocked too...but then I realized that I wouldn't be able to log in at all. Heh.

I don't know what it is. I now have to try to log in sometimes 100+ times before I see servers. It ain't fun, but I just don't know how to fix it...

I did notice last night that I was having to make fewer attempts as the number of people online dropped. I still had to continuously try over and over...but I was able to finally get in. I was basically shut out for most of last week, lol.

EDIT

I'm convinced it's delay now. I just logged in and servers popped right up. 5am EST and 319 people on. No doubt in my mind it's some kind of communication delay. No way to fix that, I don't think.