Unable to connect to server

[Lyra]

Originally Posted by shams [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hey Lyra, I actually copied/pasted... could that be the problem?

No, that is fine too. You just have two copies of the game on your laptop now.

So when you click the shortcut, what happens?

[shams]

I misspoke. I actually cut and pasted. But anyways, it's still doing the same thing. EQ launches, I agree to the EULA, then I enter my username/password and then it tries to connect to the server for about 10 seconds before telling me that a connection to the server couldn't be reached and to check my internet connection.

Holy crap, I'm at school - could that be why? Perhaps games are blocked? Although I regularly see guys sitting around playing D3 or other games that look like mmorpgs...

[Lyra]

I doubt it's blocked. Is it a college campus with dorms?

[shams]

Yep, there are dorms here and the more I think about it the more I doubt it'd blocked too. Any ideas on things I should check or is this just a weird anamoly?

[Lyra]

Originally Posted by HugePosey [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It turns out there was actually an issue with a security program I was running not letting me log on. After I disabled it (Spotpass) it worked just fine.

[shams]

Hmm, as this is my school computer I dont really have that much installed on it. I don't know of any security programs running in the back ground and normally windows asks if I want to allow something access through my firewall, right?

[Lyra]

I don't know how to help you. Do you take your school lap top home where you could check it on that connection?

[shams]

Yeah, I suppose I'll just have to do that. I sincerely appreciate all of your help. If that ends up working I'll post about it here.

[Lordwhiskers]

Launcher or no, it does sound like you're being blocked. Has happened to me multiple times using other networks (hotels, coffee shops). Good luck.

[shams]

Thanks Lordwhiskers [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] I'll be psyched if I can get it to play on my laptop once I'm home on my own network. At least then I'll know its just a blocking issue.