SEQ not showing any data

[CodE-E]

Hi,

I installed SEQ without any errors on RedHat 7.2 (I used the guide by monkey679)

Here's my network:


ISP---Linuxbox---WinXPbox


The network works - the two computers can ping each other and the internet connection is shared.

In ShowEQ I am using eth1 (the network card connected to the ISP) and my real IP (i.e. not my internal network ip).

I start SEQ before starting EQ. When I start EQ, SEQ starts to read packets (the "Pkt: xxx (xxx)" display in SEQ tells me this). Unfortunately, No map is loaded, no character info is loaded, no messages are logged, no mobs are displayed... nothing!

As said, I believe my network is set up correctly, and I had no problems compiling SEQ with monkey679's guide (on the Hacker's Quest SEQ forums).

I tried all sorts of other variations (ethX / ip) with the showeq.conf configuration, but those didn't help either.

Does anybody know what might be wrong? o_O

[high_jeeves]

You want to use the whichever eth is connected to the windows machine (the eth "inside" your router), and the IP address of your windows machine.

--Jeeves

[CodE-E]

w00t, it worked!

/salute

[CountSpatula]

Im having the same problem...at 1st i wasnt getting packets at all then i switched to a diff hub. now im getting dat but no maps etc...also for some reason i cant get seq to pick up my windows box ip but when i use 127.0.0.0 it works.. my net: router-hub-winxp&linux box....any help would seriously rock

[CodE-E]

Did you try what high_jeeves said, CountSpatula?

Say your real IP is 224.186.67.115, and your network IPs are 192.168.0.1, 192.168.0.2 ...

       (Linuxbox)     (Winbox)
ISP---| Eth0     |   |        |
      | Eth1     |---| Eth2   |

Eth0: 224.186.67.115
Eth1: 192.168.0.1
Eth2: 192.168.0.2

ShowEQ needs the network device on your Linuxbox which is connected to your Winbox and the IP of your Winbox (the internal network IP) -- a little weird, I know... o_O

For this example: in showeq.conf set network device to eth1 and IP to 192.168.0.2 (yes, 192.168.0.2, not 192.168.0.1)

[Tyrvidarus]

Can't you just use the autodetect for the IP of the Windows machine? I never touched the beginning of showeq.conf that lets you specify IP address because ever time I start showeq it finds the win machine on it's own.

A case of fixing something till it breaks?

[high_jeeves]

Autodetect should generally work (actually, should always work). Its really the ethX setting that is most important. The only issues with autodetect occur when you have more than 1 EQ box on the network.