gobiggreen wrote:
well i called SE today or yesterday..and i was told that (or i came to the conclusion that ) my ip had to be changed so i had no idea about the portforwarding thingy so i just plugged into a different router (for some reason i have 2) and i can now play (even worse i tried to reinstall it so now i gotta go back and change ...macros,take pictures again, chat filters the whole she-bang!
Ah, then the error was 4001, not 3001.
Did some further research.
Since you had a spare router and were able to switch them out to repair the problem, this is kind of pointless, but for the sake of completeness.
http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/gettingstarted_ps2.html
First, FFXI only supports the following routers:
Square-Enix wrote:
D-Link Express EtherNetwork™ 4-Port Ethernet Broadband Router DI-604
Linksys Etherfast® Cable/DSL Router with 4-Port Switch BEFSR41
Linksys 4-Port Cable/DSL Router with 10/100 Mbps Switch RP614v2
Cable/DSL Wireless Router 54 Mbps/2.4 GHz WGR614
8 PORT 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet Switch FS108
10/100 16-Port Dual Speed Switch w/Uplink Button FS116
US Robotics Broadband Router USR8000A
If your old router was one of these, then it should still work, given some time and energy invested into setting it up right.
(This info should also be useful should you begin having problems with your current router.)
The next thing worth doing would be to locate new drivers (sometimes called Firmware) for your router and installing it.
After that I would recommend going into your router's configuration settings and making sure that it allows the following ports. (Most router configuration files can be accessed by using Internet Explorer. Check with your router's manual.)
Square-Enix wrote:
PlayOnline (including all related software such as FINAL FANTASY XI) may use any of the following ports. If you are using a router, please configure it to allow packets to pass through these ports.
+ Port numbers that may be used by the PlayOnline server group:
-TCP 25, 80, 110, 443 or 50000 - 65535
-UDP 50000 - 65535
+ Port numbers that may be used by the PlayStation 2 terminals:
-TCP 1024 - 65535
-UDP 50000 - 65535
* Note: Your router may require that you use a PC to configure your network settings. For more information about how to configure your network settings, please refer to the instruction manual that came with your router or contact the manufacturer directly.
* Note: If your Internet Service Provider (ISP) specifies a DNS server, you may need to configure your settings to allow packets to pass through UDP Port 53 as well.
Well now, isn't that confusing. Basically your router is going to use one of two protocols for data-transfer, TCP or UDP. You should be able to determine which type it uses from your configuration file, and then set the ports accordingly.
You might also need to activate Port Forwarding (as the SE help guy seems to have indicated to you).
I'd also recommend you verify that your network is configured to an infra-structure kind of setting, where all workstations have direct access to the internet, rather than through one specific computer.
If that still doesn't fix any further issues you may be having, you might also want to check to see if your Anti Virus software (such has Norton) has it's own firewall up and running, and disabling it (in Norton Antivirus this is called Internet Protection, as opposed to virus protection).
If you still have issues, the only thing I can recommend is that you disable Messenger service on
every computer on your network. (Messenger has been shown to cause problems if it exists anywhere on your network, not just on the computer having problems).
That's Messenger, not MSN Messenger or Windows Messenger.
To do this, go to Start -> Run and type in services.msc
Scroll down to Messenger, double-click that bad boy and set the Startup type to "Disabled".
Again, since you had a spare router that works fine, all this is somewhat moot, but on the off chance that further issues creep up, this might be helpful to you.
Edited, Wed Dec 22 14:34:28 2004 by nataraja