Search Server!

[ScubaSteve]

Running a server at my work so my team embers can learn more team skills. We got it up and running for the first time today and tried out the AH (After using AH tool) and it says search failed. In Navcat the AH is full of items and all the servers start up fine! Is there something i missed for the search server that i need?

Thank you in advance,
David

[whasf]

There isnt some sort of firewall blocking the search server ports on the server is there? It's pretty cut-and-dry. If the search server is running you should be able to browse the Auction House.

[ScubaSteve]

Windows is blocking none of the ports, and i forwarded them on the router so i am still at a loss here!

[whasf]

Does anything show up in the Search Server window when you browse a category on the AH?

[ScubaSteve]

Nothing but the start message where it says Search Server. I tried rebuilding last night and adding more exceptions but nothing worked.

[ScubaSteve]

Little update: I was testing it on the server machine and found that the Auction house works on local. So it only doesn't work on any external machines. if that helps diagnose my problem.

[whasf]

Are the Search and Game servers running on the same machine? If not, they need to be.

[ScubaSteve]

Everything is running on the same server. connect, game, and search all on the the same machine. Search is the only one having problems from external sources

[PrBlahBlahtson]

This is kind of a blurry memory that I haven't even bothered to search, so I may be completely wrong. It may have gotten fixed.

Wasn't there an issue where FFXI-Boot/mXI can connect to login and map server using a DNS name, but can't find search server without an IP address?

I guess if no one's sure, and you're using DNS instead of an IP, have someone try using the IP. That'll eliminate it whether I'm right or wrong.

[mvd1987]

i have the same problem just now when we where starting the dedicated server, we used domain name so when the server ip will changes we can change it with the domain name.

but now the ah and search stopted working.

so ii think you are right and they need to login by ip.

i will test an see what the problem is.

greetings michael