Connection timeout

[Shon]

<p>It says my patcher is being updated, then it goes to the launcher and does nothing for a fair while, and then I get a big error message box filled with the same message over and over again:</p><p><a href="http://manifest.patch.station.sony.com/patch/sha/manifest/eq2/eq2-en/live/eq2-en-full.sha.soeSocketError:Connection" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://manifest.patch.station.sony....rror:Connection</a> Refused (10061 - 64.37.129.35 - <a href="http://manifest.patch.station.sony.com/patch/sha/manifest/eq2/eq2-en/live/eq2-en-full.sha.soeSocketError:Connection" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://manifest.patch.station.sony....rror:Connection</a> Refused (10061 - 64.37.129.35 - <a href="http://manifest.patch.station.sony.com/patch/sha/manifest/eq2/eq2-en/live/eq2-en-full.sha.soeSocketError:Connection" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://manifest.patch.station.sony....rror:Connection</a> Timed-out - Destination host failed to respond (10060 - 64.37.129.35 - <a href="http://manifest.patch.station.sony.com/patch/sha/manifest/eq2/eq2-en/live/eq2-en-full.sha.soeSocketError:Connection" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://manifest.patch.station.sony....rror:Connection</a> Timed-out - Destination host failed to respond (10060 - 64.37.129.35 - <a href="http://manifest.patch.station.sony.com/patch/sha/manifest/eq2/eq2-en/live/eq2-en-full.sha.soeSocketError:Connection" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://manifest.patch.station.sony....rror:Connection</a> Timed-out - Destination host failed to respond (10060 - 64.37.129.35 - <a href="http://manifest.patch.station.sony.com/patch/sha/manifest/eq2/eq2-en/live/eq2-en-full.sha.soe" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://manifest.patch.station.sony....en-full.sha.soe</a>Error Code: 1015</p>

[Oriax]

<p>anyone besides me not been able to log in all day because of a connection timed out error messages saying to check network connections?</p><p>obvioulsy my connection is working otherwise i would not be posting this right now...<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/136dd33cba83140c7ce38db096d05aed.gif" border="0" /></p>

[TSR-JoshuaM]

<p><cite>Strossus@Runnyeye wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>anyone besides me not been able to log in all day because of a connection timed out error messages saying to check network connections?</p><p>obvioulsy my connection is working otherwise i would not be posting this right now...<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/136dd33cba83140c7ce38db096d05aed.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>Being able to post on the forum isn't the same as connecting to our games.  While your internet may be up and running in order to pull a website, it may have an issue keeping a persistent connection up or have a block, possibly port block, in place.</p><p>In any case, 1015 errors are securtiy related.  Please review the following.</p><p>You will need to ensure that any firewalls, anti-virus, or security suite software such as Norton or McAfee, have been disabled.  We'll start with Windows Firewall.  You will need to click on Start > Control Panel > Windows Firewall > Turn Windows Firewall on or off > check OFF for each section.</p><p>Make sure you are starting the LaunchPad as an admin by right-clicking the icon you use to access the game and selecting Run as Admin.</p><p>And finally, you may need to review the following information on additional router configurations.  It is not something we will support but you are welcome to get the information and configure it yourself.</p><p><p><a href="http://soe-ing.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29002" target="_blank">Connection Problems and Port Information (All Games)</a></p></p>

[Shon]

<p>Late getting back to this, I found a solution <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?start=0&topic_id=467624#5212597" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/...=467624#5212597</a></p><p>Just deleting my internet history fixed it.</p>

[TSR-JoshuaM]

<p>Let me know if any other issues arise!</p>