I've uninstalled EQ completely, reinstalled from scratch and followed the startup guide to the letter. I still experience the same problem. I run the patcher without a problem, click Run, and EQ fires up. Then, I put in my username and password which it verifies and then says the login request has been added to the queue. After a couple minutes of sitting on that screen it kicks out an error box with a 1001 error for connectivity.
I've dropped all firewalls and even made myself a dmz host to work around any router or firewall issues. The behavior is identical. I simply cannot progress past the point of my initial login. I've followed the suggested solutions in posts listed in this forum for 1001 problems, but it persists.
I'd really like to check out the game, but this is preventing me from doing so. Is anyone able to offer some advice about this problem?
Thanks!