i have same problem today.. yesterday and before was just fine.. but since this morning i had that message cannot connect to login server....yea i did type start_service after both auth and herlock loaded and it said all ok on auth including game server initialize
but AFTER i double click bat file and failed to login, auth said: game server acceptor initialize....failed wtf...
yea i did open port 1433, yea sa still owner, yea ip address still the same, and yea i did broswe 200+pages here trying to find help and found smart ppl cursing at ppl looking for answer "use search button" or "read thread" and such