General Questions - Zone showing up red when attempting to connect roof_tiles - Fri Jan 07, 2005 10:34 pm Post subject:
my zone just shows red in the zone list like its not responding, i can ping it, and other people too.....just keeps showing red... :/
thing is, i saved a server i used to have on cd ages ago, which ran perfectly but now it doesnt, i have the ports open that i need. and the server worked fine before...just doesnt now -_-
wEaViL - Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:50 am Post subject:
You should really make a new post instead of putting one in here.... you get help faster that way. Make sure all of the ip's are correct.... pc's change ips all the time.
roof_tiles - Sat Jan 08, 2005 12:24 pm Post subject:
afaik, i dont need to my pcs specific ip address anywhere for a zone to work, just stuff like 127.0.0.1 or localhost, which just points to the ip anyway, whatever it may be
and the old zone worked fine..but strange how it doesnt now, :/
Cyan~Fire - Sat Jan 08, 2005 2:14 pm Post subject:
We're talking about forwarding. If you have a router, then most likely your forwarding settings are old/gone.
roof_tiles - Sun Jan 09, 2005 9:22 am Post subject:
thats the thing, i have forwarded all the ports to my computer, i think i need to go with another isp =P
Purge - Sun Jan 09, 2005 9:59 am Post subject:
Your ISP shouldn't affect your router ports. roof_tiles - Sun Jan 09, 2005 10:02 am Post subject:
well i mean, its a very very crap router by bt, mabey someone else would supply a better router =P
Purge - Sun Jan 09, 2005 11:34 am Post subject:
Then get a better router. LinkSys is awesome, and was made by Cisco Systems. Cyan~Fire - Sun Jan 09, 2005 12:50 pm Post subject:
Any router should work. Are you positively sure you have the ports forwarded correctly?
Solo Ace - Sun Jan 09, 2005 1:16 pm Post subject:
Maybe your "modem" (ADSL/Cable) doesn't forward the ports to your router?
Maybe your current ISP blocks connect attempts to the port your server is hosted on?
Maybe the port you're running your zone on is in use?
Can you connect to it using "127.0.0.1" as the IP and the port it's running on?
Anonymous - Sun Jan 09, 2005 5:41 pm Post subject:
you are able to do local zone hosting, meaning that you and anyone on the router <including hubs/switches connected to the router> will be able to connect to the zone, but anyone on the outside will not. If you are planning on having zone with population, get a host. But, if you just want to dev the zone, host it yourself, or get someone like cyan~fire to host it.
<But take my zone spot and i'll kill you! >
In order to do Local Zone Hosting, simply host the zone < no router configing needed> Open continuum, click on the zones thing, hit "Add Custom" type the zone port and a name <does not have to be the zones name> type "127.0.0.1" or, if that doesnt allow you in, your local IP. If you have XP, open cmd, type "ipconfig /all" and look for the ip, should be something like "192.168.1.100" or something.
Enter the zone, play.
Solo Ace - Sun Jan 09, 2005 6:04 pm Post subject:
That was some really useful info.
Cyan~Fire - Sun Jan 09, 2005 10:57 pm Post subject:
If 127.0.0.1 doesn't work, there's a big problem that won't be solved by using your IP.
roof_tiles - Mon Jan 10, 2005 12:03 pm Post subject:
tried just about everything, tried 3 different ports, i checked to make sure the ports werent already in use, and i tried localhost, 127.0.0.1, and my ip on each ports...still no luck
im not really sure what to do from here.. :/
roof_tiles - Mon Jan 10, 2005 12:19 pm Post subject:
ok, i just managed to connect to it by adding it to my zone list manually,
it wont connect on 127.0.0.1, localhost, or 127.14.152.152(my "public" ip according to the router)
it will connect however to 127.16.1.33 (my ip as shown in the ipconfig)
but i could only connected by editing my zone.dat and adding that ip manually
because when the zone is downloaded from the list, it automatically takes the server ip as 127.44.52.152, which doesnt connect
i think i missed something somewhere
Cyan~Fire - Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:19 pm Post subject:
Then it's definitely a port forwarding problem, since it's occuring somewhere between the outside world and your LAN.
roof_tiles - Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:33 pm Post subject:
guess the router isnt forwarding properly, ill contact bt and ask them wtf is up with it,
thanks for all the help everyone \o/
Xaelus - Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:37 pm Post subject:
Ok I am having the same problem. Years ago I had a zone up but now I have a Router and a Firewall up. It does the connecting, but when I add the zone from the list it just has a 0 ping then turns red. I can't enter it, I know what Port Forwarding is, however I have no idea what ports this uses.
roof_tiles - Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:43 pm Post subject:
im connected to a bt voyager 1200 by wireless adapter btw - wEaViL - Mon Jan 10, 2005 8:50 pm Post subject:
I dunno about your router but networkeverywhere and linksys had a setting called Block WAN Request that even with the ports forwarded it would block them.... It had to be disabled... go to your router brand's site and search the tech support for a feature like that...
roof_tiles - Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:17 am Post subject:
doesnt seem to be anything like that here, oh well..nevermind
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i think i missed something somewhere