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r00k Joined: 13 Nov 2004 Posts: 483 |

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:20 pm Post subject: Problems connecting |

Okay guys, I'm not a newb, and this is irritating me the last couple of days. So, I turn to my fellow quake developer/tech guys for help. So, here goes. ONLY when I fire-up quake (qrack, darkplaces, fitz, proquake netquake) using port 26000++ i cannot connect. (Winsows XP Pro) In ezQuake, Hlaflife2, FireFox everything else is open. I've checked my firewall settings, everything. My other partition for Windows 7 DOES load up my exact quake install and connects just fine.
This isnt a SETUP problem as it's been fine for the last entire year, just one day i booted up and poof...
Any suggestions?

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frag.machine Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 728 |

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:53 pm Post subject: |

Have you applied some service pack lately ? I remember one of these (can't remember if SP2 or SP3) closing everything in the built-in firewall. _________________ frag.machine - Q2K4 Project http://fragmachine.quakedev.com/

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Baker Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 1538 |

Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:24 am Post subject: Re: Problems connecting |

r00k wrote:
Okay guys, I'm not a newb, and this is irritating me the last couple of days. So, I turn to my fellow quake developer/tech guys for help. So, here goes. ONLY when I fire-up quake (qrack, darkplaces, fitz, proquake netquake) using port 26000++ i cannot connect. (Winsows XP Pro) In ezQuake, Hlaflife2, FireFox everything else is open. I've checked my firewall settings, everything. My other partition for Windows 7 DOES load up my exact quake install and connects just fine.
This isnt a SETUP problem as it's been fine for the last entire year, just one day i booted up and poof...
Any suggestions?

Without thinking, what about your router or Windows firewall.
NetQuake uses a lot more ports than 26000 so if you have forwarded router ports you might be missing part of the handshake.
As far as I know this problem should not apply to QuakeWorld.
Try connecting to quake.ihoc.net:26000, I bet it works regardless of your settings.
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r00k Joined: 13 Nov 2004 Posts: 483 |

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 6:04 am Post subject: |

nope, i reset my modem reset my router, everything only my winsock on netquake is affected as if someone purposely hacked me so i cant connect via quake :*( ihoc didnt work. And every game DOES except any net-quake engine ! wtgf?! subsequently system restore give me an error also.

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metalmodman Joined: 08 Jun 2009 Posts: 17 |

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 7:37 am Post subject: |

could it be your isp?

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r00k Joined: 13 Nov 2004 Posts: 483 |

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:27 pm Post subject: |

The only piece of software I have installed reciently was Norton Internet Security. I believe it might be the problem as it became unstable and would crash. Currently its partially installed as the uninstaller crashes before everything is removed. So I have some services that are loading yet the main module isnt active. So, basically I may just reinstall windows (ack) or switch to using windows 7 mainly.

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Trickle Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 44 |

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 6:06 pm Post subject: |

hah, I just connect to that server and some guy named wiiplayer joined for a few seconds aiming in funny directions. so I was going to ask if he was using nintendo wii, but he left abruptly _________________

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r00k Joined: 13 Nov 2004 Posts: 483 |

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 6:11 pm Post subject: |

Resolved, I had to manually by hand rip out norton. Now everything is working. Norton Internet Security is truly a bitch to uninstall. Thanks guys for the help, now i can go back to playing Quake.

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MeTcHsteekle Joined: 15 May 2008 Posts: 397 Location: its a secret |

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:18 pm Post subject: |

Trickle wrote:
hah, I just connect to that server and some guy named wiiplayer joined for a few seconds aiming in funny directions. so I was going to ask if he was using nintendo wii, but he left abruptly

i've asked him also and got the same thing :S?
..but im off topic here, no?
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reckless Joined: 24 Jan 2008 Posts: 390 Location: inside tha debugger |

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:38 am Post subject: |

norton is da evil nah there firewall is okish but newer install there antivirus that thing can really kill your pc's performance

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