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| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,122 posts) Bio
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| Reply #30 on Wed 14 Dec 2011 07:24 PM (UTC) |
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| I just don't know. After all, I can connect. You can connect if you go to another house. All the other people on the MUD can connect.
It worked on your old computer. It works with a different client.
If you couldn't connect with another client I would suggest some sort of rule in your router is doing it. But since that isn't the case I'm stumped.
It's hardly the client's fault if, upon moving houses, it works. It doesn't know what network you are on.
My only other guess here would be you are blocked by the MUD - that might explain the symptoms. For example, you insulted their admins maybe? They may have put an IP block on you. Then when you move houses you get a different IP address.
But that doesn't explain why you can connect with another client. Until it sends down client information (which you would see in the packet debug) the other end can't know what client you have. |
- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Twisol
USA (2,257 posts) Bio
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| Reply #31 on Wed 14 Dec 2011 08:20 PM (UTC) |
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Nick Gammon said:
You can connect if you go to another house.
Maybe I misread, but I thought they said they couldn't.
Cnaltman62 said:
The problem isn't the router; I just tried a different network, and I still couldn't connect. |
'Soludra' on Achaea
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
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| Reply #32 on Wed 14 Dec 2011 09:57 PM (UTC) |
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| | Actually he said he tried his friend's house and it *didn't* work, if I read it correctly. I misread it before. |
- Nick Gammon
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,122 posts) Bio
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| Reply #33 on Wed 14 Dec 2011 10:02 PM (UTC) |
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| Try Googling:
I found this for example:
Quote:
Port 8888 is known to have vulnerabilities caused by trojans and remote code execution.
Try a virus scan. |
- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Cnaltman62
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| Reply #34 on Thu 15 Dec 2011 02:41 AM (UTC) |
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| | Running a virus scan now. I'll post the results when it's done. | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Cnaltman62
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| Reply #35 on Thu 15 Dec 2011 01:04 PM (UTC) |
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| | The scan found nothing. No threats. And before you ask, it was a full scan. | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Shadowfyr
USA (1,788 posts) Bio
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| Reply #36 on Thu 15 Dec 2011 02:40 PM (UTC) |
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| | Its possible that the company you got the laptop from has actually "blocked" certain ports, precisely because they are considered vulnerable. Though, why the hell the firewall wouldn't generate some sort of connection message, or asking you if you want to allow the program, is beyond me. But, that is the last thing in the chain. It has to be the bloody firewall. | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Zeno
USA (2,871 posts) Bio
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| Reply #37 on Thu 15 Dec 2011 02:57 PM (UTC) |
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| | Thought they said they could connect using another program on that same computer? That would indicate the port is fine, I think. |
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| Posted by
| Cnaltman62
(19 posts) Bio
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| Reply #38 on Thu 15 Dec 2011 04:33 PM (UTC) |
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| | Yeah, I'm able to connect fine with other clients. It's just MUSHclient that doesn't work (which is annoying, because it's the one I like to use). | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,122 posts) Bio
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| Reply #39 on Thu 15 Dec 2011 07:44 PM (UTC) |
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| I think some firewalls (especially running on the actual PC) can let certain programs through and not others. And possibly on a port-by-port basis. However I would have thought that if you reinstalled you would get a different executable file, and thus it would be rechecked.
If there was some obscure problem with MUSHclient with port 8888, I wouldn't be able to connect either. But I can.
I'm not really a Windows 7 expert, but is there some log file (in Control Panel) you can check to see if there is a message about blocking a port? |
- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Cnaltman62
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| Reply #40 on Thu 15 Dec 2011 08:37 PM (UTC) |
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| I have no idea. I generally don't mess with that stuff.
And like I said once, I was able to get on the first time, just never since. | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Cnaltman62
(19 posts) Bio
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| Reply #41 on Fri 16 Dec 2011 05:49 PM (UTC) |
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| Somehow, I got it working. I didn't even change anything, so I have no idea what happened...
Well, the issue is resolved, so it's a moot point anyway. | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Shadowfyr
USA (1,788 posts) Bio
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| Reply #42 on Fri 16 Dec 2011 06:13 PM (UTC) |
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| | Nice to know. And, yeah Nick, even the basic Windows firewall, under XP, if set a certain way, will throw up a message, "Such and such is trying to access the internet, do you want to allow it.", if its not using the standard ports that get used for 'normal' stuff, like HTTP. | | Top |
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