I too am having connection problems.

Miruk · Post by **Miruk** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 4:11 pm

I am haveing problems connecting to the game. I obviously am connected to the internet otherwise I wouldn't be posting this. It stays on the black screen for about a minute and then comes up with the connection error.

My PC Stuff:

Windows XP
Cable 500k. I have a Wireless and my dad has the main thingy.
pentium 4
DirectX 9

Llama · Post by **Llama** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 9:36 pm

Connection thingy? Please write what message you receive thank you..

PS: the server might be down

Miruk · Post by **Miruk** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 9:58 pm

Oops! Sorry. It is the:

"WSAETIMEOUT

Mabye the server is not online or you have no internet connection.

Can't Connect!"

Error message. On the site it says that the server is online though. Three different pc's tried it. I tried my dad's, my PC and my friend tried his. Nothing. Mbye it is just a bug andf the server is down and isn't recorded on the main page.

Arien Edhel · Post by **Arien Edhel** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:15 pm

Try it again. I could log in this minute.

Miruk · Post by **Miruk** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:25 pm

Still didn't work I have been trying for 3 days.

BTW I am in the United States. Mabye that has something to do with it? I made my char 3 days ago I think and his status is: Playable

martin · Post by **martin** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 11:17 pm

Firewall or router between you and the 'net?

Martin

Miruk · Post by **Miruk** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 11:21 pm

martin wrote:Firewall or router between you and the 'net?

Martin

Yes but I turned off the firewall and it did the same thing! I am afraid I may not get to play.... I have Norton Internet Security.

Irania · Post by **Irania** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 11:22 pm

You can turn your firewall of when trying to play.

Miruk · Post by **Miruk** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 11:24 pm

Irania wrote:You can turn your firewall of when trying to play.

When I start the program up? I did turn off the firewall before I tried to acces Illarion. It was no good.

John Irenicus · Post by **John Irenicus** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 11:54 pm

Firewall or router between you and the 'net?

And what about the router? They can cause great problems with connecting.

Miruk · Post by **Miruk** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:22 am

John Irenicus wrote:
Firewall or router between you and the 'net?
And what about the router? They can cause great problems with connecting.

Excuse me but what is a router? Sorry...

Miruk · Post by **Miruk** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 2:45 am

Oh now I know. I have a "Linksys Wireless-B Ethernet Bridge"

Miruk · Post by **Miruk** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 8:03 pm

Is anyone gonna continue to post on here to help me?

Llama · Post by **Llama** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 8:49 pm

Do this... close all the programs that use the internet connection

Press ctrl alt delete.. and choose networking.. IF the connection used is 0%, then you are not using the internet..

THEN try to connect illarion

Devrah Liioness · Post by **Devrah Liioness** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 8:59 pm

*blinks at Hadrian*

Obviously the internet is working if he posted in the forum.

Do you have a firewall? Linksys products have never given me a problem, so do you have a software firewall? Do you have SP 2 installed? Sometimes SP2 causes problems. Also, make sure the necesary ports aren't being blocked. I'm not sure which ports Illa usues, but I think martin posted it in a thread somewhere.

Llama · Post by **Llama** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 9:21 pm

I have SP 2... AND i never had much problems...

I meant if he thinks the connection isn't good enough.. maybe he is dripping with spyware

Miruk · Post by **Miruk** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 9:34 pm

1. I don't know what SP 2 is.

2.I already siad I had Norton ANtivirus and It has a firewall. I turned it off many times to acces the game. Or atleast try to.

3. how fo I tell what ports are being used.

4. I have Spybot Search and Destroy. (Blocks spyware and also deletes any if it is on my pc)

Thankyouall for your time!

Llama · Post by **Llama** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 9:38 pm

1) Windows XP service pack 2

2) SOme really good firewalls allow you to actually allow a program to acess the internet without blocking it.. see if this option is avalable.. otherwise TURN it off.. and turn off the thingy in the security centre as well

3) Didn't understand i thing

4) Me to... never had problems

Miruk · Post by **Miruk** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 9:50 pm

Hadrian_Abela wrote:1) Windows XP service pack 2

2) SOme really good firewalls allow you to actually allow a program to acess the internet without blocking it.. see if this option is avalable.. otherwise TURN it off.. and turn off the thingy in the security centre as well

3) Didn't understand i thing

4) Me to... never had problems

Norton gives me the option to block or allow programs when I run them. I set it to allow for Illarion.

How can I check the service pack?

On #3 I meant: How do I tell what Ports I am using?

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 10:21 pm

1. Go to windows system settings.
2. Check if you can find the "Windows Firewall" thing. If not there, you don't have SP2 installed, continue with 4.
3. If it's there, open it and set status to "inactive".
4. Norton firewall is quite mean sometimes. If you have allowed the illarion.exe to access the internet inboth directions and that didn't help, try to ADD the illarion.exe MANUALLY again a second time, WITHOUT removing the other one first.

ONLY if that does NOT work, remove all illarion-exes from your allowed list, then add it again. It may be necessary to restart Norton though.

Do THIS if the above does not work.

Your WLAN-"bridge" seems to be a simple network bridge. Although even a bridge system can work as router,some of those actually. I don't know your system.

Make sure that you are not connected to the internet. Only if your PC does NOT dial ANYTHING, the below can help.
Click the "start" button. There, open the execute-thingy. Type in "cmd". With windows XP, the command line window should open.
There, at the good old DOS prompt, type in : "ipconfig", then hit the return/enter button.
You will see a list of all your network adapters.
There, look at the line "Standard Gateway". IF it shows something, note that down. IF your bridge acts as a Router, you will find something. Normally, it's kinda "192.168.1.1" or "192.168.254.254" or somehing like that. IF it is there.
Then, close the window. Open your browser. Type in the number you have found as standard gateway without the www thing, it must loook like :
http://192.168... <- standard gateway here

IF you then get a setup or status or configuration screen of your device, it can be considered as being a router (normally). Look there if it dials for your PC, if you have more than one PC installed this is NECESSARY. So don't change it.
Look for Ports and Firewall settings there. Use the bridge manual thing as help, it will tell you passwords and all necessary stuff you need. Allow the needed Ports.

Should help.
Another reason may be that your PC is suffering from Spyware effects. Go to www.adaware.com and download and install AdAware. This nice little tool will remove lots of mean buggers your antivirus program does not care for

That's all possibilities i can think of. Except for re-installing windows

Miruk · Post by **Miruk** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 6:21 pm

Damien wrote:1. Go to windows system settings.
2. Check if you can find the "Windows Firewall" thing. If not there, you don't have SP2 installed, continue with 4.
3. If it's there, open it and set status to "inactive".
4. Norton firewall is quite mean sometimes. If you have allowed the illarion.exe to access the internet inboth directions and that didn't help, try to ADD the illarion.exe MANUALLY again a second time, WITHOUT removing the other one first.

ONLY if that does NOT work, remove all illarion-exes from your allowed list, then add it again. It may be necessary to restart Norton though.

Do THIS if the above does not work.

Your WLAN-"bridge" seems to be a simple network bridge. Although even a bridge system can work as router,some of those actually. I don't know your system.

Make sure that you are not connected to the internet. Only if your PC does NOT dial ANYTHING, the below can help.
Click the "start" button. There, open the execute-thingy. Type in "cmd". With windows XP, the command line window should open.
There, at the good old DOS prompt, type in : "ipconfig", then hit the return/enter button.
You will see a list of all your network adapters.
There, look at the line "Standard Gateway". IF it shows something, note that down. IF your bridge acts as a Router, you will find something. Normally, it's kinda "192.168.1.1" or "192.168.254.254" or somehing like that. IF it is there.
Then, close the window. Open your browser. Type in the number you have found as standard gateway without the www thing, it must loook like :
http://192.168... <- standard gateway here

IF you then get a setup or status or configuration screen of your device, it can be considered as being a router (normally). Look there if it dials for your PC, if you have more than one PC installed this is NECESSARY. So don't change it.
Look for Ports and Firewall settings there. Use the bridge manual thing as help, it will tell you passwords and all necessary stuff you need. Allow the needed Ports.

Should help.
Another reason may be that your PC is suffering from Spyware effects. Go to www.adaware.com and download and install AdAware. This nice little tool will remove lots of mean buggers your antivirus program does not care for

That's all possibilities i can think of. Except for re-installing windows

I found out that I had SP2 but the firewall was already set to off. I also have Ad-Aware now.
When I did the "CMD" thing this is what It came up with:

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-Specific DNS Suffix .:
Ip Address: . . . . . . . . . . .: 192.168.0.11
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . .: 255.255.255.0
Defult Gateway . . . . . . . .: 192.168.0.1

The norton thing didn't work either with manually adding it. I came up with: This already is here bla blla bla do you want to modify it?

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 7:09 pm

then, have a look at :

http://192.168.0.1

It is a router, as it seems. It can have an in-built firewall.
Read the routers documentation for login and configuration !

Miruk · Post by **Miruk** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 1:46 am

Damien wrote:then, have a look at :

http://192.168.0.1

It is a router, as it seems. It can have an in-built firewall.
Read the routers documentation for login and configuration !

Oh my gosh! No! It won't allow me to veiw it. it keeps coming up with an error page. Akum!(My madeup word that I usually spell "akm")

Miruk · Post by **Miruk** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 8:33 pm

What I do not understand is that i am able to play: Plane Shift, Maple Story, Furcadia(Don't play at all really), Tibia(Deleted it), Endless Online, and Eternal Lands. But I cannot play Illarion! It is about the only one I cannot acces! Oh! I forgot to mention that my connection resets every hour on the hour.

thedarkdot · Post by **thedarkdot** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 4:19 pm

same problem here mcafee firewall and a router but i allowed evrything that came from the program to come trough only my dad dont lett me fiddle with the router i hope i can get to play soon

im bored and this game sounds fun

Miruk · Post by **Miruk** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:27 pm

Well, somehow I got my problem resolved. I am now roaming llarion.