Are you SURE you don't have a firewall

Otherwise, are you directly connected to the net, or through a LAN?

Do you have routers etc etc

What type of conncetion do you have, and do you check that you don't lose connection at that point in time (exit FL and see if you can surf!) - because at one point i would lose connection whenever i tried to connect to play FL or MOHHA online etc....but mine would give a nice audible "Goodbye!" at the time.

Furthermore - if you do have a firewall, has the EXE got permissions....bearing in mind that if the version changes that it could be due to that!! (I have to re-permission FL every time i gain access to the net!!

Finally - are you sure the global server is working fine, and are you sure the range of ports needed are open or not...this especially applies to LANs etc!


My main bet would still be firewall - even if you don't think its running (mine was switched off as far as i was concerned....and yet it caused this problem for me too!)

Edited by - Chips on 9/13/2004 9:21:03 AM

thanks for the reply. i do not have a firewall on my machine only on my router. my routers firewall cant be turnd off and i dont know how to use it well no matter what i read about it. i did open the ports on it stated by microsoft. i did that when i first got the game a long time ago. i checked to see if they are still open and they are. the built in firewall in windows xp is turnd off. i dont know what else i can do. i am also runing a fresh new install of windows xp hopeing that would do it but i still have my problem. i checked to see if i lost connection when i was in the game looking for servers and i had connection, but it still says "connecting to globle server". also i connected it strate up to the modem and it still didnt work so im sure its not my router. i dont know what else to try. the only programs i have running are xfire, msn messenger, ad-aware se,i dont think any of those prgrams would stop me from being able to find games. it seems like theres no hope. thx for the help anyway.

enen though no one is going to help me on this i have found my problem it is the new dx 9.0c. i just dont know how to fix it.

I disagree with all due respect. I'm running 9,0c and freelancer worked just fine. Problem lies elsewhere.

well then if thats the case then there realy is no hope

well in my case fl runs fine and im not using any patches or service packs for the time beign. though i can only think of some problem with your router firewall maybe? coz mines cant accept webserver,ftp and other services although ive tried everthing i know to render this situation.

You should be able to log into any of those gateways (gateway is a better name as they do more than just route, it is a DHCP server, NAT server or firewall, logs in, etc.). I have one that is an ADSL gateway and modem. I had to log into it to disable all semblance of a gateway to revert it to being a simple ADSL modem. I already have a hardware gateway.

What is the model# and manufacturer of your gateway? Usually you can log into any default gateways through 192.168.x.1 where x is 1, 100, 101, 110 or whatever.

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i have hooked my computer strate up to my modem (this means there is no router) and it still says connecting to globle server forever and ever. i have checked to see if i can brows the web useing internet explorer and also useing mozilla so i am not loosing connection. i have sp 1 not 2 and the built in fire wall is turned off not that it really matters because its crap anyways. i do not have a software firewall installed on my computer, i do not have any firewall what so ever so pleas let us rull that one out.

what else could be the problem?

I'll hijack your thread for a while since were talking about gateways anyway
in my case its more of internal firewall built and i have no idea on disabling them.
digging through ftp i accessed the configuration registry of this modem.

here

Edited by - Lt Cmdr. Ajim on 10/5/2004 8:33:29 AM

@deanspeed - What exactly was the difference between when FL worked where you could accss the global server list and when it didn't work? From another thread it sounds like it was you reinstalling WinXP and SP1. Whether you have a (an INCOMING port blocking only) firewall or not shouldn't make a difference for FL client. So besides an OUTGOING port blocking firewall like ZoneAlarm, I have seen only three other reasons for not accessing the FL global server: 1)DirectX v9.0b is not present, is messed up, blocked, whatever and 2) you have fundemental changes with the OS and 3) your ISP is blocking ports and/or IP addresses.

Number 1) is the reason for these failures 98% of the time. DirectX is fickle and must be set correctly with full access.

Number 2) should manifest itself in other ways. Like BSOD's, crashes and other blanket type issues.

Number 3) happens usually due to protective parents or highly restrictive college ISPs.

This is not an end, be all list. I just read about xfire and it is the equivilent of the FL global list server except it lists by gamer and not by game. xfire has very little other information on their website but I think Stinger may be right, it may be affecting your FL and access to the global server list via DirectX.


@Ajim - Phew! That's a long post. I have tried to go through it but it doesn't make much sense so I can see your frustration. There is some info there so I will try my best. This stands out:

[Enum\Class\Nat
"Enable"=dword:00000001
"Loader"="NatLoad"
"Driver"="Class\Protocol\Nat"

You could change the enabled dword to 00000000 instead of 00000001, might disable the NAT server which is of course the firewall. You may also be able to create a DMZ in this gateway here:

[Class\Protocol\Nat
"DmzState"=dword:00000000
"DmzHostIp"="0.0.0.0"
"Mode"=dword:00000003

Change the DMZState from 00000000 to 00000001 and the DMZHostIP to your 'puter's LAN IP address. Again no garuantee it will work.

I looked for info on your modem and there is very little. There is this line in the specifications: " Web Based HTTP management GUI". This implies you should be able to access the gateway directly. Usually this is only through the LAN, using any browser pointed to the gateway's address. Good luck.

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