Guest ZadrraS Report post Posted September 20, 2004 I think i tried everything that i found in these forums but it still wont connect to the server. It simply saiz: "Can't connect to server " I have windows XP with SP2 and i use SP2's firewall. I tried pinging "eternal-lands.solexine.fr" and "62.93.225.26". I tried replacing "eternal-lands.solexine.fr" with "62.93.225.26" in "el.ini". I added the port 2000 and Eternal Lands to the firewalls blocking exclusions. None of these helped. My internet seems to work perfectly and i can play all the other games online. Any ideas what could be wrong? Thank you! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Platyna Report post Posted September 20, 2004 try telnet to eternal-lands.solexine.fr port 2000 or 62.93.225.26 port 2000. And paste output here. Regards. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cicero Report post Posted September 21, 2004 Did pinging the server work? And can you go to the "players online" page, off the main site? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Report post Posted September 21, 2004 Pinging the server work and i can go to the players online page. Now, when i telnet "eternal-lands.solexine.fr" or "62.93.225.26" on port 2000 i get: "∟☺ÉOur old server crashed, and we lost all the data,including the player stats ( the last backups were corrupted). So, unfortunately, you will have to start agai n, and even recreate your character. Sorry for this probelm, from now on we will back up weekely, and insure their integrity.☺" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ZadrraS Report post Posted September 21, 2004 (Sorry, forgot my name in the last post) I disabled the firewall and now it work But i don't want to leave it disabled. What could be wrong? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lyanna Report post Posted September 21, 2004 That "Our old server crashed" message is the correct one you should see if you're connected properly. Just click on the screen or press Enter or something, and the login screen should appear. -Lyn- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placid Report post Posted September 21, 2004 Lyn, sorry but: heh! He was telneting to the server to see if he could connect. He wasnt logging in via the client. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lyanna Report post Posted September 21, 2004 Lyn, sorry but: heh! He was telneting to the server to see if he could connect. He wasnt logging in via the client. I knew there was a reason why I didn't help out in the Programming Forums... Haha...ignore whatever I said before. -Lyn- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placid Report post Posted September 21, 2004 lol, well i didnt intend to humiliate u btw Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fred_penner Report post Posted September 21, 2004 (Sorry, forgot my name in the last post) I disabled the firewall and now it work But i don't want to leave it disabled. What could be wrong? Open port 2000 in your firewall, and additionally, only allow the EL client to use it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placid Report post Posted September 21, 2004 (Sorry, forgot my name in the last post) I disabled the firewall and now it work But i don't want to leave it disabled. What could be wrong? There's nothing wrong, your firewall is doing what it is supposed to do. Do what fred said, it makes sense. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ZadrraS Report post Posted September 21, 2004 (Sorry, forgot my name in the last post) I disabled the firewall and now it work But i don't want to leave it disabled. What could be wrong? Open port 2000 in your firewall, and additionally, only allow the EL client to use it. But how do i do that with windows firewall. It can either open a port or let a program through... And disabling the firewall doesnt work now It worked 4 hours ago. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placid Report post Posted September 21, 2004 I dont know about window's firewall, use ZoneAlarm (www.zonealarm.com) and disable the windows firewall. Let me know when u have ZoneAlarm and what the situation is. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fred_penner Report post Posted September 21, 2004 Ditch Windows firewall and get something better that lets you have control over your system. Are you using XP with SP2? Ick.. Or call Microsoft (ya, right) and ask them how to do it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Report post Posted September 21, 2004 Ill change the firewall, if i get EL to work, as i said before. Disabling the firewall doesn't help now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placid Report post Posted September 21, 2004 Have you tried the previous suggested methods (i.e. telnetting and visiting the players online page) since the firewall disable didnt work? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Report post Posted September 21, 2004 Yep, ive posted that i did before. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cicero Report post Posted September 21, 2004 If you can telnet and connect to the server, you should be able to connect with the client. And if disabling your firewall doesn't work now, maybe you just have a flaky internet connection or something. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Report post Posted September 21, 2004 It should be ok, all the other online/multiplayer games work fine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placid Report post Posted September 21, 2004 Yep, ive posted that i did before. The reason why i said try telnetting again is because something has obviously changed if you cant connect even after disabling the firewall. Try doing that. Like Cicero said, if you can get to the players online you should be able to connect via the client. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Report post Posted September 21, 2004 Hmmm... I tried it, and telneting doesnt work anymore, even with the firewall disabled, but i can see the players online page and ping. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placid Report post Posted September 22, 2004 SO you CANNOT telnet to the server (eternal-lands.solexing.fr 2000) but u can see the players online. That doesnt really make sense.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Report post Posted September 22, 2004 SO you CANNOT telnet to the server (eternal-lands.solexing.fr 2000) but u can see the players online. That doesnt really make sense.... Yep ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placid Report post Posted September 22, 2004 Thats bizarre, because if you can visit the players online page, which is the telnet server your trying to connect to, it means dns is working. MAKE SURE YOUR TELNETTING TO PORT TWO THOUSAND: C:\> telnet eternal-lands.solexine.fr 2000 Copy the above telnet command WORD FOR WORD into the command prompt. (Without the 'C:\>' of course ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Report post Posted September 22, 2004 Im sure i typed everything corectly. I pasted in what you gave me anyway, nope, doesn't work.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites