internet games?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:14 pm

I have armagetron advanced on my PC at my house, and everything works fine. However, at my mums house (where I am now) when I try to go on Internet games, I get a message saying "The master server could not be reached. Youll browse the old list" - and cannot therefore access any games.

Please help me out Im not sure what to do

Thanks

gnorty · Post by **gnorty** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:29 pm

maybe your mum has a firewall blocking the connection to the master server.

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:36 pm

Can you give us details about your mom's network setup? Like, whether the PC is connected directly to a modem or whether there is a router box.

Following the cables that go out the PC's back is a good way to find out, you certainly can identify power supplies, sound boxes, monitors and printers. Following only ethernet cables, should you know how they look, helps. Anything not on that list is probably either a modem, a router, or a switch. Or several of those things combined. It must have a product name printed on it, please post it here.

(like gnorty says) If your mom is running Windows XP, there is also the chance that the build in firewall, or in fact any personal firewall software that is running, is blocking access. So you should find out whether a firewall is running and have a look at its settings. Post the software's name here, perhaps someone is familiar with it and can help you get around.

But first, can give us your IP adress? http://www.whatismyip.com/ tells you what it is. We can then check the master log files whether the problem is that incoming or outgoing packets are blocked or lost.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:47 pm

IP address: 88.109.239.21

The internet connection used is a DSL modem connection, no specific wireless or other ethernet networking, just a simple box. I have Sygate Personal Firewall, as at the time it was the best one available I felt, but unfortunately even since I got it its been pissing me off but I'll try disabling it. If anyone else has any other ideas let me know

Thanks

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:51 am

The IP appears on my radar once yesterday, but the connection times out. So you can send packets, but can't receive.

Disabling the firewall if you're connected directly may be a bad idea; without a router, the personal firewall is your only line of defense against the evil out there, and now they also know your IP, whoops

You should rather selectively try to allow AA connections. Unfortunately, I'm completely unfamiliar with Sygate. It probably blocks the program from receiving data by program name (since sending works just fine), so rummage through the setup if you can find anything about armagetronad.exe and post a screenshot of the dialog boxes relevant to it.
It may also be that the Firewall that comes with XP is doing the same. I'll try to dig out what you have to do to check, but it'll be at least twelve hours until I can do so.