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^}LC}<Fear · Post by **^}LC}<Fear** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:35 am

When I click internet game it says Master Server Not found. You'll browse the old list. Then it says sorry no servers found

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:03 am

Do you have a personal firewall software running? If so, disable it for a moment and test again. Zone Alarm, for example, has a "game mode" where it lets all requests through for a while. Sometimes, firewalls do weird things and decide to block a game from one moment to another.

^}LC}<Fear · Post by **^}LC}<Fear** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:15 pm

i got some AOL firewall if it is blocking it how do i know which file to accept what is the name?

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:25 pm

Well, first disable it to see if it is indeed the problem:
http://help.channels.aol.com/kjump.adp? ... 20688#faq2
We'll see how you can unblock only Armagetron and still keep the spyware from phoning home later, one step at a time.

^}LC}<Fear · Post by **^}LC}<Fear** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:33 pm

that link doesnt work

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:39 pm

Have patience, it takes a couple of seconds to load for me, too. The server may be overloaded, try again several times.

^}LC}<Fear · Post by **^}LC}<Fear** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:41 pm

I disabled it but it still doesnt work!

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:14 pm

Are you using Windows XP? Then there may be another firewall active, the one that comes with that OS. In that case, here's how to disable it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283673

Also, what is your current IP address? You can find out on www.whatismyip.com . With it, we can scan the master logs to see whether packets to or from the master get discarded.

^}LC}<Fear · Post by **^}LC}<Fear** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:15 pm

Well I did use Norton Antivirus but it undownloaded for some reason.But before that it was working fine and I do have XP
My IP is 200.88.173.164

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:27 pm

That IP does not show in my logs, that would mean outgoing packets are already blocked. Unfortunately, my master was down from about 3 hours before this post to half an hour before this post, so any connection attempts at that time would have been invisible; if your last attempt was in this time window, please try again.

So, Armagetron internet games were working once, then you installed and uninstalled Norton, and now things don't work anymore? And really just Norton? If so, I suggest you ask the Norton guys, they may know what could have happened. My completely uneducated guess at this point then would be that the uninstallation of Norton, even if it was just the antivirus package, enabled the XP internal firewall, which is now blocking you. I already gave the link that tells you how to disable it.

What is your network setup, by the way? A lone PC connected to the internet over a modem/cable/DSL link? Or a network of multiple machines?

^}LC}<Fear · Post by **^}LC}<Fear** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:05 pm

Modem. It sitll doesnt work. If I disable my firewall would other things try to attack my computer and crash it if thats the only way to open tron?

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:36 pm

Yes, it's clear that disabling the firewall can not be a permanent solution. We just want to do it to test whether the firewall is the problem or not, you should reenable it as soon as you can. You should know, however, that a personal firewall can only protect you against part of the dangers from the network.

Could you try to explain in more detail what you're doing? "Still doesn't work" is not really a useful information if you didn't change a thing.

Also, what about Norton? Did the problems with Armagetron start when you uninstalled it?

^}LC}<Fear · Post by **^}LC}<Fear** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:36 am

I tried disabling the firewall still doesnt work. I think it still didnt work as in no servers before the norton thing too. it does the same thing master server cannot be reached youll browse old list and then it says sorry no server found. it used to work before wtf !!

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:56 am

When was "before"? What changed since then? And what firewall are you talking about? You have at least two, the XP one and the AOL one. Both can cause problems and both need to be configured correctly or disabled for Armagetron to work.

^}LC}<Fear · Post by **^}LC}<Fear** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:17 am

the thing is at one time armagetron was working with both of them on so the firewalls cant be the problemo