ID:292579
 Jan 27 2008, 12:18 pm
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When i log in it works, but at the bottom of the page it says " Logged in at MatsuTorigu [Offline] and it wont let me join any games. Please help me, P.S. This only started today and ive been playing fine for a long time, and all my fire walls allow it, thanks
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none of these have worked for me :(, but thanks for trying, if you got any other ways to fix this please let me know thanks alot
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MatsuTorigu wrote:
none of these have worked for me :(, but thanks for trying, if you got any other ways to fix this please let me know thanks alot It's probably nothing, but just to clarify, have you updated your BYOND software lately? Updated from 3.5 to 4.0 or from an earlier 4.0 version to the latest? | |
What this sounds like to me is that while you can communicate the BYOND server for key authentication (which contacts byond.com:20002), you can't communicate with the BYOND server for the pager (which uses whatever available port on your computer it can).
Your hardware hasn't changed? You haven't installed any new programs or updated any of your existing programs? It seems odd that it would just suddenly stop working!
Here are some things you might want to try, starting with the simplest and progressing on to the more unorthodox ones:
* Check to make sure that someone in your family didn't upgrade your router's or modem's firmware or otherwise tamper with the port forwarding, if you have it. Also see When I start BYOND, it says: "BYOND Central not accessible". Or, I can't connect to any games, even though it's not exactly your problem -- the solution might be there anyway.
* On the Advanced tab of the Preferences of the BYOND Pager (File->Preferences->Advanced), there's a Pager Port field. You might want to specify an exact port and ensure that the port is open on your computer. If the pager can get through but the rest can't, then it's probably a software firewall or Windows Firewall being a pain in the butt.
* If you're using Windows XP, try opening up the command line and running "netstat" while BYOND is running. This will tell you which ports you are currently using on your computer. See if anything about "apache2-argon.dantom2.dreamhost.com:20002" with status "ESTABLISHED" appears there. If not, it's a good sign that somehow your signals aren't getting through. (I have no idea what the equivalent is for Windows Vista... sorry.)
* Contact your ISP and ask them whether they are now blocking ports they never used to. They're also there to help their customers, and might know a lot more about this than we do!
* It's a long shot, but you could check to see if there is some sort of virus or keylogger or other malicious software messing around with your outgoing communications.
Let me know if anything works for you. If not, let us know anyway and we'll see what we can do. =)