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Windows Version (and Service Packs): OS 98SE sp1
Processor Speed: 450
RAM: 128
Video Card (Make and Model#): ati 128 all in wonder
Sound Card (Make and Model#): creative 128
Connection Type (Dialup, Cable, DSL, other): dialup
Modem (Make and Model#): intel LT WinModem
Router (Make and Model#): none
Internet Service Provider(company name):Netzero highspeed
Location(State/Province/Locality, and Country): USA TX Houston Area
Problem Encountered at Step #: 9 no game listing
Which Program (ASGS/Allegiance): Allegiance
What Error Message: "Failed to connect to Lobby" Error
Comments (What you tried, description, etc): Tried turning norton virus protection off. Tried turning the netzero highspeed feature off. Tried killing every task that might talk to the web off in the task manager. Just for grins I ran ipconfig and it came back with three ethernet adapters?? I have one. How do I turn off the two boggas adapters, as I think this may be the problem???

0 ethernet adapter
ip address . . . . 4.231.144.228
subnet mask . . . 255.0.0.0
default gateway . . 4.231.144.228

1 ethernet adapter
ip address . . . . 169.254.90.168
subnet mask . . . 255.255.0.0
default gateway . .

2 ethernet adapter
ip address . . . . 4.0.0.3
subnet mask . . . 255.255.255.255
default gateway . .

Thanks
captainpod

Hmm ... Those don't look like real IP'ss adresses .... your PC is on a clas A network?!

The root problem is, most likely, that a router upstream from you isn't allowing ports 2300-2400.

Since I can't make sense of your network stack can you run this command ...

'tracert www.alleg.net'

I am currious what hope '1' and hop '2' are... I think you will need to configure the router listed at hop 1 to allow ports 2300-2400.

You know enough to post the IP's ... but those just don't look right ...

beauty wrote:QUOTE (beauty @ Aug 5 2006, 01:55 AM) Hmm ... Those don't look like real IP'ss adresses .... your PC is on a clas A network?!

The root problem is, most likely, that a router upstream from you isn't allowing ports 2300-2400.

Since I can't make sense of your network stack can you run this command ...

'tracert www.alleg.net'

I am currious what hope '1' and hop '2' are... I think you will need to configure the router listed at hop 1 to allow ports 2300-2400.

You know enough to post the IP's ... but those just don't look right ...

OK! I was a bit lazy.

Did more checking. I do not have a router. Forgot I had my sons computer attached via a network card on a twisted pair cable. Also the other adapter addresses are virtual. The All in Wonder ATI card creates them for the TV Adapter and the dialup modem. I don't remember changing anything since I played last but he may have. Here is the results from the tracert you requested:

Tracing route to www.alleg.net [69.93.201.146]
over a maxium of 30 hops

1 106ms 104ms 105ms nas9.houston1.level3.net [209.244.43.169]
2 98ms 94ms 95ms ge-7-0-1.hsa1.Houston1.Level3.net [63.215.20.2]

3 99ms 89ms 88ms so-6-0-0.mp1Houston1.Level3.net [4.68.96.53]
4 96ms 100ms 98ms ae-0-0.bbr2Dallas1.Level3.net [64.159.1.110]
5 105ms 100ms 99ms ae-14-55.car4.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.68.122.144]

6 98ms 355ms 99ms THE-PLANET.car4.Level3.net [63.209348.110]
7 98ms 99ms 104ms v121.dsr01.d11stx3.theplanet.com [70.85.127.29]

8 103.ms 94ms 94ms v121.dsr01.d11stx2.theplanet.com [70.85.127.67]

9 102ms 94ms 94ms v12.asr01.d11stx2.theplanet.com [12.96.160.58]
10 96ms 99ms 99ms gi0-2car15.d11stx2.theplanet.com [69.41.250.74]

11 100ms 99ms 99ms www.alleg.net [69.93.201.146]


Hope this info will help get me in the game.
Thanks Guys
captainpod

If your original post was right, then none of those ethernet adapters are even being used: You're using dialup.

If your dialup connection is giving you "Failed to connect to lobby" then your ISP is somehow blocking you from connecting.

I'd call them up and ask them to unblock the connection you are paying for. If they refuse, I'd seriously consider changing dialup ISPs... it's bad enough that it's slower than broadband, but if they're going to restrict your ports too? Bu-bye.

--TE

YO!

I called my ISP(Netzero). They claim they are not blocking anything. They asked me did I have parental controls. I said no. They asked what spyblocking software I had. I told them Ad Aware and Spybot Search and Destroy. They liked the Ad Aware but did not like Spybot. I asked them if the norton antivirus they sent with there disk could block ports and they said no. But they did say norton security packages can. I asked them if system works was on that list. They said yes. I told them I had removed it but could it have left some ports blocked when I removed it. They said no. I was about to off everything on my computer that even thought about connecting to the internet and saw three versions of allegiance in the add and remove program list. Ah? Can previous versions conflict with the newest version>???? The list shows Allegiance, Freeallegiance, Freeallegiance Zone Beta. The explorer shows an Allegiance directory and a AllegianceShadow directory. Should I remove all and start over?????

Thanks for any help you guys can give.
captainpod