Failed to connect to the lobby

brianz19 · Post by **brianz19** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:14 pm

Windows Version (and Service Packs): XP SP2
Processor Speed: 1.90 GHZ
RAM: 256
Video Card (Make and Model#): radeon 9200
Sound Card (Make and Model#): dont know
Connection Type (Dialup, Cable, DSL, other): DSL
Modem (Make and Model#): dont know
Router (Make and Model#): Linksys WRT54GS
Internet Service Provider(company name): SBC global
Location(State/Province/Locality, and Country): california
Installed Mods: dont know

Problem Encountered at Step #: 8
Which Program (ASGS/Allegiance): allegiance
What Error Message: Failed to connect to the lobby.
Comments (What you tried, description, etc):

I tried doing the triggering ports thing but not sure if I did it right..but it didn't work.

edit :: just installed sp2 so ill try doin the port thing again

Post by **FreeBeer** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:20 pm

You shouldn't need to do anything with the ports... you used to have to do that prior to Release3. If you downloaded the installer from here, then you have Release3.

brianz19 · Post by **brianz19** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:52 pm

ok well i'm pretty sure i downloaded it from there..since i don't need to do anything with ports, anyone know what the issue would be?

i set allegiance to be allowed in the firewall thing for XP and i'm still getting the same error message when i try to go to the lobby

Post by **FreeBeer** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:06 am

Well.. just to be sure... when you launch the game (you don't have to join a server yet), hit the ESC key. At the top of the menu it should say "FAZ R3" and a Build number. It this what you get?

brianz19 · Post by **brianz19** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:12 am

yup

"FAZ R3 build # 06.12.03"

EDIT :::

not sure if any of this is important but i was just looking through other threads for help and i am able to ping

asgs.alleg.net

also my IE is kinda corruptyish so i have the settings for security all super high...would this cause an issue?

(i use firefox mainly)

brianz19 · Post by **brianz19** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:03 pm

Am I SOL on this one? :'(

Grimmwolf_GB · Post by **Grimmwolf_GB** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:21 pm

You are not. What kind of virus protection are you using? What kind of firewall, other than the WinXP Firewall?

brianz19 · Post by **brianz19** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:32 pm

I am pretty sure that is my only firewall, though I don't know how to check for others.

I use AVG but I don't normally keep it on unless I'm specifically trying to do something with it otherwise it likes to randomly take up CPU so I don't think it's a virus protection issue

Grimmwolf_GB · Post by **Grimmwolf_GB** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 8:03 am

I use AVG myself and it causes no problems with Allegiance, McAffee and Norton however...
Anyway, your Linksys router has a setting somewhere called: uPnP. Change it. If it is on, turn it off, if it is off turn it on and try again. That used to be a very common solution to the router issues.

brianz19 · Post by **brianz19** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:08 pm

UPnP was turned on and I turned it off..same error

I'll wait a while to see if it takes some time to take effect

EDIT :::

Pretty sure it's not a router issue since I decided to check to see if it was.

just plugged it straight in without going through the router and I get the same error.