College Firewall

Smoke_NovaSmoke_Nova Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8697Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Calling all h4x0r2</div> Ok, so I keep on trying to join a game of Half-Life online (Natural Selection) yet each time my screen freezes at

Connecting to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:27015

Now I'm used to slight delays there as it is a college internet but then it goes:

Could Not Connect To Won.net Servers
Won.net Connection Required for Authentication

then it disconnects.

Now, normally I would curse it as being a server issue, but I join any server and it does this. My Dedicated Server isn't working either, so I'm figuring that IT services has added Half-Life to their hardware Firewall block. It's **** me off that I get blocked for hosting a server/playing NS online while my roommate uses a P2P application (Ares) and downloads The Italian Job movie.

Other then contacting IT and finding out is there any way to see if it's the firewall blocking me?
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  • OttoDestructOttoDestruct Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7790Members
    Reboot your computer try different servers
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  • Smoke_NovaSmoke_Nova Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8697Members
    I've tried a dozen different servers and I shut down my computer when i'm not using it unless I expect an IM from a friend.

    I rebooted half a dozen times, no difference.
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  • OttoDestructOttoDestruct Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7790Members
    Reinstall halflife
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  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    Actually, just get the WON server IPs and try running a traceroute on them. It'll show where the connection attempt dies.. aka, if it's before, after, or at your college firewall.

    If nothing else, if you're using their DNS server they may simply have blackholed the won.net authservers from resolving. If that's the case, you can just replace the DNS entry with the raw IP, and connect on through. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->


    But this isn't really a 'h4><0R' (*slaps self for typing that cr*p*) thing. It's just knowing network dynamics. ^_^
    If *absolutely* everything else fails, you might try getting a friend to set up a DNAT relay, and bounce your auth off that machine, if that's the only part being blocked. If the specific port is... it gets significantly more difficult to circumvent.
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  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Talesin+Sep 5 2003, 04:31 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Talesin @ Sep 5 2003, 04:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> But this isn't really a 'h4><0R' (*slaps self for typing that cr*p*) thing. It's just knowing network dynamics. ^_^ <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Dude, knowing network dynamics IS h4>< <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • p4Samwisep4Samwise Join Date: 2002-12-15 Member: 10831Members
    To some, knowing how to use a command line interface is h4><.
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  • criticaIcriticaI Join Date: 2003-04-07 Member: 15269Banned, Constellation
    Just open the file C:\Sierra\Half-Life\valve\woncomm.lst in notepad.

    Inside it should look like this:
    <!--c1--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>CODE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='CODE'><!--ec1-->
    // Server Lists
    //
    Titan
    {
    half-life.east.won.net:6003
    half-life.west.won.net:6003
    half-life.central.won.net:6003
    }

    Auth
    {
    half-life.east.won.net:7002
    half-life.west.won.net:7002
    half-life.central.won.net:7002
    }

    Master
    {
    half-life.east.won.net:27010
    half-life.west.won.net:27010
    half-life.central.won.net:27010
    }

    ModServer
    {
    half-life.east.won.net:27011
    half-life.west.won.net:27011
    half-life.central.won.net:27011
    }

    Secure
    {
    half-life.speakeasy-nyc.hlauth.net:27012
    half-life.speakeasy-sea.hlauth.net:27012
    half-life.speakeasy-chi.hlauth.net:27012
    }<!--c2--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--ec2-->

    Simple replace all of that with this:

    <!--c1--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>CODE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='CODE'><!--ec1-->
    /// Server Lists
    //
    Titan
    {
    65.73.232.251:6003
    65.73.232.253:6003
    65.73.232.252:6003
    }

    Auth
    {
    65.73.232.251:7002
    65.73.232.253:7002
    65.73.232.252:7002
    }

    Master
    {
    65.73.232.251:27010
    65.73.232.253:27010
    65.73.232.252:27010
    }

    ModServer
    {
    65.73.232.251:27011
    65.73.232.253:27011
    65.73.232.252:27011
    }

    Secure
    {
    half-life.speakeasy-nyc.hlauth.net:27012
    half-life.speakeasy-sea.hlauth.net:27012
    half-life.speakeasy-chi.hlauth.net:27012
    }<!--c2--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--ec2-->

    And save. That should resolve your difficulties as you can bypass DNS completely.
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  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    But SAVE A BACKUP COPY OF THE ORIGINAL!

    DNS entries can change, IPs can be moved, and you can be SOL if all you have is the raw IPs.
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