Banned? Help!

Dude Joined: Mar 30, 2007 Posts: 24

Gents,
A couple of days ago I lost ability to log onto HyperLobby and the HyperFighter website. I believe it happened on or around March 26, 2007. I am getting a message telling me that I need to open port number 10060 and that my firewall prevents me from logging onto the server. However, I spent several hours already with my firewall settings and I suspect that it is likely not the culprit.

Instead, I want to ask if for whatever reason I might not have been banned from the server? If so, I am guessing that it is a mistake, because I cannot think of anything offensive I could have done.

Online I go by the name of II./JG1_Lang. Is it possible to find out if I have been banned from HyperLobby? And if so, what can be done to lift that ban?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards,
Lang

Hyper Postman Joined: Jul 30, 2006 Posts: 635

When you are banned you get a "connection closed" message.
Nothing more.

I suspect other issues.

DB Sgt.Slaughter

Dude Joined: Mar 30, 2007 Posts: 24

...and then in the lower portion of the window:

Dude Joined: Mar 30, 2007 Posts: 24

Gents,
I have a feeling that my IP address might be on some kind of access-deny list. If so, I can assure you that it is a typo as I know I have done nothing to offend the HL community.

Who should I contact to discuss further this issue?

Any help would be appreciated.

~S!~
II./JG1_Lang

Hyper Staff Joined: Oct 21, 2004 Posts: 100

ok so help me to get this straight you have 2 PC's on 1 router and you can't get either to connect to HL

1 what if any firewalls do you have up ( if you use a firewall then why because they are not nessissary when using a router )

2 have you opened port 1698 TCP & UDP in your router so that HL can connect (some routers block this port and it needs to be opened )

Dude Joined: Mar 30, 2007 Posts: 24

Thank you so much for taking the time to work with me on this.

Yes, I have 2 PC's behind a router. They were able to connect to HL and Hyperfighter website for years. Two weeks ago both computers lost ability to connect to HL and Hyperfighter.sk website

In regards to Question 1 - I have Symantec Internet Security 2005 firewall. I continue to pay for my antivirus subscription since then. I don't know why I have it - I had it before I bought the router and HL worked for years with router and firewall before it quit on me two weeks ago. For the record, I tried to run HL with disabled firewall. I also tried to plug one of the computers directly into the modem and bypass the router. In both cases I still didn't gain access.

In regars to Question 2 - I have not opened the above-mentioned ports. Thank you for input - I will try that and report back.

Best regards,
II./JG1_Lang

Dude Joined: Mar 30, 2007 Posts: 24

~S!~
I have now tested opening port 1698 TCP and UDP in my router. Still no improvement.

What can we do?

Can any administrator assist this poor HL end-user? Crying or Very sad

~S!~
Lang

Hyper Staff Joined: Oct 21, 2004 Posts: 100

~S!~
I have now tested opening port 1698 TCP and UDP in my router. Still no improvement.

What can we do?

Can any administrator assist this poor HL end-user? Crying or Very sad

~S!~
Lang

Dude Joined: Mar 30, 2007 Posts: 24

Thank you for your attempts to sort out my recent difficulties. What is baffling to me is that I don't have access to this very website either from home - is my firewall preventing access to Hyperfighter.sk as well? (All other internet traffic works fine). This is why I suspect some kind of access-deny ban, which is cutting me off of the HL community.

Is there a way to verify that no such block is being applied to my IP?

Regarding the possibility of my Symantec Firewall being the culprit, I can completely uninstall it and see whether things improve.

Anyway, thanks for your posts and I will report back when I test the firewall uninstall option.
Thanks,
Lang