I managed to connect with firewall off. Doesn't make much sense - Civ is a trusted application with all activity allowed. In theory
Firewall log, are there any clues there?
Firewall log, are there any clues there?
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Pitboss 18 IT and Tech Issues Thread
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I managed to connect with firewall off. Doesn't make much sense - Civ is a trusted application with all activity allowed. In theory
Firewall log, are there any clues there?
My second computer is having the same problem as my home desktop. Is there an issue with the game being installed into the My Games folder?
(March 12th, 2014, 09:32)novice Wrote: I also tried this but did not see an "Unblock" option. Would it be on the "General" tab/page? I looked through all of them (Security/Details/Previous Versions) as well as the "Advanced" button by "Attributes" but did not see anything saying "Unblock", so this must not be an issue. (March 12th, 2014, 13:21)yuris125 Wrote: I managed to connect with firewall off. Doesn't make much sense - Civ is a trusted application with all activity allowed. In theory Well, looks like your firewall is blocking ICMP traffic. Stop doing that and you might be okay. At its core ICMP was designed as the debugging, troubleshooting, and error reporting mechanism for IP, and you shouldn't really be blocking it unless you have a good and specific reason to do so.
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(March 12th, 2014, 13:46)novice Wrote:(March 12th, 2014, 13:21)yuris125 Wrote: I managed to connect with firewall off. Doesn't make much sense - Civ is a trusted application with all activity allowed. In theory Silently discarding ICMP echo packets helps firewalls hide devices on a network. That would be why in the simplest case of two devices on a local network when you try to ping a computer with its firewall turned on (including blocking ICMP packets) you get no reply and the ping result is "request timed out". I have a list of ports Civ uses on my computer at home, I don't have access to it from work. Anyway, I wonder what is different trying to connect to Caledorn's server versus connecting to Sunrise's server -- I don't think Yuri has had any trouble logging in to other games lately on Sunrise's end? And likewise I haven't heard a lot of trouble from people connecting to Caledorn's server either. Without Civstats working its hard to know whether the problem was simply bouncing off someone else who happened to be connected at the time. Although I guess if someone was logged in the game client would have said something about attempting to peer with someone....I dunno. Played: Pitboss 18 - Kublai Khan of Germany Somalia | Pitboss 11 - De Gaulle of Byzantium | Pitboss 8 - Churchill of Portugal | PB7 - Mao of Native America | PBEM29 Greens - Mao of Babylon
By the way, going by the settings from first post, and also my mention of the different starts for the "we want tight!" set, this is a 60x124 cylinder. It'd considerably more roomy than, say, PB15 for you "normal" people and every single land tile is going to be eligible for being in city borders. I know the tile amounts look scary, but don't worry folks.
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I write RPG adventures, and blog about it, check it out. (March 12th, 2014, 13:48)novice Wrote:(March 12th, 2014, 13:41)Boldly Going Nowhere Wrote: My second computer is having the same problem as my home desktop. Haha. I thought this might end up being the case. I would like to think that if I had any control over my own network that I'd have less of these problems, but I'm not really even convinced that is true. Xenu, let me know which software I need to install for you to remote in. This? (March 12th, 2014, 13:48)novice Wrote:(March 12th, 2014, 13:41)Boldly Going Nowhere Wrote: My second computer is having the same problem as my home desktop. Most likely that's the cause of it, but Boldly does connect from a campus network and has no control over it. He probably tried the connection from both devices from the same network. Hey bro, go get a cup of coffee and try again on your laptop from a different network off campus. Played: Pitboss 18 - Kublai Khan of Germany Somalia | Pitboss 11 - De Gaulle of Byzantium | Pitboss 8 - Churchill of Portugal | PB7 - Mao of Native America | PBEM29 Greens - Mao of Babylon (March 12th, 2014, 13:59)Boldly Going Nowhere Wrote:(March 12th, 2014, 13:48)novice Wrote:(March 12th, 2014, 13:41)Boldly Going Nowhere Wrote: My second computer is having the same problem as my home desktop. That will work but don't do it now. I'll call you tonight. Played: Pitboss 18 - Kublai Khan of Germany Somalia | Pitboss 11 - De Gaulle of Byzantium | Pitboss 8 - Churchill of Portugal | PB7 - Mao of Native America | PBEM29 Greens - Mao of Babylon |