Can't Connect to Server

[Lexi]

Other people have had this same problem, so unless I format my computer, I think I wont get to play anymore..

 

Anyway, I was afk, came back to being grued out, so I went to relog on not and it says "Can't Connect to Server". I am on Dial up, and connected through another PC for internet through a Network. That PC that can play today. I restarted that PC, and nothing changed.

 

I used Learner's "Irma-main", it seems to work fine there, But I can't afford to pay, especially when it's probably a problem with the computers communicating...

 

I have tried everything I can think of

 

I restored my computer to another time

Uninstalled, and reinstalled the game

Went into MSconfig to disable things from loading on start up.

 

I can't get this to work anymore, it sucks, I only got to play a day before things acted up.

 

EDIT:

Just tried another game, same problem exists, so it is definitely a Network problem, when the owner of the main pc gets off, I'll see if I can do something on that end, for now, I tried Repairing the Network, and I don't know how many times my computer has had a restart, nothing wants to work.

 

If you can help me, that would be great, but like I said, other people have had this issue, and nothing's been solved.

Edited July 6, 2010 by Lexi

[Lexi]

Okay, it must have been something to do with the other pc that I am connected to, the person ended up messing their Partition, so they are running on a different OS now. Things are working at the moment. Probably a virus.

 

EDIT:

I still don't know a real fix to this issue, other than formatting the disk.

Edited July 6, 2010 by Lexi

[Theryndan]

I don't see why formatting should help at all: you should instead try to find what the problem is.

 

- Other than connecting to EL, does internet work? (can you view websites? please try to google for some random words and open a few of the websites you get - don't just check using your bookmarks)

- What is your operating system? (windows Xp, Vista, ....)

- If you can connect to EL from the gateway PC, but not from yours, sounds like the issue is in the connection between the 2 PCs

- Start menu -> click Run -> type cmd, you should get a DOS window, there please type:

-- ping game.eternal-lands.com

-- tracert www.game.eternal-lands.com

-- telnet game.eternal-lands.com 2000

Could you please copy&paste the output of those 3 commands here?

[Lexi]

I can't test anything now since the other computer is on a fresh OS and everything is working, is why I said formatting seemed like the only way.

 

If it happens again, I will be sure and try as you said as I would like to know what the problem was. I did try to find it, but the person who owns the other computer thought he was deleting a virus when instead something important got deleted and the partition got jammed up, so he's using his other drive which has Windows 7 (he had 2 OSs).

 

Btw, I am on XP, and so was he before his got damaged.

 

I am sorry to have wasted anyone's time but I hope a fix can be found for other people experiencing this problem. It was definitely how the 2 computers communicated and we're thinking he got some kind of proxi/network virus.

 

Also, How would someone copy/paste from DOS window?

Edited July 7, 2010 by Lexi