My connection issues

[Jediteo]

As some of you may know I have started experiencing connection difficulties ever since I moved back to england. I did not have these issues, even though it is the same room, same ISP.

I sent them an email, and this is the reply I recieved :

Hi Teodor,

We do not exactly block / unblock certain ports. You are behind a NAT firewall that will only allow incoming connections which are related to an already established connection. This basically means that if some software on your computer initiates a connection then any related traffic coming back through our gateway will be allowed, but if for instance somebody tried to connect to your computer via a service such as FTP this would be blocked by our firewall.

The only disadvantage from this that I can think of is that it will prevent you running most types of servers as the incoming connections would be blocked before they even reached your machine,

[Blairgowrie]

Jedi. Most probably your firewall. What are you using?

[Jediteo]

None, actually. I use AVG as an antivirus, and did not change a thing since I left home.

[Blairgowrie]

Not even Windows XP?

[gec]

some dsl routers have built in firewall. you could check for that also. 

[Jediteo]

As I do not have access to the router, anyone have any idea of circumventing this, or would I have to contact the ISP again, and tell them to fix it somehow?

[Blairgowrie]

Jedi. I would give Gec or FT access to your computer. I am sure either of them would find the issue quickly.

[FoolTrottel]

Can only think of one thing: Check conf.ini [Net] section, you're using a different (local) IP address now than before, at home.

Maybe the old address is still listed somewhere in there?

[Jediteo]

Which one should I use, the default, or the internal one?

[Jediteo]

Ok I have changed that value, localhost to my IP. Now I just need someway of checking it. Other than that I will have to use xfire or something.

[FoolTrottel]

When you're not hosting, there should be no IP address in that section at all.

Just empty values, like this:

remoteHost=

socksHost=

localHost=

[FoolTrottel]

I could setup a host, but I'd have to open my Router first... that'd be a first for me... lol

[FoolTrottel]

Wait, I can retrieve the IP of a HL server in a minute, you should be able to connect to that one w/o issues.

I'll pick a 4.09m MOD friendly one... hold on

[FoolTrottel]

Server called 'simfreaks'... 87.154.121.254, 4.09m... it's empty, you won't be bothering anyone.

[Jediteo]

IT IS ALIVE. Yes, my computer lives again on the virtual skies, thank you FT. As the modern adage goes, You the man.

Hail to the king from Holland.

[FoolTrottel]

[Zooly]

FT really is DA MAN

[Fireman]

And the issue was???............

[Jediteo]

Damned if I know, all I did was to change the IP. Very complicated and temperamental game this, you could almost argue it has two X chromosomes.