Devs - Is there anyway to check if port is blocked on public network?

oldhead · #1 08-26-2010, 02:16 AM

At the hospital and I cant connect. On the laptop which worked fine at home the last time we used it a month ago or so. Would very much so like to play while i am here. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I updated files again.

Checked the eqhosts.txt

Allowed EQ in norton (it was already allowed from before)

Flushed the DNS

Pinged eqemulator.net and got 50ms replies from 67.23.190.71

Did traceroute and all looks well.

Rebooted PC

Connected to network as public... rebooted and tried as home/trusted network

Nothing has worked... im thinking being this is a public hospital wifi they block all ports but the standard web ports?
Any suggestions or any way to verify that the ports are blocked?

oldhead · #2 08-26-2010, 03:20 AM

damn I so wanted to play while I was in here =(

Bubbles · #3 08-26-2010, 03:31 AM

Boy or girl? And congrats!

oldhead · #4 08-26-2010, 04:44 AM

im in im in!!!

Gotta love xfinity hotspots =)

Overcast · #5 08-26-2010, 09:18 AM

https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

Of course - this scans for open ports *inbound* on a network. It would be most common to block most anything inbound, but not outbound..

**Rogean** · #6 08-26-2010, 09:28 AM

Depends on the hospital, and where exactly your connection is failing. Can you get into the loginserver, do you see the server list, etc. "I can't connect" really doesn't help us much.

I work in a hospital and we have a public wifi that has no restrictions on it. Our business wifi for staff/IT is locked down to not allow outbound except through the proxy servers.

If you can connect but the connection drops out while loading, it may be due to the hospital using rotating outbound ip's which is currently not accepted on P99.

Messianic · #7 08-26-2010, 10:34 AM

Rogean - at the initial login (meaning I can't get to the server list), I get the error that says "could not connect, make sure you are connected to the internet, etc etc.." (can't get exact text now)

This is via a University wireless system which requires initial authentication.

What do you suggest?

Overcast · #8 08-26-2010, 11:08 AM

Oh it worked.. (I knew there was a way to test outbound ports, but I couldn't recall on my last post)

Ok - here's how we normally test ports - like RDC and such, to make sure they are open on servers, say if one isn't responding etc..

Open a command prompt.
Telnet to the host/port you are curious about.

So here, try: telnet 67.23.190.71 5998

You should just get a cursor if the port is open. Otherwise it will tell you it cannot make a connection.

And it worked from work here - so I can play EQ from here, OMG! But I'm not gonna risk it, even though... naaa, not going to.

If you are on Win7 and Telnet's not enabled:
http://www.fettesps.com/windows-7-enable-telnet/

Or I'm sure something likek 'puTTY' would work too.

You can flip IP's - ports to your heart's content as well.

Messianic · #9 08-26-2010, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Overcast [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Oh it worked.. (I knew there was a way to test outbound ports, but I couldn't recall on my last post)

Ok - here's how we normally test ports - like RDC and such, to make sure they are open on servers, say if one isn't responding etc..

Open a command prompt.
Telnet to the host/port you are curious about.

So here, try: telnet 67.23.190.71 5998

You should just get a cursor if the port is open. Otherwise it will tell you it cannot make a connection.

And it worked from work here - so I can play EQ from here, OMG! But I'm not gonna risk it, even though... naaa, not going to.

If you are on Win7 and Telnet's not enabled:
http://www.fettesps.com/windows-7-enable-telnet/

Or I'm sure something likek 'puTTY' would work too.

You can flip IP's - ports to your heart's content as well.

So using this I can test whether I can make a connection - but if i can't, how do I "flip ports" to be able to login?

oldhead · #10 08-26-2010, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Rogean [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Depends on the hospital, and where exactly your connection is failing. Can you get into the loginserver, do you see the server list, etc. "I can't connect" really doesn't help us much.

I work in a hospital and we have a public wifi that has no restrictions on it. Our business wifi for staff/IT is locked down to not allow outbound except through the proxy servers.

If you can connect but the connection drops out while loading, it may be due to the hospital using rotating outbound ip's which is currently not accepted on P99.

their ports were blocked is my guess. Couldnt connect to login server.
I seen an xfinity hotspot on my network list and remembered xfinity = comcast. I logged into that using my comcast account... badda bing badda boom. Was good to go.