Stuck behind campus firewall, getting "Checking Updater"
By
Gulanzon,
Posted on: 2010-09-30 10:33 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
As an update to my problem, I'm now fully patched, and can connect fine...
But only between ~1 AM in the morning and 1 PM in the afternoon. Any time outside that timeframe and "Cannot connect to DBserver".
Try these ports.
And if you're still having problems you may need to speak to campus IT. And some campus purposely block out game sites as a matter of policy, FYI.
Speeding Through New DA Repeatables || Spreadsheet o' Enhancements || Zombie Skins: better skins for these forums || Guide to Guides
*shrug*
I have no control over the ports, nor does campus living. Apparently only the ISP can change a thing on their equipment.
Also, it seems to be a network issue, as my packets get lost in Asia (according to traceroute), and proxying through TOR does goggles to let me into the game servers (where it lets me slip past the bittorrent block just fine).
I've just switched ISPs, and I'm waiting on my modem, because this is ridiculous.
EDIT
There's also certain irony also in being able to play if I go into university proper and use the internet there.
Okay, so, I did a cursory search around, and I think my problem is a little different from usual...
I've downloaded and installed the mac CoH version (so it's the full game, just presumably a few issues behind, since I can't past server select if I bypass the launcher) I got from client.coh.com.
When I run the updater, I get the updater web page alright, but it sits on "connecting" for some time before moving to "Checking Updater".
I also get 1.0M/0B and a speed that changes intermittently (atm it says 3.4M/sec).
Is everything happening as it's meant to?
Also, this past week, I was seemingly connecting fine, since I was just running the empty Steam version, which was trying to download the whole 4 GB over the updater (lol). This makes me think the firewall on campus here is not a problem.