--- In [email protected], Joel Uckelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Thus spake "schoie88":
> > A while ago I noticed I could connect to server but got no
feedback,
> > e.g. couldn't see anyone [including me] in rooms, even though the
> > server status showed them to be busy. My opponents could see me
in
> > there. Quite clearly the server couldn't 'upload' to me. Other
> > connections are fine. A few plyers on the VASL forum had the same
> > problem.
> >
> > After several tests I now realise this is because the ISP blocks
all
> > connection to P2P sites at peak times. The VASSAL server comes
back
> > when P"P software is unblocked. More and more ISP's are blocking
this
> > traffic at peak times. So more and more players will be kept out
of
> > VASSAL in the evenings. Is VASSAL server seen as P2P by the
ISP's? Can
> > this be altered?
> >
> > cheers
> > David
>
> If you're showing up for others on the server, then clearly you
have no
> problem getting packets through to the server. Your problem is
receiving
> packets coming back to you from the server.
>
> VASSAL uses port 5050, last I checked. Are you sure the problem is
that
> your ISP is blocking port 5050? (I'm dubious about this, since Yahoo
> Messenger also uses 5050; I have a hard time believing that they'd
block
> Yahoo Messenger.) Another explanation is that your firewall is
blocking
> those packets, but that's also weird since (I think) the incoming
packets
> from the VASSAL server should be interpreted by your firewall as
related
> to a connection you initiated, and so let in.
>
> Hmm. It might be worth calling your ISP about to get more
information.
> If it turns out that they are blocking 5050, what I would do, in
order
> of severity, is 1) ask them not to block that port, 2) point out
that
> it prevents you from getting what you pay for, 3) threaten to
switch to
> another ISP (even if you don't really mean it), and 4) switch to
another
> ISP and write them a letter explaining why.
>
> --
> J.
>
Most helpful thanks.
