An interesting problem

[Cheeseball]

I might be thinking simplistically, but have you tried dialup from this machine? DSL providers that also provide dialup access normally use different IP ranges for DSL and dialup. There is a possiblity someone in the ISPs DSL IP range has done something to get the whole "domain" kicked from the site. If dialup works on the machine you will rule out the machine being the issue, and it will point towards the IP you are getting from you ISP (the most likely case). The problem with this senario is you have very very little to say in the matter, mainly because the company is allowed to block anyone they wish from using thier resources, you might contact the company that runs the site to 'appeal' the issue if it is an IP based block.

Cheeseball

[Cheeseball]

I might be thinking simplistically, but have you tried dialup from this machine? DSL providers that also provide dialup access normally use different IP ranges for DSL and dialup. There is a possiblity someone in the ISPs DSL IP range has done something to get the whole "domain" kicked from the site. If dialup works on the machine you will rule out the machine being the issue, and it will point towards the IP you are getting from you ISP (the most likely case). The problem with this senario is you have very very little to say in the matter, mainly because the company is allowed to block anyone they wish from using thier resources, you might contact the company that runs the site to 'appeal' the issue if it is an IP based block.

Cheeseball

[DjM]

OK here's another thought, you also said you were running Norton as your firewall, let's try and eliminate that as the problem. Normally I wouldn't recommend this, but for debugging purpose, try and 'quickly' disable your firewall and connect to the server. If you get through, then you likely have a problem with the rule set/policy on the firewall. Start up your firewall again, and review the rule, maybe even blow it away and rebuild a new one. If you don't get through, get back to us and we'll what else we can come up with.


Cheers:

[DjM]

OK here's another thought, you also said you were running Norton as your firewall, let's try and eliminate that as the problem. Normally I wouldn't recommend this, but for debugging purpose, try and 'quickly' disable your firewall and connect to the server. If you get through, then you likely have a problem with the rule set/policy on the firewall. Start up your firewall again, and review the rule, maybe even blow it away and rebuild a new one. If you don't get through, get back to us and we'll what else we can come up with.


Cheers:

[RejectKnowledge]

Actually, the laptop connects using a dail-up. But the dail-up and the ADSL connection yeild a dynamic IP within the same range i.e. 193.188.* If they did an IP block, they'd be blocking out my whole country ( we only have one ISP here ) and that would make it impossible for anyone to log in from anywhere, not just my machine. It's amusing, really. As for the registry key thing, I repeat, is there anyway a registry entry can be used an an identifier over a network? Because if the only thing that remains unchecked is a registry entry, then theoretically, it is sending out an identifier to the servers. Is that even possible. :P

And it wasn't me that got banned. It was probably my uncle, or my dad that used my box. :P They have their own accounts. One of them got banned. And the server has managed to ban specificly MY PC. They also are able to log-in to their accounts using the lap-top.

This just doesn't make sense. What have they used to identify my machine!!!

heh heh frustration :P

[RejectKnowledge]

Actually, the laptop connects using a dail-up. But the dail-up and the ADSL connection yeild a dynamic IP within the same range i.e. 193.188.* If they did an IP block, they'd be blocking out my whole country ( we only have one ISP here ) and that would make it impossible for anyone to log in from anywhere, not just my machine. It's amusing, really. As for the registry key thing, I repeat, is there anyway a registry entry can be used an an identifier over a network? Because if the only thing that remains unchecked is a registry entry, then theoretically, it is sending out an identifier to the servers. Is that even possible. :P

And it wasn't me that got banned. It was probably my uncle, or my dad that used my box. :P They have their own accounts. One of them got banned. And the server has managed to ban specificly MY PC. They also are able to log-in to their accounts using the lap-top.

This just doesn't make sense. What have they used to identify my machine!!!

heh heh frustration :P

[Cheeseball]

The machine that currently runs DSL, does it work on dialup for doing this? If so, it is something with the DSL, if not, they have done something like Napster did to bann PCs from the network.....

[Cheeseball]

The machine that currently runs DSL, does it work on dialup for doing this? If so, it is something with the DSL, if not, they have done something like Napster did to bann PCs from the network.....

[RejectKnowledge]

Oh, and it's not a firewall problem. Like I said, I get an explicit message from the server saying I wasn't allowed on. I did try disabling the Firewall, though, just as a measure.. same problem.

[RejectKnowledge]

Oh, and it's not a firewall problem. Like I said, I get an explicit message from the server saying I wasn't allowed on. I did try disabling the Firewall, though, just as a measure.. same problem.