Also, it seems like no one suggested the obvious, on the second machine you
should not be typing telnet localhost 4000 to try and reach the MUD on
machine A. You need to make sure you typing telnet (machine a's name) 4000.
Just in case ;)
--Ziz
-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Dughi [mailto:dughi@IMAXX.NET]
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 3:29 PM
To: CIRCLE@post.queensu.ca
Subject: Re: [CIRCLE] [Windows] Can't connect to port 4000 from the
outside
> Sorry if this has been answered before, I couldn't find the answer in the
> archives.
>
> I compiled the latest Circle under MSVC++ 6 and everything worked fine.
> I can connect via localhost, but when I try to connect from somewhere
> else to port 4000, it won't connect. I removed the warning and ran it
> on port 23 and then I was able to connect. I assume this is some
> network thing under Windows but I can't find anything about it. Any
> ideas and pointers to other problems I may encounter with Windows?
>
Well, depending on your network setup, you may not be allowed to
connect to any given port. Most companies setup their firewalls so that
connections on ports other than 23,25,80,110/111 and a few others don't
work. That's the first thing to pop in my head, though there's many
potential problems.
PjD
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