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 Post subject: Win 7 + Fios Router + TCPIP = Connection Interrupted
PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 8:19 am 

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Hello all,

I recently made two changes to my home computing environment.

First, I started using the wireless router function of my Fios modem (I previously had the radio disabled and handled my routing with a WRT54G. The WRT54G is now acting as a wireless bridge). Second, I built a new PC and installed Win7-64 on it. It took me a bit of troubleshooting to get the game itself running, then to get the Glide wrapper running, and finally for the game to see my mouse' scroll wheel (note to others - set the game to 98/ME compatibility if your scroll doesn't work :D).

My only remaining problem is as follows, and I think it's related to the Verizon router (Actiontec MI424) but I'm not positive. I can host a TCP/IP game without an issue, and my girlfriend (while connected to my wireless LAN provided via the Actiontec, running WinXP-32) can join without any problems. However, she can not host a TCP/IP game on my network - once the red progress bar fills, it hangs, then results in a Connection Interrupted. Also, if either of us try to save and exit from my hosted TCP/IP game, we get a Connection Interrupted, and our characters do not save.

Any ideas or troubleshooting steps? I tried disabling my Windows firewall and the firewall on the Actiontec, but that did not help. I also tried setting up port forwarding rules, and while the Actiontec has predefined rules for D2, I don't know that it works properly so I can't rule that out as the problem. The fact that my girlfriend can't host a game and that we get a CI in my game points the finger at my network - I'm just not sure what to try.

Any help is greatly appreciated!


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 2:18 am 
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1. Ping her machine (win key + r -> ping -t IP.Address), yours and router and see if TTL is higher that 1, if it's 1 then gotta change it on router.
2. http://portforward.com maybe here you would find more info about your router.
3. Try to turn off ip/6 in connection status, so only ip/4 is active. Also make sure win defender is turned off in the same window.


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:42 am 

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Hey Steel,

Thanks for the reply. I've already disabled IPv6 on my machine, and hers does not have the option anyway (pretty sure it was introduced in Vista). And one of the first things I do on a new machine is get rid of Defender :P.

I took a look on Port Forward when I first thought it might be port-related, but their guide for my router is for an old firmware so the forwarding steps and troubleshooting do not match up. As for the TTL > 1, what is a good TTL for local packets? Just set it to 255?

I wonder if I ran Hamachi, then tried to port forward to that IP address, if that would help any...but that still wouldn't let my girlfriend host on my LAN, would it?

Edit: Some more Googling shows that it may be related to the PlugY add-on. I will investigate this later, see if disabling PlugY or messing with its config files changes anything.


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:34 pm 
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Yeah, if you use Plugy you need to have the same plugy.ini on both machines. Try disabling sharedstash on multi.


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 4:07 pm 

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The only thing is - I highly doubt that my girlfriend's machine would be able to check the plugy.ini version on MY machine when she goes to create a game. Which makes me think it's because of the ActionTec. What I want to do is have her try to host a TCPIP game while she's on her network at school to make sure it's not just my network.

If she CAN host a game, it means the problem is in my house :D if she CAN'T, that means something broke on both our systems/environments at the same time. Possible, but unlikely. I'll follow up when I have more information (or if someone posts something else to try :))


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PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 2:38 am 
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Just unplug cable/don't connect wifi(don't turn off connection) on her machine, she should get 169.xxxx ip and be able to create games. will it be ok, you've blocked 6112 and 4000 port on router.


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PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 7:26 am 

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Ah you raise a good point, I was considering trying that for my machine (just yanking the ethernet cable) which will also tell me whether it's the router or not.

Will try that later tonight :)


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PostPosted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 9:46 pm 

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Update - on both our machines, without a valid IP address (from ethernet or Wifi), D2 will not allow you to host a TCP/IP game :(

Back to the drawing board.


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 6:17 am 

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Disabling your network stopped you from using your network? :lol:

Can you specify the IP settings on both computers (in normal situation) ?
(start > run > cmd > ipconfig /all)

edit: are you running multiple DHCP servers?


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 1:02 pm 

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It was a valid suggestion from Steel - I remember years back I hosted TCPIP games and received a 169.x.x.x IP address when I forced my dial-up to not connect. Guess it doesn't fly in the days of always-on Fios and ethernet.

In any event, I have two routers in my house - the ActionTec MI424, which is hooked to the coax for my Fios connection, and a Linksys WRT54G, which has DDWRT installed and is functioning as a wireless bridge (with DHCP disabled, it gets IPs from the ActionTec).

I'm curious if IPv6 has anything to do with it? I've unchecked the IPv6 option on my ethernet adapter, but in researching another issue I've discovered that IPv6 can impact IPv4 applications even if that option is unchecked. On that note, when I run ipconfig, IPv6 doesn't respond, so to speak, but I have no apparent issues with my addressing. However... My Windows 7 box DOES have an issue resolving NetBIOS names.

/Copied from another forum post -

I have a Windows Home Server that used to have an internal IP of 192.168.1.6. I would RDP into the Server using it's NetBIOS name (i.e. MyServer).

However, I have since updated the way my router's DHCP issues IP addresses, and my server now has an IP address of 192.168.1.55. If I try to RDP to the NetBIOS name (MyServer) the RDP times out, but it's fine if I RDP to the IP address. Likewise, if I try to ping MyServer by name, MY computer's IP address (192.168.1.52) responds, saying the destination (192.168.1.6) is unreachable. Yet, if I do a ping -A 192.168.1.55, "MyServer.home" responds. And if I run nbtstat -A 192.168.1.55, MyServer responds as well.

/endCopy

So Windows 7 is "remembering" the old IP address instead of updating the NetBIOS - IP address resolution. Not sure if that's related to my inability to host a TCP/IP game, but it's a detail nonetheless.

Any ideas? :D


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 6:44 am 

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Sure, plenty of ideas. However, I understand that the previous situation is no longer applicable?

- Please provide the output of ipconfig /all (the entire output) of both computers. An IP address is far from the only thing that is important when using IP.

- BTW, could you also show the output of the command "route /print"

- and the contents of the file %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts ?


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 7:45 am 

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If "the previous situation" = My TCP/IP games saying "Connection Interrupted" every time I save and exit, then yes, it is still applicable. What did you mean by previous situation?

I'll post the rest of the ipconfigs tonight, but to my knowledge, everything else there is normal - DNS servers and gateways are pointing to the ActionTec router, the MACs are listed correctly, etc. Can't think of what the WINS and Autoconfig states are, though - as I said, I'll post them tonight.

As for route /print, I'm familiar with it (insofar as I've used it once or twice) but what should my parameters/destination be? I thought about checking the hosts file, but does that contain local NetBIOS resolutions as well as WWWs? I guess I'll find out when I check it :D (at work ATM). From some of the research I've done, the LMHosts file also seems important (and now that I'm looking at the LMHosts on my work PC, it might be a good place to start for the Home Server issue).

The TCP/IP Connection Interrupted error is a real head scratcher for me.

Edit: LMHosts seems to be a fall-back should Dynamic Name Resolution fail. Definitely something wrong with my Windows 7 box, because I was able to ping (by NetBIOS name) every other machine on my network, FROM every other machine on my network. I.e., server to girlfriend's laptop, family computer to server, laptop to server, so on down the list.


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:19 am 

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Sorry, what i meant was that you descriped a situation, but then the situation was altered. When doing some (remote) troubleshooting, it helps to only use facts ;)

Normally, windows is able to resolve netbios names to ipaddresses within the local subnet, so you should not have to worry about WINS/DNS/DDNS/hostsfile/whatever mechanism to do IP-to-name resolutions.

Maybe some funky windows7 stuff happening? :lol:

edit:
Are you able to ping any other machine from this windows7 machine?
If not able to ping by name, does ping by IPaddress work?

edit2: sorry, it's ROUTE PRINT (not route /print), it displays the routing table on a windows computer, but it may not apply to this problem.


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:37 am 

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No wonder the results looked strange when I put route /print. As I said, the command looked familiar (happened upon it while fixing a network issue during an internship) but obviously not familiar enough for me to remember there isn't a / :lol:

I can ping by IP address from this machine successfully. And there is a -a switch for ping which resolves NetBIOS names - if I run the command "ping -a 192.168.1.55" (MyServer's IP) the results say "Pinging Myserver.home, Reply from 192.168.1.55". However, ping HostName by itself does NOT work (at least, to MyServer - I do not remember if it happens for other machines on the network).

Thanks for the assistance, by the way, I appreciate the insight :)


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 12:35 pm 

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What about the ipconfig /all from 2 computers ?
Or are you still at work and the previous post is from memory?

BTW, ping -a doesn't always work, if you want to test resolving use the hostname when pinging


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 1:15 pm 

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Still at work, previous post is from memory :). I'll run ipconfig /all on my machine (Win 7, connected to Actiontec) and my family PC (Win XP Pro, connected to wireless bridge) and post the results later tonight.

Regarding the ping -a, this is the first time I've used it - I checked ping /?, saw it as an option and tried it. It just makes me curious that ping -a can turn 192.168.1.55 into MyServer, but going by hostname alone doesn't work.

Edit (IP configs):

My Computer (Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, the problem PC):

C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MyPC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : home

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 20-CF-30-09-CD-8F
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.153(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, August 31, 2010 9:50:20 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, September 01, 2010 9:50:20 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
71.242.0.12
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Hamachi:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Hamachi Network Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-23-C3-A2-41-9F
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 5.162.34.157(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, August 31, 2010 9:50:20 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, August 31, 2011 9:50:19 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 5.0.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 5.0.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{E1A72F95-AC32-47D4-961F-AE41439A593A}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e74:34de:2527:3f57:fe66(Pref
erred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::34de:2527:3f57:fe66%13(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.home:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter 6TO4 Adapter:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:5a2:419f::5a2:419f(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2002:c058:6301::c058:6301
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

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From my family PC (Windows XP Pro 32-bit):

C:\Documents and Settings\User>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : FamilyPC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : home

Ethernet adapter Hamachi:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Hamachi Network Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 7A-79-05-B1-95-75
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 5.154.149.132
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 5.0.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, August 31, 2010 10:41:44 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, August 31, 2010 10:45:59 PM


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI
Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-31-98-CD-12
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.152
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
71.242.0.12
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, August 31, 2010 10:39:37 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, September 01, 2010 10:39:
37 PM

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From my Windows Home Server:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MyServer
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : home

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-F2-F4-F3-D2

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-F2-F4-2B-C3
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.154
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
71.242.0.12
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, August 31, 2010 10:18:05 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, September 01, 2010 10:18:05 AM


Ethernet adapter Hamachi:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Hamachi Network Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-23-C3-0A-1A-22
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 5.136.143.92
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 5.0.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, August 26, 2010 8:31:27 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, August 26, 2011 8:31:27 PM

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Hope that helps :D


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PostPosted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:06 am 

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What does the command "nslookup MyServer" say ?

Can you check the primary DNS server (192.168.1.1) for any record pointing to 192.168.1.6 ?

Or perhaps issue the command : ipconfig /flushdns (on MyPC)

If those 2 options don't work out, could you please display the routing table ? (route print)

BTW, I assume (bad idea in general) that you've found nothing out of the ordinary in the hosts file?


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In researching this issue, I've seen folks make mention of issues with the nVidia Network Manager. Now that I've taken a closer look at these machines, it clicked that my server has nForce NICs. And looking at this link here mentions an issue with the Network Manager, which is indeed installed on the server. Perhaps I could try uninstalling that (and at worst, I won't be using it anyways because the server just sits there :D)

For when I get home - should I run nslookup from the Win7 box? And I will definitely try flushing the DNS on my Win7 box (think I might have already but I can't recall).

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Can you check the primary DNS server (192.168.1.1) for any record pointing to 192.168.1.6 ?


The Primary DNS server should be my ActionTec (192.168.1.1), but I'm not quite sure how I would check for old IPs like that. And even then - would the ActionTec tell Win7 what to ping? That is to say, when I run "ping MyServer", can the ActionTec tell Win7 that the IP address is 192.168.1.6?

On that note - I want to double check pinging MyServer from FamilyPC - they are both connected to the WRT54G's switch, so I don't imagine they'd have to go through the ActionTec to talk to each other (I'm a PC technician, but networking is not my strong suit).

As for the hosts file, to be honest I did not look - was a bit busy last night, just made sure to copy the ipconfig output. Will check later :D


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Yes, the nslookup command should be issued on MyPC (nslookup = name server lookup). The reason I asked for this, is to determine wether the faulty resolvement is coming from your DNS server.
(Ping uses resolving, but nslookup specifically uses DNS for resolving.)

Somewhere in your network, there is an old setting (probably) which leads your windows7 machine to think that MyServer resides on 192.168.1.6. As I tried to explain in an earlier post, there is a specific order in the mechanisms used, to get from IP address to hostname and vice versa (Hybrid mode, mixed mode, etc.).

Flushing the local cache on MyPC is only helpfull once you have determined that there is no nameserver record that points to 192.168.1.6 (and there is no entry in the hosts file as well).

I think you can access the DNS settings through the start button and then browse in the menu for "administrative tools".

BTW, have you checked the eventlogs for errors? (start > run > eventvwr)

edit: In a normal situation, the default gateway is not used for traffic on the same subnet, but since you also have this Hamachi (whatever it is) connection, it can be usefull to check the routing table (after you've checked the DNS) to see if somehow there is a faulty setting there.

So basicly :

-check eventlog
-check hosts file
-check DNS
-ping from MyPC to MyServer (if it doesn't work, start flushing stuff:)

-flush dns (ipconfig /flushdns)
-flush netbios cache (nbtstat -RR , or nbtstat -c and nbtstat -n to check first)
-ping from MyPC to MyServer (if still not working please display output of ping cmd)


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Well I'll be damned. Checked the host file on the Win7 box, and at the very bottom (after all the Spybot protection entries) was an entry for MyServer = 192.168.1.6. I can now ping MyServer from the Win7 box without a problem. :D yay! Have no idea what would have put that entry there though.

For kicks, here's the nslookup output:


C:\Windows\system32>nslookup MyServer
Server: MyBroadcast.home
Address: 192.168.1.1

Name: MyServer.home
Address: 192.168.1.55

Also, before writing this post I had checked the EventVwr and there are a few Peer Name Resolution Protocol service errors that were complaining about MyServer declaring itself the Master Browser. I've seen those errors before but I've never given them much thought (because in the situations I've seen them, there haven't been network issues). Does it have any importance?

Anyways, with that issue resolved - do you have any ideas for the Connection Interruption when I save and exit from TCP/IP games on my Win7 box?

By the way, Hamachi is a VPN made by LogMeIn, I use it for hosting Vent and playing D2 with my girlfriend when she's not at my house on my LAN.


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Not really, other than quickly filling your logs and causing unnecessary network traffic. It happens when the 'preferred' order of browserlist-keeper-hierarchy is not applied in a situation. Usually within tree/forest/domain setup, there are domain controller(s) which handle stuff, like keeping an inventory of the computers on the network. Your windows7 machine probably thinks it's a 'better' version of windows than the other competitor because it's a newer version, while the competitor (MyServer?) thinks it's better for the job because it's a server edition and not a workstation edition. (or something like this)

You can disable this struggle for browser master via a registry setting, but I can't remember what & where exactly. Try googling for the exact registry setting if you want it disabled.


About the CI, I would try what Steel suggested.
Although your plugy.ini cannot be directly read by the D2 client on the computer of your girlfriend, that D2 client can "read" the settings you're using because it's connecting to your host, which is started with these settings. I'm not sure how picky plugy is with stuff like this, but I think it's quite possible that different settings can lead to 1 or more D2 clients getting confused.

In case it's not the plugy.ini causing this, what IP settings does your girlfriend use when she is connected to your VPN?

When you start a game, can she telnet (start > run > cmd > telnet [host] [port]) to your ports ?
I'm not sure what ports are used in TCP/IP games, but probably the same as bnet.
If the cmd window stays black after the telnet command, it means it's connected.
A faulty attempt will lead to something like "connection has failed".


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other than quickly filling your logs and causing unnecessary network traffic


Typical Microsoft, I'd say :D. My brief research indicates that a master browser is required for every 32 computers in a network, so I certainly don't need more than 1 :). I may investigate disabling the feature, I'm just not sure on which machine I would disable it.

I'm going to remove the -direct -txt switches from my D2 shortcut (to disable Plugy entirely) and then test a TCP/IP game. Will go from there depending on the results.

As for my girlfriend's computer, I think the Zone Alarm firewall on her machine is getting confused and may be causing issues (she tried hosting a game on another network and was still unable to do so, so either the Zone Alarm is preventing it or so is the router on the other network). I will test disabling the firewall, as well as telnet, the next time I have access to her computer.

:D I appreciate your help and knowledge, Zorax, it is much appreciated.


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Zone Alarm
ah! either uninstall it or try dig into options, make allowed zones (ip range) + ports + add a game. Had bad experience with this software.
Btw. to disable it run services.msc find it and disable(force manual startup + service stopped). Closing GUI doesn't matter.


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Hey Steel. That's good to hear (so to speak) that you also had issues with Zone Alarm. I mean, I've used a variety of firewalls over the years, and I've always ironed out any issues, but it's a bit harder for me to remember to work on this one since my girlfriend's laptop isn't always in front of me as a reminder, ya know? Hers has been acting very weird lately anyway (a few dropped packets here and there, not remembering Safe Sites in her Trusted Zone, etc.)

It's good that I now have two root causes to pursue for my issues - on her machine, I'm going to remove the current version of ZA, test D2, reinstall the newest version, test + troubleshoot with exceptions. On mine, I tested creating a TCP/IP game without Plugy enabled and voila, I can save and exit without getting a connection interrupted. I was using an old version (9) and 10 was released 2 weeks ago. I'm going to try removing 9, installing 10 and reconfiguring it to hopefully get it working again (single player wouldn't be as fun/feasible without it).

Thank you, Steel and Zorax for all your help in this thread - I'll post back tonight with my results :D


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EDIT:

Alright, it's definitely Zone Alarm's fault for my girlfriend not being able to host a TCP/IP game - I killed the services on her laptop and was able to host a TCP/IP game on my network without a problem.

The only issue remaining is PlugY, and I'm really not sure what to try (and it's affecting both my machine and my girlfriend's). The only thing in the PlugY log file that seems pertinent is this:

Bad index fct 11163 for 06200000
***** PARAMETERS *****
Fixed Parameters file is opened.

Which comes after the dll's are loaded at the top of the log; 06200000 references D2common.dll.

I'm not sure if this could be the result of the size of the shared stash? Or some dll not loading correctly? I definitely hope to fix it, though, TCP/IP won't be too much fun without it :-(

EDIT #2:

I may have fixed it :D. Uninstalled old PlugY, reinstalled v10, went over the config file with a fine-toothed comb, tinkered with file locations (PlugY.dll, PlugY.exe, shared stash file, etc.) and was able to save changes in a TCP/IP game. Thanks again to all for help, I'll update if necessary :)


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Very nice to hear :)

One warning though, I read in the Eastern Sun FAQ that if you switch to shared stash while you are in a multiplayer game, you will corrupt your shared stash file. Maybe backup the file before you try to access it from within a multiplayer game? ;)


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I read in the Eastern Sun FAQ that if you switch to shared stash while you are in a multiplayer game, you will corrupt your shared stash file.
it can only corrupt if you try to use shared stash with 2 chars at once.


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Found something out - it only happens to some of my characters, which lends me to think it's related to the size of their personal (and not shared) stash.

Here's why - after doing all my tinkering with the PlugY config file and such, I was successfully able to host a TCP/IP game with a level 58 druid, who is in Act 5 normal and has about 2 full stash pages of personal stash (spread across 4 pages). When I S&E'd from this test game, it worked correctly.

My girlfriend and I then played together for a few hours and she left my hosted game without any problems. When I left that game, I got the "Connection interrupted" error again. I hosted games with a few test characters (who have nothing in their personal stashes) and had no issues. Tested with other characters who have a fair amount of gear in their personal stash - got the connection interrupted error. They all have access to the same shared stash (which is 9 or so pages with a total of maybe 4 full pages of gear) so I'm leaning towards the size of the personal stash.

Just not sure what to do as a test, I figure I'll start by emptying (as best I can) my druid's personal stash and seeing if it still happens. At that point, maybe it's the possession of a certain item that's common between characters?


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you stashed quest items/cow parts/cursed rings?
regardless "connection interrupted" you lost anything from your stash?


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Yes, I have stashed all of the above (quest items, cow parts, cursed ring and glyphs), some are in shared stash and some are in personal. What impact does that have, or rather, what have you found to be the "correct' process for storing these items? Put them on the first page only?

As for losing items, it's just like getting a CI on Battle.net - anything that happened up until the last auto-save is lost - experience, stat/skill point placement, waypoints activated, etc. However, I do not believe I have errantly lost anything - by that I mean, if I am playing single player and place something in the stash, when I save and exit (which works in SP without error) those items are there the next time I play.


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you shouldn't stash these items in shared stash as you can carry only one. Having one in shared stash and in pers stash count as 2 so obviously it will always crash. Puri Glyphs you can have unlimited amount.
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what have you found to be the "correct' process for storing these items?
Put item you need, let's say horadric staff, in shared stash, join with second char, take it to personal, but never leave it be in shared.


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Is this different in the Single Player version of the mod? Because I have no trouble (as far as I can remember) picking up multiple of each item. I will test that fact when I get home from work.

In any event, why would this only affect some characters and not all? If all have access to the same shared stash, then every character should effectively have multiple of each item. Unless the issue only arises if a copy of each item exists in both personal and shared stash? If that is the case, I suppose I could store all in the shared stash until I go to use it (since once I make the portal the item should be gone). Eh?

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EDIT: The character it's happening to has NONE of the items in question in his personal stash. Other characters have them in both personal and shared, and can host TCP/IP without issue. The hunt continues...


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Figured I'd post an update - it doesn't seem to be dependent on any of the following:

Amount of gold in personal stash
Items on character
Presence of Cow items
Whether merc is alive or dead

What I want to do, and will take a little bit of time, is to completely empty the inventory and stash of the character it's happening to, then start adding items back until the error happens.


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Another update, just in case anyone is watching / has any ideas / wants to know:

Things I've noticed/experimented:

--On a character it happens to, I emptied his personal stash pages into the shared stash - still happens
--On a character it happens to, I stripped his gear (weapons, armor, etc) into shared stash - still happens
--On the characters it happens to, the TCP/IP progress bar takes about twice as long to fill as it does for characters it DOESN'T happen to

I still can't find a common thread, unless it's possible for the actual character's save file to become corrupted? Or at least, the PlugY portion of it. I mean, if I disable PlugY, I can host TCP/IP games and S&E without a problem. I haven't seen a common item, difficulty, class, stash size, etc between the characters it happens to.

Although, oddly enough - it DOES only happen to characters I actively play - those that have no problems are test characters who I've pretty much built using UDieToo (although they still have quests completed, items in their personal stash, etc). Characters I've "legitimately" leveled/played/quested, THOSE are the ones having problems. Some are still only in Act 1.


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Don't use shared stash on multi, it's officialy bugged you can read it on phrozenkeep/plugy board. Obviously you can't be kicked from single player game(duh) so don't take that as good coin.


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BaTz281 wrote:
(note to others - set the game to 98/ME compatibility if your scroll doesn't work :D).


how do you Do this?!?!


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In Windows 7? Right click the executable (Game.exe), go to the Compatibility tab, then select the "Run in compatibility mode" check box and scroll down to 98/ME. I also check the last 4 boxes on the window - disable visual themes, desktop composition, display scaling, and Run as Admin.

And Steel, thank you for confirming that - I did read about it on the Phrozen Keep, but the posts I found were from a while ago and I wasn't sure if anything could have changed. In addition, it only starts happening after a certain point in time - generally for me, it happens somewhere during Act 1 (i.e. a level 12 character that's only made it to the Cold Plains can save & exit fine from a TCP/IP game, but once that same character reached level 18 and Black Marsh, it would fail).


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