Zugg Software :: View topic - CMUD Pro isn't connecting--Vista Basic--tried the DEP thing and the admin thing

Newbie Joined: 29 May 2008 Posts: 5 Location: nyc

Greetings All!

I am using Vista Basic 32 bit. The trial version of CMUD ran as normal. When the 30 days was up and I downloaded
CMUD Pro 2.37, then purchased a licence one or two days later. I was able to connect to my MUD right after
entering the license.

Suddenly CMUD Pro is not connecting. It tries 20 times until it says it won't auto-connect anymore. I've
checked with other players and one admin and the mud is up and running.

I've read the post regarding DEP and this Vista already has the option "Turn on DEP for essential Windows programs and services only" already
checked off. So I then chose the other option and added CMUD Pro.exe to the list of programs to allow, restarted
my computer and CMUD still tried to connect 20 times to no avail.

I right-clicked CMUD Pro.exe and chose to "always run it as administrator", restarted my computer and still
nothing.

Any help would be appreciated.

love,
chelle

Apprentice Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 110

What MUD are you trying to connect to, and have you tried any other way to connect? It is possible your MUD itself has a problem at the moment, if you haven't changed anything since your last successful connection.

Mike

Newbie Joined: 29 May 2008 Posts: 5 Location: nyc

Thank you for replying, Mike! I am trying to connect to astaria3.com port 5000. When I ping, it says 103 ms. ??????

love,
chelle

Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:06 pm

You probably recently installed a firewall program that is blocking CMUD.

Newbie Joined: 29 May 2008 Posts: 5 Location: nyc

let me start by saying, that this situation had me so upset that i quit smoking. i think i grew a grey hair. i only bought cmud pro to play one mud.

so...

THANK YOU TO EVERBODY THAT REPLIED! the situation has been resolved. the admin was giving me the wrong ip address. Why was cmud pro connecting to my mud with an old ip address, i really don't know and i don't care anymore because i can mud now.

love,
chelle

Newbie Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 4

I don't mean to take over someone's post but I'm having the same difficulty. I'm running Vista Home Premium 64 bit and cannot use CMUD to connect to any sort of MUD. The one I've been trying to connect to is Materia Magica. I've tried the DEP and admin thing, even gave CMUD full permissions in my firewall. It still won't find an ip address. I don't know what more to do. Sad

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:18 pm

Are you able to connect with another client like telnet? Are you able to connect to other MUDs using CMUD? Did you confirm that your firewall is properly configured to access on non-standard ports?

Newbie Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 4

I am able to connect with telnet. I'm not able to connect with any MUDs whatsoever. I'm not 100% sure that my firewall is properly configured. However, I've even tried disabling it and I still couldn't connect to anything. I'm using Kaspersky Internet Suite. What I do know is that I did reformat this computer a couple days ago so everything on this computer has to be reconfigured.

Wizard Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2320

You say you are able to connect with telnet, then you say you are not able to connect with any muds whatsoever. I believe Tech was asking whether you are able to connect with any muds through telnet, and it's not clear whether you answered that.

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:42 pm

Go into your Windows Firewall and add CMUDPro to the exception list (or UnBlock list, whatever it's called). Your Kaspersky Internet Suite might have the same settings. With most software like this, you can't actually "disable" it without uninstalling it. They are designed to protect against virus software and cannot usually be easily disabled (otherwise viruses would just disable them). I know when Symantec Internet Security and McAfee Internet Security you have to actually uninstall them to stop them from blocking programs. Uninstalling is a bit drastic, so just go into their configuration and add the CMUDPro application to the allowed list.

You should also open a Command Prompt window and type:

Newbie Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 4

Rahab, I will clarify. I am able to connect via telnet using Materia Magica's Moongate Client. I cannot connect to any MUDs whatsoever using CMUD.

Zugg, I did everything you've mentioned and all packets were lost. Prior to your post, I already added CMUDPro to the exception list for both Windows Firewall and Kaspersky Internet Suite. I still couldn't connect using CMUD. However, I could connect using Materia Magica's Moongate Client on their website.

If my network software is just blocking 32-bit apps, can something be done to actually unblock that?

Enchanter Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 698

First off, I know nothing about Vista or 64 stuff. XP Home SP3 is what I use.

Now then, the Moongate Client is a java applet that requires an active browser to run. This doesn't necessarily mean that you're able to connect using telnet.

To check your telnet capability (at least how it is done on XP Home) select the start button from the taskbar and then select 'RUN...'
This should bring up a dialog box into which you would type 'telnet materiamagica.com 23' and then select the OK button.
If this works, then we know that port 23 is able to be used for telnet traffic.

To check other ports, you could try the same thing but change the 23 to 4000 or 6666 or 8000 or 9000.

If neither of these work then instead of 'telnet materiamagica.com 23' try 'cmd' (OK) and then type 'ping materiamagica.com' and <enter>

Let us know the results.

Newbie Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 4

Well, my computer crashed so I had to reformat the computer as a whole. I haven't installed Kaspersky Internet Suite (mainly because I cannot find it) and everything else is working fine. CMUD connects just fine too.