Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Fwd: 9PM FREECIV SERVER UP
Hello Stephen, I did try to connect to your server but failed. Perhaps you could ask the longturn guys (www.longturn.org)? Why do play freeciv game via the internet and know how to do it! I think you should also check the log messages of your server. They should indicate 'why' the connection was refused. Important at that point are also the network settings; did somebody get a connection from the internet (outside of your local network)? Regards Matthias (aka syntron) Am Dienstag, 15. Februar 2011, 05:13:37 schrieb Stephen Legate: Hi. As you can see from the below conversation, connecting Freeciv players across the net is not as easy and obvious as RTFMing would have one believe. We get a lot of operation completed successfullys, but no launched clients. Are we missing a simple piece? I've left my server running and accessible via Metaserver (...il.comcast.net...). Can YOU connect to the game? Why or why not? Thanks for any help, -Steve Legate -- Forwarded message -- From: Stephen Legate chund...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:59 PM Subject: Re: 9PM FREECIV SERVER UP To: David Legate daveyga...@gmail.com Cc: Kevin Smith ksmith6...@gmail.com, Randy Schumaker ra...@thectg.com, John Thong jth...@sbcglobal.net OK, here's the process, as near as I can figure. Please *TEST THIS TODAY IF YOU CAN*. 1) Start FreeCiv. 2) Click Connect to Network Game 3) Click on ...Metaserver... (forget exact wording) tab. 4) Find the server on the list that has .il.comcast.net in it. That's me! 5) MAGIC** 6) Type a message in the chat, letting me know who you are (if it's not obvious). MAGIC** = some combination of : - click on server in server list - click on AI slot in bottom-right list - click Connect I have actually gotten it to work. *If you get to a point where BOTH the server AND the AI slot are highlighted, and click connect, it connects.* I think the software does a very BAD job of giving you visual cues that let you know whether you've clicked in the right place or not, and whether you should be waiting or proceeding. And the documentation is laughably deficient. sigh... indeed. The travails of free software. -sl On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 10:38 PM, David Legate daveyga...@gmail.com wrote: Well ... I found your entry on the metaserver list, clicked on it, made my name daveygater (password lines still stippled-out), clicked on ai 1, and clicked on connect ... still just got operation succesful notice but nothing else. BTW, http://www.whatsmyip.org/ to find out the IP address of the current internet connection for your computer. On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Stephen Legate chund...@gmail.comwrote: Mmmkay. FAIL. Wow; a lot harder than it should be. I've figured out how to get my server published on the Internet Metaserver tab. If you get a chance in the next hour or so, see if you can connect to it. (It's the only server on the list with il.comcast.net in the name). I'm going to do the dishes, then I'll check back. If you successfully connect, type something cute in chat; obviously we won't get the game started tonight. But maybe next time I can provide step-by-step instructions. Or we could all drop $40 on Civ 5. Eh... -sl On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Stephen Legate chund...@gmail.comwrote: NEWSFLASH: try 24.13.141.172 port 5556 On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Stephen Legate chund...@gmail.comwrote: Obviously, folks are having trouble connecting. David and I are talking now. Please consult the Freeciv client manual and/or standby. The 192. address may not work; try: 68.87.72.134 On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 9:02 PM, Kevin Smith ksmith6...@gmail.cmwrote: How do you connect to that port? On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Stephen Legate chund...@gmail.comwrote: Connect to 192.168.0.105 port 5556 ( I think) 5 slots total available. e-me or call 773-480-5233 if you can't connect... -sl On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Randy Schumaker ra...@thectg.comwrote: I'm stuck at Ohare but i probably won't get on the 20:07 flight so I should be back home by 9pm Randy Schumaker Director of Information Systems Newmark Knight Frank | Frederick Ross (312) 287-9873 cell (303) 260-4322 work On Feb 13, 2011, at 7:03 PM, Kevin Smith ksmith6...@gmail.com wrote: I should be in for 9 pm tonight Kevin Smith 312-375-8603 Priority Associates Sent from my iPhone On Feb 11, 2011, at 10:16 PM, Stephen Legate chund...@gmail.com chund...@gmail.com wrote: Does 9pm CST on 2/13 work for everybody? -sl On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 2:43 PM, John Thong jth...@sbcglobal.netjth...@sbcglobal.net jth...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I can do the following: 9pm on 2/12 9pm on 2/13 -- *From:* Stephen
Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Fwd: 9PM FREECIV SERVER UP
On 15 February 2011 10:53, Matthias Pfafferodt matthias.pfaffer...@mapfa.de wrote: Hello Stephen, I did try to connect to your server but failed. Perhaps you could ask the longturn guys (www.longturn.org)? Why do play freeciv game via the internet and know how to do it! I think you should also check the log messages of your server. They should indicate 'why' the connection was refused. It's likely that it's not the server rejecting connection, but that one cannot connect the server at all from the Internet. What kind of internet connection that machine has? Does that machine have IP of its own or is it NATted? If there is NAT, you need port forwarding pointing to your machine (might be impossible to get if it's your service providing NATting you). Firewall? I tried to ping your machine and got 100% packet loss. - ML ___ Freeciv-dev mailing list Freeciv-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/freeciv-dev
[Freeciv-Dev] Fwd: 9PM FREECIV SERVER UP
Hi. As you can see from the below conversation, connecting Freeciv players across the net is not as easy and obvious as RTFMing would have one believe. We get a lot of operation completed successfullys, but no launched clients. Are we missing a simple piece? I've left my server running and accessible via Metaserver (...il.comcast.net...). Can YOU connect to the game? Why or why not? Thanks for any help, -Steve Legate -- Forwarded message -- From: Stephen Legate chund...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:59 PM Subject: Re: 9PM FREECIV SERVER UP To: David Legate daveyga...@gmail.com Cc: Kevin Smith ksmith6...@gmail.com, Randy Schumaker ra...@thectg.com, John Thong jth...@sbcglobal.net OK, here's the process, as near as I can figure. Please *TEST THIS TODAY IF YOU CAN*. 1) Start FreeCiv. 2) Click Connect to Network Game 3) Click on ...Metaserver... (forget exact wording) tab. 4) Find the server on the list that has .il.comcast.net in it. That's me! 5) MAGIC** 6) Type a message in the chat, letting me know who you are (if it's not obvious). MAGIC** = some combination of : - click on server in server list - click on AI slot in bottom-right list - click Connect I have actually gotten it to work. *If you get to a point where BOTH the server AND the AI slot are highlighted, and click connect, it connects.* I think the software does a very BAD job of giving you visual cues that let you know whether you've clicked in the right place or not, and whether you should be waiting or proceeding. And the documentation is laughably deficient. sigh... indeed. The travails of free software. -sl On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 10:38 PM, David Legate daveyga...@gmail.com wrote: Well ... I found your entry on the metaserver list, clicked on it, made my name daveygater (password lines still stippled-out), clicked on ai 1, and clicked on connect ... still just got operation succesful notice but nothing else. BTW, http://www.whatsmyip.org/ to find out the IP address of the current internet connection for your computer. On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Stephen Legate chund...@gmail.comwrote: Mmmkay. FAIL. Wow; a lot harder than it should be. I've figured out how to get my server published on the Internet Metaserver tab. If you get a chance in the next hour or so, see if you can connect to it. (It's the only server on the list with il.comcast.net in the name). I'm going to do the dishes, then I'll check back. If you successfully connect, type something cute in chat; obviously we won't get the game started tonight. But maybe next time I can provide step-by-step instructions. Or we could all drop $40 on Civ 5. Eh... -sl On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Stephen Legate chund...@gmail.comwrote: NEWSFLASH: try 24.13.141.172 port 5556 On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Stephen Legate chund...@gmail.comwrote: Obviously, folks are having trouble connecting. David and I are talking now. Please consult the Freeciv client manual and/or standby. The 192. address may not work; try: 68.87.72.134 On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 9:02 PM, Kevin Smith ksmith6...@gmail.cmwrote: How do you connect to that port? On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Stephen Legate chund...@gmail.comwrote: Connect to 192.168.0.105 port 5556 ( I think) 5 slots total available. e-me or call 773-480-5233 if you can't connect... -sl On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Randy Schumaker ra...@thectg.comwrote: I'm stuck at Ohare but i probably won't get on the 20:07 flight so I should be back home by 9pm Randy Schumaker Director of Information Systems Newmark Knight Frank | Frederick Ross (312) 287-9873 cell (303) 260-4322 work On Feb 13, 2011, at 7:03 PM, Kevin Smith ksmith6...@gmail.com wrote: I should be in for 9 pm tonight Kevin Smith 312-375-8603 Priority Associates Sent from my iPhone On Feb 11, 2011, at 10:16 PM, Stephen Legate chund...@gmail.com chund...@gmail.com wrote: Does 9pm CST on 2/13 work for everybody? -sl On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 2:43 PM, John Thong jth...@sbcglobal.netjth...@sbcglobal.net jth...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I can do the following: 9pm on 2/12 9pm on 2/13 -- *From:* Stephen Legate chund...@gmail.com chund...@gmail.com chund...@gmail.com *To:* KEVIN SMITH ksmith6...@gmail.com ksmith6...@gmail.com ksmith6...@gmail.com; Randy Schumaker ra...@thectg.comra...@thectg.com ra...@thectg.com; John Thong jth...@sbcglobal.netjth...@sbcglobal.net jth...@sbcglobal.net; David Legate daveyga...@gmail.comdaveyga...@gmail.com daveyga...@gmail.com *Sent:* Thu, February 10, 2011 9:17:27 PM *Subject:* FreeCiv Prep! Cool! 5 players would make a pretty good game. Comments and discussion: *Kev said:* *** but it does look similar to Settlers of Catan so I will give it a shot*. Hmmm. Yes and no, but mostly no. ;^) It does involve settlers, and industry and such. But also