Thus spake "schoie88": > A while ago I noticed I could connect to server but got no feedback, > e.g. couldn't see anyone [including me] in rooms, even though the > server status showed them to be busy. My opponents could see me in > there. Quite clearly the server couldn't 'upload' to me. Other > connections are fine. A few plyers on the VASL forum had the same > problem. > > After several tests I now realise this is because the ISP blocks all > connection to P2P sites at peak times. The VASSAL server comes back > when P"P software is unblocked. More and more ISP's are blocking this > traffic at peak times. So more and more players will be kept out of > VASSAL in the evenings. Is VASSAL server seen as P2P by the ISP's? Can > this be altered? > > cheers > David
If you're showing up for others on the server, then clearly you have no problem getting packets through to the server. Your problem is receiving packets coming back to you from the server. VASSAL uses port 5050, last I checked. Are you sure the problem is that your ISP is blocking port 5050? (I'm dubious about this, since Yahoo Messenger also uses 5050; I have a hard time believing that they'd block Yahoo Messenger.) Another explanation is that your firewall is blocking those packets, but that's also weird since (I think) the incoming packets from the VASSAL server should be interpreted by your firewall as related to a connection you initiated, and so let in. Hmm. It might be worth calling your ISP about to get more information. If it turns out that they are blocking 5050, what I would do, in order of severity, is 1) ask them not to block that port, 2) point out that it prevents you from getting what you pay for, 3) threaten to switch to another ISP (even if you don't really mean it), and 4) switch to another ISP and write them a letter explaining why. -- J.
