Zugg Software :: View topic - did windows update screw up my telnet/zmud?

Beginner Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Posts: 16

zmud 7.04, just did winxp update, some security updates and whatnot, and now i am unable to connect to the mud i play on using zmud or telnet

i turned off windows firewall, and i turned off norton intenret security to see if it was blocked, and that didn't help

does anyone have any idea what is up? i am able to connect using an http proxy (java of some sort), but iwth a straight telnet or using zmud, i cannot

HELP ME PUH-LEEZ?

Beginner Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 23

Hi, have you tried using the current version 7.05a? I use it with Winxp all service pack and security upgrades and it works fine for me.

Beginner Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Posts: 16

no dice. downloaded and installed (i still have weird problems with the zmud licensing, i had to do the offline license)

regardless, couldn't connect

i can't telnet in no matter what though, so i don't think the zmud version matters.

Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 5:32 pm

i use 7.04 w/ sp2 fine

Enchanter Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 698

What, >exactly<, happens when you try to connect?

Are you getting an error message?
Does zMud try to reconnect repeatedly?
Does your computer lock up?
Does a little green genie materialize from your cd-rom drive and cast a spell which causes you to wildly slam your keyboard with open palms until zMud closes?

Beginner Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Posts: 16

well, it depends on how i try to connect.

if i use telnet, straight telnet, i.e.

telnet myfavorite-mud.org 4000

I get the "could not connect to myfavorite-mud.org on port 4000" message in the little c:\> prompt box

if i try to connect to the mud straight through using zmud....it just...tries to connect over...and over...and over...and never connects.

if i connect to a proxy my friend has set up, i get the message

Connected to proxy-mud.org

then just as it is about to ask me

Do you want color (Y/N)?

I get disconnected.

i *can* Connect to the mud through java/http though.

Beginner Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Posts: 16

does anyone have any idea why tcp connections might be getting blocked? some setting in windows or something?

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:58 pm

try turning off all firewalls and any program that may be blocking it and seeing if you can connect... if you can reopen them one by one and see if something stops it.

Novice Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Posts: 31 Location: Yucaipa, Ca

I had this same problem.Heres what I did:

Close zMUD, go to the main directory, C:\zMUD, the default location. Then delete the mud folder. I turned off all my firewalls and made them not turn on with boot up, then I restarted the computer. For several hours I couldnt connect via telnet, or zMUD, but Java worked fine. Now I have firewalls back up and zMUD is fine. Also allow zMUD to access through the firewall :\ Check to be safe.

-Chris