Can't connect to any game servers

Kaynex · Mar 11, 2014

I am a student living in a university residence. I get a 403 error upon trying to connect to any game server. Namely, I send a connection, but I can't get a connection back.
My old computer had no problems with connection, nor do any of my friend's current computers.
This computer CAN connect to game servers on other ISP's, just not the university's ISP.
I have no problem connecting to the internet, and I've already tried disabling the firewall.

Is there any solutions to something like this? I am running a Dell inspiron 1420, with vista.

CRITICALThinker · Mar 11, 2014

I may be wrong, but the connection may be blocked by the school. If that may be the case I recommend using spotflux, freegate, or hotspot shield (each with their own unique properties). Otherwise it could be that the game has a corrupted file, and will not connect for that reason. What game is this?

Kaynex · Mar 12, 2014

CRITICALThinker :

I cannot play most games that require network action. I tried spotflux, and it IS working. However, the school should not be blocking anything like that, and they're not blocking anything on other people's computers, so it's a weird situation.

canadianvice · Apr 9, 2014

Portforward and firewall. This is the issue for 900.9% of multiplayer connection problems.

Paul Desjardins · Jul 4, 2014

canadianvice :

exactly how do you do this?

canadianvice · Jul 6, 2014

Paul Desjardins :

2 parts:
#1: Go to Windows/Third-Party Firewall and open up the relevant ports for the server/service/game you want. These are either ones you chose or the support site for the game should have them listed, as well as if they're TCP/UDP.

#2: Find your router model, and follow the relevant instructions on http://www.portforward.com
This contains detailed instructions for most makes and models.

Sometimes your ISP or other IT providers will block ports or not allow you access to sufficient infrastructure to change these. In which case, you can try Hamachi to simulate a LAN with the other computers, but otherwise you're out of luck.

Hojte · Aug 17, 2014

Kaynex :

CRITICALThinker :

I cannot play most games that require network action. I tried spotflux, and it IS working. However, the school should not be blocking anything like that, and they're not blocking anything on other people's computers, so it's a weird situation.

Ehh.... Chrome said that the installer for spotflux was malware, did you have any problems??

Search

Can't connect to any game servers

Kaynex

Reputable

canadianvice

CRITICALThinker

Distinguished

Kaynex

Reputable

canadianvice

Distinguished

Paul Desjardins

Honorable

canadianvice

Distinguished

Hojte

Reputable

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page