Freelancer Problem...

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Freelancer uses a number of ports out to the server. Do you have anything
installed that might be blocking those? Because a server-admin might decide
to fix those serverports to a different range?

Cheers
Christian "Bargib" Koerner
http://www.lancersreactor.com

"Eckie Thump" <eckiethump@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:wCh6d.154200$hZ3.131388@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> Hi all
> Been playing Freelancer for some time on-line with no probs.
> The Jolt.co.uk server is where i (used to) hang out until i got a
> connection
> problem.
> When i try to coonect i get the message:
>
> Please Wait... The Requested Operation Is Taking Longer Than Requested....
> Press Esc To Cancel
>
> When i press Esc i get returned to the server list.
> If i wait a couple of minutes sometimes i get the create new character
> screen but my character (that i've spent months building up) is not there.
>
> All other servers work fine.
> Site admins say there is no problem with my account.
> The server pings at about 15-20 and shows that it isn't full.
> I've tried at various times of day (and night)
> My ISP (Blueyonder) has done a Traceroute on the IP addy and found it OK.
> I have re-installed the game using the same account id.
> Still the problem persists on this one server.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Regards,
> Eckie.
>
>