Connection refused

[rageknitter]

Hey everyone,

I used to log on to one of the tastyspleen servers and get my ass kicked every once and a while, but at least since December or November I have been getting the error message "Connection refused".  Can anyone give me some advice on how to clear this up?  I checked that my R1 client is up to date, but beyond that I'm at a loss.   I didn't sweat it for a while because I should be working anyways, but I have to get back to the action.  Thanks, and sorry if this is a totally obvious question.

[console]

Hi,

I don't see any existing bans in your IP range.

Which server are you trying to connect to?  Are you using a name other than "Player" ?

[rageknitter]

No, no "player" variations.

I just went down a server list and tried a bunch.  Some work-- quake.de gloom, qdev, and some random Chilean one.  But none of the tastyspleen or OGN servers work.  That's a bummer, I hoping maybe it would just be some sort of IP block with tastyspleen.

Does it have anything to do with anti-cheat?  I think I downloaded the r1 client with that, but I am also pretty sure I played plenty on tastyspleen with that same client.

[console]

Hmm.  No, AC shouldn't be an issue.

Have you tried multiple tastyspleen servers?

Some are on different hosts.

For example, vanilla is 74.54.186.226:27912 in Texas

whereas, tourney4 is 69.9.168.4:27930 in New Jersey.

Can you connect to either of those?


Regards,

[rageknitter]

Yeah I've tried a bunch of tastyspleen servers, including the two you mentioned, and they don't work.  connection refused.

Hope that's not it and my dm days are over...

[console]

Hmm.  Mighty strange.

I myself am on the same ISP as you (san diego roadrunner.)

Might try the following...

Make sure your 'skin' is set to something generic, like male/grunt.

Make sure your name is something other than Player.

in your q2 console, type: developer 1

then: connect tastyspleen.net:27916

... i'm hoping we might possibly see a little additional information besides just "connection refused"... maybe...


Regards,

[console]

Also, are you able to ping the server IP's from the command line?  (E.g. cmd.exe)

Like:

ping tastyspleen.net

ping east.tastyspleen.net


?