Can connect to all servers...but one

Hillayin · 12-08-2010, 08:18 AM

So I have no problem connecting to almost every single vent whose info I have saved. Problem is, I can't get into my guilds vent, have no idea why. I am on a college network, however, my connection is wired. The ports for vent are obviously open as I can connect to other servers without their being any real issue at all.

When I place the info in and hit OK the regular message I always see appears, "Server is Available, Press Connect." After pressing connect...well it doesn't, the message just changes to "Connecting to Server." I have checked, double checked and triple checked the vent info and it is 100 percent correct. I have checked the vent server status and it was up and running during the time that I was trying to connect.

Please help!

Prog-Rocker · 12-08-2010, 11:08 AM

[FONT=Verdana]try the telnet test:

open a Terminal session[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]telnet serverhostname port#

[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana](where serverhostname={the server ipaddress or hostname of the server you’re trying to connect to (found in vent client server setup)} and port#={port associated with that server}[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana](example: “telnet 75.125.43.51 3784” or “telnet [url]www.myserver.com[/url] 3784” without the quotes)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana] [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]If Telnet is able to connect then you will see a message 'connected to' then 'connection closed'. If not, then you will see an error message about not being able to connect.[/FONT]

Hillayin · 12-08-2010, 12:35 PM

It mentions me putting in foreign characters. After hitting OK it says unable to resolve host name.

Prog-Rocker · 12-09-2010, 12:40 PM

"unable to resolve host name" is usually a DNS problem. suggest power-cycling your modem-router-mac to clear the cache.

Jaycyn · 12-09-2010, 01:34 PM

foreign characters may be causing the issue - are you sure the address contains foreign characters?

12-08-2010, 08:18 AM	#1
Hillayin Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 6	Can connect to all servers...but one So I have no problem connecting to almost every single vent whose info I have saved. Problem is, I can't get into my guilds vent, have no idea why. I am on a college network, however, my connection is wired. The ports for vent are obviously open as I can connect to other servers without their being any real issue at all. When I place the info in and hit OK the regular message I always see appears, "Server is Available, Press Connect." After pressing connect...well it doesn't, the message just changes to "Connecting to Server." I have checked, double checked and triple checked the vent info and it is 100 percent correct. I have checked the vent server status and it was up and running during the time that I was trying to connect. Please help!

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12-08-2010, 11:08 AM	#2
Prog-Rocker just tryin to help Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Local Space/Time Continuum Posts: 23,459	[FONT=Verdana]try the telnet test: open a Terminal session[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]telnet serverhostname port# [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana](where serverhostname={the server ipaddress or hostname of the server you’re trying to connect to (found in vent client server setup)} and port#={port associated with that server}[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana](example: “telnet 75.125.43.51 3784” or “telnet [url]www.myserver.com[/url] 3784” without the quotes)[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]If Telnet is able to connect then you will see a message 'connected to' then 'connection closed'. If not, then you will see an error message about not being able to connect.[/FONT]

12-08-2010, 12:35 PM	#3
Hillayin Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 6	It mentions me putting in foreign characters. After hitting OK it says unable to resolve host name.

12-09-2010, 12:40 PM	#4
Prog-Rocker just tryin to help Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Local Space/Time Continuum Posts: 23,459	"unable to resolve host name" is usually a DNS problem. suggest power-cycling your modem-router-mac to clear the cache.

12-09-2010, 01:34 PM	#5
Jaycyn Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 313	foreign characters may be causing the issue - are you sure the address contains foreign characters?