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Old 29th February 2004 | 12:46
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swh

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ISP and chat connection

Sent this PM to deltafoxtrot, LMM, tinpis, Jerricho, ZK-NSJ, criticalmass, Techchick, Chaffers as they indicated they cannot get into chat.

This is been sent to you as you have indicated you are having trouble logging into chat.

I have put together a FAQ for chat, http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...54#post1204954

For others that I have actually talked to with MSN, their ISP cannot get into the chat server.

To see if this is the case for you, run the tracert host6.digichat.com from a msdos prompt or command prompt under windows. I suspect you will find it will time out trying to reach digichat, you will see * * * or host timeout along those lines if that happens contact you ISP, tell them you cannot connect to host6.digichat.com, and other mates you know can, let them know that your mates with different ISPs can connect, and if they can investigate for you.

Let them know that chat uses port 8396 to make sure that is not being blocked by a firewall.

If this does not make sense, copy and past it into an email to your ISP.

Let us know how you get on.

PS : The Chat server is not in the same physical location as the Pprune server so if you can get to Pprune does not necessarily mean you can connect to chat.

Last edited by swh; 1st March 2004 at 23:23.
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