Connecting.. ?

[Hipartgirl14]

Ok i have followed all the directions.. I did not touch the .xml file. I think i might of uploaded it wrong. I have checked other topics but there advice didnt really help me. I have it uploaded on http://habboat.ha.funpic.org/avatarChat/ - What am i doing wrong ?
oh yeah..
ip : 127.0.0.1
port : 9339
Windowx XP Service Pack 2
All Firewalls Disabled
orginal Ip : 66.24.126.184

Eh ?

[Lapo]

ip : 127.0.0.1

This is wrong. The IP address must be the real machine IP address not the localhost!!

[Hipartgirl14]

Yes, I have done that and yet still it does that . Still just says "Connecting" over and over again. What do you think I have done ? Thank you. I have uploaded everything http://habboat.ha.funpic.org/Chat/ and I mean EVERYTHING just incase i didnt upload something I needed. I still continue to think that I did something wrong when I uploaded it.

[Lapo]

Hipartgirl14,
you can't just upload the Server files in order to make the work.

You must RUN the server. Please read the instructions provided.
You can also read them online at this address >> http://www.smartfoxserver.com/docs/

Chapter 3.1 explains how to run SFS on different operating systems

[Hipartgirl14]

Um, Yes i am Running the Server right now and it looks like it is ok ... but still why do I have problems ? (I have a little expirence with running servers cause i do webcasting)

-Katarina

[Lapo]

the server doesn't seem to be running.

I've checked with telnet connecting to your IP, port 9339 and nothing is responding.

Possibile causes:

1) Server is not running
2) Server is running on a port != 9339
3) A firewall is blocking connections

[Hipartgirl14]

Yes, you probly caught me in a time when my computer wasn't turned on. I have the server running right now. Sorry

- Katarina

[Lapo]

Still unreachable from here... are you keeping it running all the day or just for some time?

[Hipartgirl14]

Well, i dont exactly run it all day, but i try my hardest to remember to keep it on. What do you suppose is wrong ?

-Katarina

[Lapo]

If I try pinging your address it is alive, so it means you're connected.
Do you have a static IP address... static = never changes from one connection to the other

About what it could be the cause, it just can be one of the 3 I told you before:

Possibile causes:

1) Server is not running
2) Server is running on a port != 9339
3) A firewall is blocking connections

if 1 and 2 are satisfied then it's going to be because of #3 !!

[Hipartgirl14]

I still dont understand what you mean in #2 .. if you mean that if i have it set on that port, yes. Also for #3 i tried everything and disabled everything I could but still, it has to hate me. Sorry that im so slow with things like this.

-Katarina

[Lapo]

Sorry != means "not equal to" for programmers... you shouldn't have known...

So you use port 9339 then you have problems with a firewall. Is your server connected directly to the internet or is it behind a router? Is there a hardware firewall / proxy in between or a software firewall?