Frenchy Posted December 2, 2000 Share Posted December 2, 2000 Does anyone use Black Ice defender? It appears that with this program running, it detects those attempting to join in a game that I attempted to host as attacks and requested that I block them. I did and it permanently blocked their address. Has anyone else experienced this problem using Black Ice Defender? I have disabled the program and want to test and see if it was indeed the problem. Email me and I will set up a quick battle to see if you can join in. Thanks! IP Address 207.069.039.225 ------------------ Webmaster http://www.trailblazersww2.org http://www.vmfa251.org [This message has been edited by Frenchy (edited 12-02-2000).] [This message has been edited by Frenchy (edited 12-02-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kking199 Posted December 2, 2000 Share Posted December 2, 2000 hey frenchy, I can tell ya that BI was blocking attempts at ICQ file transfer, so I would not be surprised if it was blocking a TCP/IP game. I disabled, but I just started messing with it, so don't know a lot about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy Posted December 2, 2000 Author Share Posted December 2, 2000 KKng199: Thanks for the info. I am testing at the moment and as soon as I find the answer I'll post it here. ------------------ Webmaster http://www.trailblazersww2.org http://www.vmfa251.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_pig Posted December 3, 2000 Share Posted December 3, 2000 There is a text file, firewall.ini, that BlackIce Defender uses for it's firewall configuration. At least when I fooled around with BlackIce half a year ago, it was the only way to change the firewall settings. I did a quick knowledge base search at NetworkIce and came up with the follow article, that describes the format of firewall.ini. http://advice.networkice.com/Advice/Support/KB/q000091/default.htm All you need to do is add a line that opens up the port that CM uses. It looks like CM use 7023 as the host port. I sure someone knows the correct port(s) to open up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy Posted December 3, 2000 Author Share Posted December 3, 2000 If you use Black Ice Defender, you must delete it in order to host a game. It will allow you to join in on one but not host. It acts as a firewall, producing a false IP and prevents anyone to join. This was determined after 24+ hours of trial and error. I just played my first game (I hosted) and won. What an intense battle! Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy Posted December 3, 2000 Author Share Posted December 3, 2000 Big_Pig: I tried the ini route but I could not get it to work. Still had problems. Deleting Black Ice did the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrewolf Posted December 3, 2000 Share Posted December 3, 2000 I have blackice and have no problem with ICQ or tcp/ip Try setting a lower warning setting (I set mind to normal), If you set it to cautious, it'll block ICQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy Posted December 3, 2000 Author Share Posted December 3, 2000 Sabre...I tried that also...believe me I tried it all. ------------------ Webmaster http://www.trailblazersww2.org http://www.vmfa251.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrewolf Posted December 3, 2000 Share Posted December 3, 2000 Well I didnt have any problem, bad luck I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbg2112 Posted December 3, 2000 Share Posted December 3, 2000 For whatever it's worth, I'm using Zone Alarm and I've been able to configure it's security settings to allow CM to work. Do a search if you're interested.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kking199 Posted December 3, 2000 Share Posted December 3, 2000 Couple things Frenchy, you don't have to uninstall BlD to keep it from installing. Click on "Start", select "Run", type in "msconfig", click on the "Startup" tab. In here you can now select what you do/don't want loading at startup, IF BID was still installed you would see "LoadBlackD", you could then just uncheck it. BTW.. you may find some other things you may not want loading as well. My experience is once BlD has blocked something then even bringing down the level of protection won't change it's position on what it has previously blocked. So looks like playing with the .ini would be the way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaSCa Posted December 3, 2000 Share Posted December 3, 2000 I've hosted with BID installed, I had to 'stop' the engine, but did not have to delete program. Right click on the BID icon in the systray and you will have a menu option to 'Stop BlackIce engine'. Click there and host away. When finished with CMBO right click and select the 'Start engine' option. btw. this works w/2.1.32. Earlier versions may be different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PawBroon Posted December 3, 2000 Share Posted December 3, 2000 ZoneAlarm which is a very fine free Firewall works like a charm with CMBO on IP. Just have to authorized it as a server and you're done... ------------------ I shall unleash Death, Pestilence and Failed Blue Tests on ye!! Any other day or so with Emma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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