Weird connection problems

[meditation]

A group of us are having a few problems trying to connect to my linux server :)

When running tests trying to decide the best software we thought TeamSpeak was best in quality, but the lag and loss in quality of voice people were suffering due to the fact it was being served off a DSL modem was rendering it useless. This server was being run on a players machine with WinXP.

So I decided to move it to my shell account system, being served off a shared server on RedHat (8 I believe). This account also serves as an IRC server.

When someone has a direct connection to the internet they can connect fine to the server. Some people behind a network can connect fine too.

However the majority of people behind a network can't connect, and can't see the server. Yet these same people can connect fine to the IRC server.

My home server machine can connect fine (Windows 2000) but the machine on the network (Windows 2000 too) can't. Internet is served on the network via Windows internal internet sharing.

Another guy on a school campus can't connect. (assumes it's an NT server).

Finally one guy from his home can connect. We think his server machine is XP.

We will be testing people connecting to the shoutcast server on there once I start it up again, but does anyone have any ideas why it isn't working? Is there something I havn't set up right? :)

Thanks in advance for any help.

[Rama]

First I would check to make sure everyone is using the right version of TS for the server.

Then you may want to access the rules and firewall for the server to make sure there isn't something causing that. I'm assuming it's not their route since they can connect to the IRC port and probably ping.(another thing to test)

Try to mark people's IPs and see if you can find some sort of consistency.

[meditation]

Well I know for sure that my two computers are using the same version of TS, so it can't be that.

I can ping the machine no problem.

And the IP for the two machines here should be the same, at least when it comes to the internet connection. After that it's an internal network. There isn't any firewall unless Win2k has some form of firewall that would block me somewhere. There isn't any added firewall though.

[Lethe]

M$ do not follow the rules, nor know (read want) how to correctly handle network rules - part of the monopoly.

What I think is happening is that the client ask for a port, and XP refuses as it gets all confused due to the way M$ want it to work. Apps that follow the rules do break a lot on M$ machines.

Are these machines running M$ ICS also?

Nick

[meditation]

I'll check that :)

... oh ... saw your location .. Play up Pompey! :)