Posted by Waigerits(VIP) on April 14, 2000 at 05:44:27:
In Reply to: EMERGENCY aid needed posted by Elmaster on April 14, 2000 at 04:57:29:
> This may be a duplicate...my first post I cant see...
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> I need the help of the more computer savvy players of CF. I am trying to play through a firewall put up by my companys intranet. It isnt allowing me to connect through telnet or JMC, and I am unable as of yet to log into IRC #CF through DEVS page.
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> So, if you have any ideas on what to do, or if there is perhaps another way to get through, I could really use a fix...especially today.
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> Help a boy out...Id do it for you.
Hmmm................................ :)
Well, firewalls are very different. Since you
can acces www, your company has a proxy for
http. If it has proxy for telnet, you will
be able to play CF. If its proxy forwards
telnet port 6667 to one of dalnet servers
(which I doubt very much) you will be able
to chat on irc. Dalnet used to have telnet
client but it is now down and probably forever.
As you didn't specify what OS you use, I will
try to guess.
Ok, first you have to find out how your proxy
works. Try to find proxy setting in your browser
preferences, probably the host name is there
(if not, then your proxy is transparent probably
and I dunno how to deal with it).
If you found the host name, try to telnet to it,
usually http proxy and telnet proxy work on
the same lab comp. If it worked and you see
something like:
Trying 192.168.3.2...
Connected to tretyak.
Escape character is '^]'.
tretyak telnet proxy (Version V2.1) ready:
tn-gw->
then type in "open carrionfields.org 9999" and
you are there.
If it did not work, you will probably have
to actually work at work, heh.