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multiplayer online games not working on school computers

Asked by: ericore

Note: Java, flash player & Shockwave player are installed, enabled and confirmed working.  
          Setting using a cgi web proxy yields no improvement.
          Running java from a usb stick yields no improvement.

The problem is in connecting to the server or host to from computers at a school.  The site loads and game load, but freeze not at the loading stage but at the connecting stage.  
Well, for yahoo pool, it takes 1min on a high speed to connect; normally it takes 5 sec.  Once its connected and you see the game rooms and try to go into one of them nothing happens or it freezes.  

On Shockwave, regarding 8 ball pool doesn't connect at all.

I don't understand why non of my solutions have worked.  

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2009-03-26 at 10:41:48ID24268321
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by: joefreedomPosted on 2009-03-26 at 10:46:15ID: 23993142

I think part of your answer is in the title of your question:  School computers.

Unless you are a technical administrator of your schools technology resources you probably do not have the proper credentials to install all of the dependencies for all of the above applications you listed.  If that isn't the case and you have local rights to install all of the software it doesn't mean they don't have port filtering, and/or web/application blocking configured on the "back-end".

 

by: AaogPosted on 2009-03-26 at 11:21:51ID: 23993545

Right away my guess would be port blocked for those games.  Most educational networks and some business netowkrs block ports that are used for games.  It may not be possible to work around that (that's why they do it that way), but sometimes, depending on the game or the network setup, there are some ways to work around things.  Is this the kind of thing where you can't ask an IT person at the school if they could allow certain things?  My guess is that's the best way if you think they would allow you (in a study hall or something).

 

by: ericorePosted on 2009-03-27 at 11:47:42ID: 24004205

To clarify, its an online multiplayer game, the games are physically on a site, so its not a game that is installed on school computers and ran in multiplayer mode.

II had not thought about what Aaog proposes in regards to blocked ports.

How would I discover which port an online multiplayer game uses?  

And either,
Can I reroute which port the multiplayer game uses, and if so how?
or,
How can I get the game to play if a needed port is blocked?

 

by: arthurjbPosted on 2009-03-27 at 17:32:34ID: 24006581

>>How can I get the game to play if a needed port is blocked?

You can't

Many school networks block all ports except web surfing ports.

If you google the game name and ports, you may find that others have found alternate ports or a way to play without needing the ports.

This discussion borders on being out of bounds, but I answered because most schools lock down their networks much too tightly, and the advice here will either work because it is allowed, or just provide an interesting problem that can't be solved.

 

by: bmlbytesPosted on 2009-03-31 at 22:31:01ID: 24036232

Your problem, as others have stated, is the school is blocking your ability to play games. Most schools do it so its really not surprising.

The only thing I can suggest is to use a proxy. They hide anything you do on the internet. I will warn you though that schools do attempt to block proxies and not all proxies will work for what you need.

If you want to try the proxies, here is a huge list of proxies you can try (some of them don't work at all so keep trying) http://proxy.org/cgi_proxies.shtml

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