Chat room probs

nathanskywalker · #1 10-24-2005, 05:02 AM

Hey, i was wondering if someone could help me out with a little prob i've been having with a chat room. Well, i have an account with a site and can post on the forum, but when i try to use the chat room i get ann error. The chat room uses a java plugin(which i have), but i cannot connect, the site says that i have a "spoofed I.P." yeah so...HELPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!

JPnyc · #2 10-24-2005, 01:46 PM

The site is reporting that YOU have a spoofed IP? Did you do that yourself? Because if not, then I would run this scan immediately!

nathanskywalker · #3 10-24-2005, 05:18 PM

Well, actually i can't run the scan, it requiers internet explorer and i am running firefox, one note my uncle said it could have to do with how Sprint high speed asigns I.p. adresses but i don't really know...i think my computer i free of spyware and such, i have several good scanners...so anything else cause i don't really know waht else to do.

JPnyc · #4 10-24-2005, 05:32 PM

You don't have IE loaded? Is this a windows OS you're running? That's the most thorough scanner out there. It will find stuff others miss very often, including malware that aren't technically viruses.

nathanskywalker · #5 10-24-2005, 09:50 PM

Well, i ran the scanner, found a few minor threats, and i think i gottem(most anyway), but unfortunately still got a problem. I don't know how to "spoof" an I.P. so either, well i don't know.

JPnyc · #6 10-25-2005, 06:41 PM

Hmm, who's your ISP? have you contacted them? They're the ones who could best help with this.

nathanskywalker · #7 10-25-2005, 07:44 PM

Will do. Sprint(earthlink) is my ISP, so i guess i'll give that a try, though(we just switched to them) i've heard they're not to helpful.

JPnyc · #8 10-26-2005, 02:47 AM

I should also ask if you use a firewall, router, or a proxy. those could also give a "false" IP although they shouldn't prevent chat room use.

nathanskywalker · #9 11-01-2005, 11:04 PM

yeah, i have a D-link router, mcafee firewall, and i don't know about rpoxy...

JPnyc · #10 11-02-2005, 01:40 AM

Well then the thing to do is to eliminate each one and find out which is causing the issue. I would bet it's the router but we'll try the FW 1st. Probably can't hurt much to disable it just long enough to connect to the chatroom. Then try direct connection without the router, but the FW enabled.

spiderman2000 · #11 11-11-2005, 09:37 PM

that's strange...

do u have a proxy server or something running?
i mean do u connect thorugh it??

myabe the proxy server is not working well??

nathanskywalker · #12 11-16-2005, 04:16 AM

um...no, no proxy server. I have a dynamic I.P. that is assigned by Sprint, my uncle said that it was a internal network ip or something like that so the site may see it as not being a valid ip.

nathanskywalker · #13 11-22-2005, 10:06 PM

Hey thanks all, got the prob fixed, looks like i just needed to update my firmware lol, thanks again.

spiderman2000 · #14 12-10-2005, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by nathanskywalker

Hey thanks all, got the prob fixed, looks like i just needed to update my firmware lol, thanks again.

hahahaha...

that's all? firmware??

why didn't we thought about it...