Can't connect to IP but others can?

steve-ere · 08-17-2009, 02:09 PM

Okay so heres the problem...

I play on a gameserver and it recently changed ips. Its new one is 67.228.245.0(:27015) The trouble I am having is that I cannot connect to that ip. I try to add it to my steam favourites but I get "The server is not responding." I then looked on game monitor and the server is up. (http://www.game-monitor.com/search.p...28.245.0:27015)

I then decided to ping the ip through cmd and recieved timeouts so its as if my internet just can't get anything from the server/ip. I checked with the owner of the server to see if I was ip banned and I wasn't so I'm really confused why the ip won't work for me but works for everyone else. Another server of theirs has the ip 67.228.245.1:27015 and I can connect to that fine so here is my conclusion and question.

Is it possible that I am having problems because the ip ends with 0? Could something on my computer be blocking the ip because it has 0 at the end?

Thanks to any people who help :)

So far I've tried:
Turning off firewall and AV

and also I have a router

gcavan · 08-18-2009, 01:39 AM

67.228.245.0 is a network address. No device can have that for an ip. Only addresses with each octet a number between 1 and 254 are valid ip addresses.

steve-ere · 08-18-2009, 12:37 PM

But everybody but me can connect to it

steve-ere · 08-19-2009, 04:52 AM

Fixed it, my router's firewall was blocking the ip because of false smurf reports, I just had to block icmp ping and now its working :P

Suncoast · 08-20-2009, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by steve-ere

Fixed it, my router's firewall was blocking the ip because of false smurf reports, I just had to block icmp ping and now its working :P

Do you mean allow? Just curious.

Quote:

Originally Posted by gcavan

67.228.245.0 is a network address. No device can have that for an ip. Only addresses with each octet a number between 1 and 254 are valid ip addresses.

That would depend on the subnet mask. Not all addresses ending in zero are invalid as host addresses.

gcavan · 08-21-2009, 05:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suncoast

Do you mean allow? Just curious.

That would depend on the subnet mask. Not all addresses ending in zero are invalid as host addresses.

DOH! You are right, of course.

08-17-2009, 02:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
steve-ere Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 9 OS: Vista	Can't connect to IP but others can? Okay so heres the problem... I play on a gameserver and it recently changed ips. Its new one is 67.228.245.0(:27015) The trouble I am having is that I cannot connect to that ip. I try to add it to my steam favourites but I get "The server is not responding." I then looked on game monitor and the server is up. (http://www.game-monitor.com/search.p...28.245.0:27015) I then decided to ping the ip through cmd and recieved timeouts so its as if my internet just can't get anything from the server/ip. I checked with the owner of the server to see if I was ip banned and I wasn't so I'm really confused why the ip won't work for me but works for everyone else. Another server of theirs has the ip 67.228.245.1:27015 and I can connect to that fine so here is my conclusion and question. Is it possible that I am having problems because the ip ends with 0? Could something on my computer be blocking the ip because it has 0 at the end? Thanks to any people who help :) So far I've tried: Turning off firewall and AV and also I have a router Last edited by steve-ere; 08-17-2009 at 02:11 PM.

08-18-2009, 01:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
gcavan Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada Posts: 308 OS: Win XP, Vista 64, "Intrepid" Ubuntu My System	Re: Can't connect to IP but others can? 67.228.245.0 is a network address. No device can have that for an ip. Only addresses with each octet a number between 1 and 254 are valid ip addresses.

08-18-2009, 12:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
steve-ere Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 9 OS: Vista	Re: Can't connect to IP but others can? But everybody but me can connect to it

08-19-2009, 04:52 AM	#4 (permalink)
steve-ere Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 9 OS: Vista	Re: Can't connect to IP but others can? Fixed it, my router's firewall was blocking the ip because of false smurf reports, I just had to block icmp ping and now its working :P