Re: Newbie - I cannot enter my MUD for first time

From: c3 (wraith@pickens.net)
Date: 03/21/00


if running locally on the mud's server,  try the ip of localhost with the
proper port


Wraith
----- Original Message -----
From: Bartsch, Randy <RBartsch@wbc.edu>
To: <CIRCLE@post.queensu.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 3:49 AM
Subject: [CIRCLE] Newbie - I cannot enter my MUD for first time


> I finally configured and made my first mud and started it up using
> vms_autorun
> program (i guess that is what im supposed to use??). (Yay) But when i
enter
> my
> ip address and port 4000 in either zmud or telnet and try to connect, it
> says
> that i cant connect to that ip address on that port.
> Im using circle 3.0 (the default port is 4000, so that's not the problem.)
> and
> i copied and pasted my ip address probably 20 times from 3 different
> sources,
> including the winipcfg program, so I believe i have the right ip address.
I
> can telnet and zmud to other people's muds so those apps work fine.
> One problem that i may have introduced was that i compiled in linux and i
> want
> to run my mud out of windows 98. Can I do that? (linux wont recognize my
isa
>
> network card so i cant use internet in linux: long story nevermind).
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
>
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