Can't connect to any MUDs with MUSH, but Telnet works just fine

Posted by Area5x1 on Fri 21 Jul 2006 12:11 AM — 7 posts, 21,511 views.

#0
I can't seem to connect to any muds with Mushclient or zMud, but when I use telnet they all work fine. Is there something I done wrong?
USA #1
Make sure any firewall or software is allowing that program to access the internet.
#2
I don't think there's any firewalls running. Do I need to open some ports?
USA #3
If it's working via telnet, then ports shouldn't matter. What error are you getting?
#4
"Unable to connect to "Star Wars LOTJ", code = 10061 (Connection refused) Error occured during phase: Connecting to world: 204.209.44.23, port: 5000"
Australia Forum Administrator #5
Some firewalls (ZoneAlarm springs to mind) block programs rather than ports. If you get some message like "MUSHclient is attempting to connect to the Internet - do you want to permit that?" and you answer "no", then you are likely to get such a response.

Try going into the Security Centre for XP and seeing if you have blocking set up.
#6
Hmm it seems ZoneAlarm was running without me knowing. I disabled it and now its fine.