Can't connect to my Ventrilo server since i installed antivirus software

CaxusCaxus
edited July 2009 in Science & Tech
I'm fairly computer literate with most things but when it comes to ports, and routers, and firewalls i'm pretty much a noob.

My friends and I have been using Ventrilo for a few weeks with me running the server from my computer. A few days ago i had to put norton antivirus on my computer to get ride of a virus. Ever since then i can't connect to my Ventrilo server and neither can anyone else. I uninstalled it and everything but it must have changed one of my windows network settings. The windows firewall isn't up but something is blocking stuff. Anyone have any idea how to make stuff like that work again? Thanks.

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  • CaxusCaxus
    edited January 2005
    Nobody knows anything about this? I'm almost at the point where i'm going to format and reinstall windows but i really don't want to do that if there's an easy solution.
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    This server is at a different location and you have admin rights through your computer at home? It used to work fine, but you installed Norton on your home PC and now no one can connect to the server that's at a different location?

    Sounds to me like a coincidence, if so. Could be something else, I haven't ever heard of Ventrilo before though, and i just tried looking for any information on it, found nothing about your situation, of course it's very vague... "it doesn't work".

    Have you checked their FAQ or anything like that?
    http://www.ventrilo.com/faq.php
  • CaxusCaxus
    edited January 2005
    Yeah i checked their site thoroughly and can't find any specific instruction to fix it. Its not on another comp. My client and server are on the same comp. I run the server and then can't connect with the client and none of my friends can connect either. It used to work fine.

    Its like the port is being blocked or something but everything i've read about port forwarding seems to refer you to router specific instructions and i'm not using a router.
  • Ventrilo-HostVentrilo-Host United States
    edited July 2009
    Are you trying to connect to your gateway's public IP address or could you be trying to reach your computer's internal IP (usually looks like 192.168.x.x). From your vent server, browse to http://www.whatismyip.com/. This will tell you your public IP that your vent clients should be trying to connect to. The traffic will hit your router and the port forward will tell it which computer to find the vent server on. 192.168. ip addresses are only applicable to other computers on your local network, not ones across the internet.
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