Pager is Offline

ID:293309
 
Nov 10 2008, 12:51 pm
BYOND Build Number:430.1005
Operating System:Windows Vista Basic 32-Bit
Video/Graphics Card:NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS
Game Hub/Link:ALL
Internet Connection Type:aDSL
Firewalls/Routers:Windows Firewall/Comodo Firewall Pro

Problem Description:
I cannot log in to any BYOND games unless I set it to login as guest if pager is offline. For some reason Dream Daemon and Seeker think my pager is offline, which it's not. So I don't get to use my key anymore and am forced to play all byond games as guest. I've tried several things including resetting my IP, making sure BYOND and Dream Seeker are allowed in both firewalls, uninstalling BYOND and reinstalling the newest build as well as older builds. None of these worked. Any ideas on what's wrong? I played BYOND a lot a while back and wanted to get back into it for a little while, but it's obvious I can't.

Nov 11 2008, 6:40 am
A common cause of this sort of problem is that the BYOND pager is unable to reach the hub to verify your account. You need to configure your firewalls to allow byond.exe, dreamseeker.exe, and dreamdaemon.exe to have full access to the Internet.

Also, it is common for a firewall to have options for allowing only a certain version of the program to have access, which it does by using a hash such as MD5 to make sure the program hasn't changed. If an option like that is in use, it is strongly recommended to turn that off for these three programs. Many times, after a BYOND upgrade a firewall ends up mistakenly blocking the newer version for this reason.

Lummox JR
Nov 11 2008, 12:36 pm
In response to Lummox JR
Thanks, I made sure all of the new programs in the BYOND folder were allowed and now it works