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VROC and GPL: 48k Connects but NO "GREEN" Races

Joe

VROC and GPL: 48k Connects but NO "GREEN" Races

by Joe » Thu, 19 Jul 2001 04:58:22

       This one is driving both me and my son NUTS!
        With my v.90 modem I average about 44k connect speeds and have never
had any problem getting a good number of "GREEN" VROC GPL races. My son
recently moved into an apartment complex. He is getting consistent 48k
connect speeds with his v.90 modem (GREAT) but he cannot get ANY "green"
races with VROC. Even when we are on VROC at the same time every "Green
Race" I see is Red on  his machine.
    We have had his whole system hooked up at my house and everything works
fine. From my house with his system and his ISP he gets the same 44k connect
speeds I get with my system and my ISP and there are lots of "Green Races"
so we know his trouble is NOT with his modem, his system or his ISP as these
all work fine from my house. But when he gets  home and tries it it's back
to Zero Green Races even with the FASTER connect speed of 48K
     Broadband (cable, etc.) is not an option. Can anyone here advise on
what is wrong and what (if anything) can be done about this?
     Any Help would be MUCH appreciated
SpeedFree

VROC and GPL: 48k Connects but NO "GREEN" Races

by SpeedFree » Thu, 19 Jul 2001 07:00:36


>       This one is driving both me and my son NUTS!

<SNIP>

If you have all red races and it says GPL 0.0.0.0 in the bottom status bar
in WinVroc, hit control+o and navigate the path to your GPL folder. Even if
the path looks correct, use the browse button on the right to navigate to
the GPL folder, then restart WinVroc. You should now have green races.

Lol SpeedFreek

Bart Westr

VROC and GPL: 48k Connects but NO "GREEN" Races

by Bart Westr » Thu, 19 Jul 2001 06:45:50

Must be the line quality. Try forcing the modem to 28K or even 19K to get
more stable transmissions. This is still enough to join races on Vroc.

Bart Westra


SpeedFree

VROC and GPL: 48k Connects but NO "GREEN" Races

by SpeedFree » Thu, 19 Jul 2001 07:20:27



>>       This one is driving both me and my son NUTS!
><SNIP>

>If you have all red races and it says GPL 0.0.0.0 in the bottom status bar
>in WinVroc, hit control+o and navigate the path to your GPL folder. Even if
>the path looks correct, use the browse button on the right to navigate to
>the GPL folder, then restart WinVroc. You should now have green races.

Ignore this, I didn't read your original post properly...   :(
Bart sounds like he's on the right track...

Lol SF.

Dave Henri

VROC and GPL: 48k Connects but NO "GREEN" Races

by Dave Henri » Thu, 19 Jul 2001 07:48:06

  The red boxes are not bad connection speeds, but a vroc fix you need to
apply.  once you get the fix, which available at the vroc site,  you will
then see red races for those events that you don't have a track for.  Green
is for races you can join.  Blue is a passworded race..and orange is one
that is getting ready to start(I think)
The vroc fix can also be done manually.
  you should have in your vroc\winvroc folder a file
called vroc.ini   this is what should be in it...

[VROC]
Address=216.7.136.5

save it as vroc.ini and then restart vroc.  you will probably have to go
through the options again...i.e. tell vroc where your gpl install is,  your
racing name etc...
dave henrie

Joe

VROC and GPL: 48k Connects but NO "GREEN" Races

by Joe » Fri, 20 Jul 2001 04:11:25

    The son is out of town for a few days so we cannot try these out as  yet
but we now have some possible solutions. THANKS GUYS!!


>   The red boxes are not bad connection speeds, but a vroc fix you need to
> apply.  once you get the fix, which available at the vroc site,  you will
> then see red races for those events that you don't have a track for.
Green
> is for races you can join.  Blue is a passworded race..and orange is one
> that is getting ready to start(I think)
> The vroc fix can also be done manually.
>   you should have in your vroc\winvroc folder a file
> called vroc.ini   this is what should be in it...

> [VROC]
> Address=216.7.136.5

> save it as vroc.ini and then restart vroc.  you will probably have to go
> through the options again...i.e. tell vroc where your gpl install is,
your
> racing name etc...
> dave henrie


> >        This one is driving both me and my son NUTS!
> >         With my v.90 modem I average about 44k connect speeds and have
> never
> > had any problem getting a good number of "GREEN" VROC GPL races. My son
> > recently moved into an apartment complex. He is getting consistent 48k
> > connect speeds with his v.90 modem (GREAT) but he cannot get ANY "green"
> > races with VROC. Even when we are on VROC at the same time every "Green
> > Race" I see is Red on  his machine.
> >     We have had his whole system hooked up at my house and everything
> works
> > fine. From my house with his system and his ISP he gets the same 44k
> connect
> > speeds I get with my system and my ISP and there are lots of "Green
Races"
> > so we know his trouble is NOT with his modem, his system or his ISP as
> these
> > all work fine from my house. But when he gets  home and tries it it's
back
> > to Zero Green Races even with the FASTER connect speed of 48K
> >      Broadband (cable, etc.) is not an option. Can anyone here advise on
> > what is wrong and what (if anything) can be done about this?
> >      Any Help would be MUCH appreciated


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