Error 10049: while playing online GPL.

I seem to be experiencing this error, 10049 Error on network device, quite a bit. First the sound goes (focus moving from the GPL a message box), pressing the mouse button brings it back to GPL. Sometimes it stays connected, but mostly I get disconnected. A v90 modem is what I use to connect. Any suggestions? Thanks, Ian

% I seem to be experiencing this error, 10049 Error on network device, quite a % bit. First the sound goes (focus moving from the GPL a message box), % pressing the mouse button brings it back to GPL. Sometimes it stays % connected, but mostly I get disconnected. % A v90 modem is what I use to connect. It sounds as if you are getting disconnected from your ISP, which is causing the network error. To help isolate the disconnection, got to Control Panel -> Modems -> Properties -> Connection -> Advanced and check the box Record a log file. If this box was already checked you should have a file in your Windows folder called ModemLog.txt If you are getting disconnected by your ISP or your modem is*** itself up, you should find clues here. There are 2 places to check to see if you have your connection set to disconnect automatically. The first one is on the Connection tab for your modem. The second is in the Control Panel -> Internet -> Connection. -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

I've had this happen a couple of times, and it's due to losing the ISP connection. Strangely, I think that there is something that can happen due to running GPL on-line that will cause the disconnect, since this has only happened when I'm connected to specific people's host systems! I haven't created a log file, but would be interested in knowing if the disconnect is being initiated from the ISP end, or if something in the modem/serial port drivers on my PC is causing this. In either case, it happens "behind GPL's back", but I think that GPL is somehow involved. -- Doug Gordon (remove "nospam" from e-mail address) I seem to be experiencing this error, 10049 Error on network device, quite a bit. First the sound goes (focus moving from the GPL a message box), pressing the mouse button brings it back to GPL. Sometimes it stays connected, but mostly I get disconnected. A v90 modem is what I use to connect. Any suggestions? Thanks, Ian

I have had this problem and I have localized it to my ISP. It has something to do with GPL but I think it may be that the type of packets it is sending to the ISP aren't registering as valid net traffic or something. GPL is the only program that exhibits this problem except that my friend who has the same ISP as me has had the problem when connecting to a site via PPTP. I have tried many things to correct the problem but nothing has worked. Scott from Papyrus helped me a great deal in troubleshooting the problem. The upshot of all of the testing? I am signing on with a new ISP soon. Here's the deal: 3 other people I know have GPL and the same ISP. We have all connected and tried racing and we all had the problem at different times. If the other two guys, who have alternate ISP's already, connected via their other ISP, they experienced NO OTHER PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER, whereas I would keep getting booted. Also, the other guys never played GPL through Voicenet (my ISP) before. They have always used their other ISP and never had the problem. They never discoed until they went to Voicenet. Ever. The modem log always says the same thing: "Remote Modem Hung up". It is the same message that appeared on the other folks machines when they had their discos. Bottom line: my isp, Voicenet, does NOT like GPL for some reason. It may be some sort of software installed on their server that detects what it considers "valid" traffic (http? ftp?). If it doesn't detect valid traffic on a connection for more than 15 minutes or so, it disconnects. It is maddening and the ISP was no help at all. To hell with them. They lost my business. I can't stand getting discoed from league races anymore. I haven't completed a race since last December. One thing you can try which seems to have solved the problem for me temporarily is to run GSB. For some reason, this seems to keep the connection alive. I haven't raced in a league race using it, but VROC races stay connected while leaving GSB running in the background. Hope this helps. You are not alone. Good luck, J.

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>I've had this happen a couple of times, and it's due to losing the ISP >connection. Strangely, I think that there is something that can happen due >to running GPL on-line that will cause the disconnect, since this has only >happened when I'm connected to specific people's host systems! I haven't >created a log file, but would be interested in knowing if the disconnect is >being initiated from the ISP end, or if something in the modem/serial port >drivers on my PC is causing this. In either case, it happens "behind GPL's >back", but I think that GPL is somehow involved. >-- >Doug Gordon >(remove "nospam" from e-mail address) >I seem to be experiencing this error, 10049 Error on network device, quite

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>bit. First the sound goes (focus moving from the GPL a message box), >pressing the mouse button brings it back to GPL. Sometimes it stays >connected, but mostly I get disconnected. >A v90 modem is what I use to connect. >Any suggestions? >Thanks, >Ian

Hello Micheal, I have unchecked 2 boxes where you have suggested and will record a log file. I will see how this goes. Thanks once again :-) Ian

I have had only 1 disconnect out of 3 races now. But none due to the 10049 error message. Perhaps that has eliminated one problem! Ian

On Thu, 15 Apr 1999 18:41:05 -0400 "c0ldfusi0n" >I have had this problem and I have localized it to my ISP. It has something .... I had a continual problem with this - so much so that I talked to my ISP and he suggested connecting to a different number. Turns out they were using old (V34?) modems on one number (which was for static ip addresses) and when they introduced new V90 modems for dynamic ip addressing they introduced a new number. This has cured my problem (10049) 100%. They used to occur every 40 mins or so, now I have raced for about one month with only one such disconnection. (Still get thrown out of a race - but the connection to my ISP remains) I too did a modem log and it would show both disconnections from the ISP end and also from my end. I suspect that the modems were loosing synchronisation and never recovering. I have to say for completeness, that in changing numbers to my ISP I also changed from Energis to Cable and Wireless as the telephone service provider (after my British Telecom connection to them). Talk to your ISP and try and discover what modems are being used. Alan http://www.chandler.u-net.com

I did the same with my ISP and the 100049's have disappeared for me too. Unfortunately though the change came too late to prevent a 10049 kicking me out of the lead of a league race on the penultimate lap :-) -- Cheers! Graeme Nash http://www.karisma1.demon.co.uk ICQ# 11257824 ________________________________________________________________________________ "Sorry, my eyes were on screensaver" (Calvin & Hobbes)

The "new number" idea doesn't always work however. I have tried 6 of the dialups in my area for my ISP and the discos continue... I think my ISP just plain sucks. J.

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>>I had a continual problem with this - so much so that I talked to my >>ISP and he suggested connecting to a different number. >I did the same with my ISP and the 100049's have disappeared for me too. >Unfortunately though the change came too late to prevent a 10049 kicking >me out of the lead of a league race on the penultimate lap :-) >-- >Cheers! >Graeme Nash >http://www.karisma1.demon.co.uk >ICQ# 11257824 >___________________________________________________________________________

_____ > "Sorry, my eyes were on screensaver" > (Calvin & Hobbes)