I am behind a firewall, but I opened all UDP ports above 1023.  
I also just tried specifically to use on of the open ports (-U <port>)
and it still got the same error.

-john

On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 05:48:19PM -0500, Dave Ahn wrote:
> You are most likely behind a firewall.  Turn on the portswap mode (read docs,
> it's something like portswap: on).
> 
> On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 04:41:33PM -0600, John Hitt wrote:
> > Different error.  Server was still up and connected using BRMH.
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> > unknown [1:/home/jhitt]: ./COW.3.00pl3.Solaris2.6.gz -h pickled.psychosis.net
> > Reading defaults file .xtrekrc
> > Calling pickled.psychosis.net on port 2592.
> > Got connection.
> > ***  socket 9174, player 0  ***
> > 1) Got read() of 0. Server dead
> > 1) read(): Error 0
> > Whoops!  We've been ghostbusted!
> > Pray for a miracle!
> > Waiting for connection (port 9174). 
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 05:28:35PM -0500, Dave Ahn wrote:
> > > Try connecting to pickled.psychosis.net.  If you are not rejected, then
> > > continuum's RSA keyking is out of date.
> > > 
> > > On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 11:58:32AM -0600, John Hitt wrote:
> > > > First problem.  It wants libX11.so.6.1 to run, this isn't a default
> > > > X11 library on Solaris 7 or 8.  I managed to get around this by
> > > > linking that name to libX11.so.4 and it runs ok on my local server.
> > > > 
> > > > Real big problem.  When I try to connect to a server using RSA
> > > > it gets the following error. (On Solaris 2.7).  If I had the proper
> > > > RSA type of info I would be happy to compile with debugging on and
> > > > find out exactly where the error is.  However, I don't so this is really
> > > > all the info I can give you.
> > > > 
> > > > unknown [1:/home/jhitt]: ./COW.3.00pl3.Solaris2.6.gz -h continuum.us.netrek.org
> > > > Reading defaults file .xtrekrc
> > > > Calling continuum.us.netrek.org on port 2592.
> > > > Got connection.
> > > > ***  socket 9104, player 11  ***
> > > > Receiving Short Packet Version 11
> > > > RSA verification requested.
> > > > Tried to write 7, 0xffbeed38, 12
> > > > write: Destination address required
> > > > gwrite failed.
> > > > Whoops!  We've been ghostbusted!
> > > > Pray for a miracle!
> > > > Waiting for connection (port 9104). 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Minor problem:  This one isn't really a big deal, was just wanting to
> > > > look at the pretty graphics and see what they were like.  I could never
> > > > get it to even attempt to use the pixmaps, and when given the -u option,
> > > > there is no -b option to even turn off the pretty pictures, so I am
> > > > assuming that the support for them isn't in this version of the client.
> > > > 
> > > > -- 
> > > > John Hitt
> > > > Strategic Applications Engineer, DHPG
> > > > Sun Microsystems, Austin, TX
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> > > Dave Ahn | ahn at vec.wfubmc.edu | Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
> > > 
> > > When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.  Try to live your life
> > > so that when you die, you will rejoice and the world will cry.  -1/2 jj^2
> > 
> > -- 
> > John Hitt
> > Strategic Applications Engineer, DHPG
> > Sun Microsystems, Austin, TX
> > x64073 (Internal)  512.401.1073 (External)
> 
> -- 
> Dave Ahn | ahn at vec.wfubmc.edu | Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
> 
> When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.  Try to live your life
> so that when you die, you will rejoice and the world will cry.  -1/2 jj^2

-- 
John Hitt
Strategic Applications Engineer, DHPG
Sun Microsystems, Austin, TX
x64073 (Internal)  512.401.1073 (External)