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When attempting to create a multiplayer internet game I get the following error message
after the game is created, in the screen where the details of the game are specified and
the game is started:

   Network Error
   Invalid host or port

This used to work, and I don't think I changed anything on my system.  I tried messing
with my Firewall, but to no avail.  My router is set up for the standard port number: 7465
to forward it on to my computer.

Any idea why I'm getting this error?  It is preventing anyone from joining my game.

Hmm. Strangely enough, I can't find any references to that error. Is that the exact text of the error message?

Just in case it matters, which version of Windows are you using?

Windows XP SP3

I took a screen capture, but I don't know how to post it.

The precise error message is in a little dialog box in the
center of the screen:

         Network error
      Invalid host or port.

               OK

Most likely this error is coming from an external package that
is being called.  Trouble is I don't know what host or port it
is referring to that is invalid.

Changing the port number in the previous screen has no
effect.  Same error.

Hmm. That error message isn't from my code, and I can't find any references to it in the library code I'm using or in Windows documentation. Very odd.

I haven't tested with Service Pack 3 yet, I suppose that could be an issue. It still worked after you upgraded to SP3, did it?

This problems appears to be unrelated and unaffected to any changes to my
system.  I upgraded to SP3 just recently and it also had zero affect.  The
problem appeared before I did the upgrade and still persists.

The message is most likely coming from the a DNS lookup call or some other
network call that requires a host and port number.   Other code I find on the
web looks to see if the host name is null or contains blanks and checks the
port number range.  My hostname is a single word, no blanks, and my IP
address is 192.168.0.170 because I'm behind a router.  None of those things
have changed.

Are there any URL or Host/Port lookups in the code to a server on the
internet?   If so that call may be the one that is failing.

Just thought I'd try again, and now the error message reads:

   Invalid host ::ffff:98.203.212.119 or port 7465

Very odd that the message changed, because I didn't change anything on my system.

Heh - yeah, I've just now been able to reproduce it. It's a server-side problem, due to lighttpd being too smart for its own good and PHP being too stupid for its good. What you're seeing there is debug information which I added to the server. (That message actually comes from the server, which is why I didn't see where it was coming from before.)

Should be fixed as of now. Let me know if you still experience problems.