General PB Client Authentication Failure

by **__Mr-Unknown__** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 20:24

i have this problem i think.....
i can't see what's the problem because my screen freeze and no disconnect
so i need to restart my computer
but warren said to me it was this problem...
but now i reinstalled et twice
still the rpoblem isn't fixed
only +point is that after i installed et i can play 30/40 min
but for the second time connect 10/30 sec.....

can some1 plz help me........
(i posted here, in et helpdesk not so much help:S)

by **lis** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 22:06

unky, have a look at this topic, especially the last post in the topic^^

good luck

by **warren-the-ape** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 0:39

eey unknown, I added a new chapter to the FAQ based on the topic Lisa posted above

See; FAQ > Punkbuster (PB) Problems > NOTHING WORKS - I canâ€™t enable PB or PB is causing Freezes!

Hope it helps.

by **Damelon** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 1:01

warren the ape wrote:eey unknown, I added a new chapter to the FAQ based on the topic Lisa posted above
See; FAQ > Punkbuster (PB) Problems > NOTHING WORKS - I canâ€™t enable PB or PB is causing Freezes!

Hope it helps.

oh yea an idea..better if we quote the whole evenbalance support

by **__Mr-Unknown__** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:34

i did the staps so many times
and still no result :S:S

by **warren-the-ape** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 13:38

__Mr-Unknown__ wrote:i did the staps so many times
and still no result :S:S

Hmm strange, it helped Frodo (found it out by himself) I dont have anymore ideas

Just a few questions;
- did you change anything to your pc config?
- installed new software lately?
- new modem/router? What kind of modem/router do you have?
- what kind of firewall and antivirus software are you running?

by **lis** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 14:32

__Mr-Unknown__ wrote:i did the staps so many times
and still no result :S:S

apparently some old ati and nvidia drivers cause pb freezes too. i doubt you have these old drivers, but nevertheless worth a check:

http://www.rtcw.jolt.co.uk/content/faq/enemyterritory_faq.html#PB-nvidia

by **__Mr-Unknown__** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 18:05

warren the ape wrote:
Just a few questions;
- did you change anything to your pc config?
- installed new software lately?
- new modem/router? What kind of modem/router do you have?
- what kind of firewall and antivirus software are you running?

>no, nothing changed
>umh.. i think no
>new 1 not older than 1/2 year
>newest version of norton

but why i can play a week ago normal on pb-servers
and now have problems, so i think it's not my videocard......

by **warren-the-ape** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 19:04

Hmm...

Norton is well known for causing serious problems with PB, are you using the Norton Internet Security as well?

Perhaps its an norton update causing more 'damage' than before.
You could try to switch Norton off before starting up ET or if you are using that internet security (firewall) thingie, start digging in the config

Let ET allow all connections.

You could also try to port forward the port punkbuster is using within your router config, for more information visit; http://portforward.com/

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Its a b#tchy thing, both Norton and Punkbuster are programs (ughm* would almost say viruses

) that connect with a lot of software & hardware while running

One of the reasons I dont use Norton anymore :roll:

by **__Mr-Unknown__** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 19:11

ok
after a week playing an alternative game
i want et back^^

tried this week several times to connect, still no succes
here 's situation

connecting, all fine
play 30 sec in game whole screen freeze , need to restart my computer :S
non-pb server huge lagg or it was PS#2 :S

but than connected to ps#4 with warren (thx mate^^)
i saw by myself this

assigned guid e98833b32762bb0f5a2124d238c34d2ca
and (l v1,257|A1377 C1.298)

don't know if it means somehing or it's normal:S

by **warren-the-ape** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 19:31

Eey Unknown,
Yes thats normal, that just displays your pb guid and the pb version.

You got kicked for;

__Mr-Unknown__ Msg overflowed

What is your /rate ?
What is your /cl_maxpackets ?
What is your /com_hunkmegs setting?

/rate & /cl_maxpackets :arrow:

try to lower those a little bit (rate; 12500 or 6250 | /cl_maxpackets; 15 )

/com_hunkmegs :arrow:

90 / 128

edit:
How much internal memory (werkgeheugen) does your pc have?

by **__Mr-Unknown__** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 20:01

ok thx warren i will try it out

my internal memory is 1GB (putted last year 512 mb extra in)

i did exactly what you said

/rate & /cl_maxpackets Arrow try to lower those a little bit (rate; 12500 or 6250 | /cl_maxpackets; 15 )

/com_hunkmegs Arrow 90 / 128

connected to PS#4 get freeze again
connected to PS#2 get freeze again (pb was on there too :S)

by **warren-the-ape** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 21:22

Hmm.... so memory isnt the biggest problem,
Have you tried scanning for Virusses and Ad/Spyware? (try the trial version of Spysweeper or use the free Windows Defender)

Did you tried switching off your anti virussoftware and port forwarding?

warren the ape wrote:Perhaps its an norton update causing more 'damage' than before.
You could try to switch Norton off before starting up ET or if you are using that internet security (firewall) thingie, start digging in the config Let ET allow all connections.

You could also try to port forward the port punkbuster is using within your router config, for more information visit; http://portforward.com/

I think your problem is caused by; Norton and/or virusses, ad/spyware

by **__Mr-Unknown__** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 19:52

ok after some fixing

it's now this
i can play on et v2.55
i can play on et v2.60
i can't play on et v2.60 after replace etkey :S

so can a etkey get corrupted after a long long time??

by **warren-the-ape** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 21:10

Unknown I've split this topic into a seperate topic,

After reviewing the logs I found the following, you were getting kicked for;
PS2 - General PB Client Authentication Failure
PS4 - Ignoring MD5Tool Queries

- Corrupted ETkey dunno, could be

Okay 2nd try

- go to your 'pb' folder
- delete all dll files with pbbag in the filename, delete all dll files with pbcl in the filename, delete pbcl.db
- run pbweb.exe and wait untill it updated the files
- remove pbcl.dll
- download a backup pbcl.dll here and place it into your 'pb' folder

Right after that try to connect to PS1 or PS4 and see if it helps anything

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edit:
Read this too especially the part about norton, zone-alarm & nvidia

by **__Mr-Unknown__** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 0:16

warren the ape wrote:- Corrupted ETkey dunno, could be

after some hope, there was the end of the road, finally, now i can frag you all again......
the server won't be so safe for you, if i come online again.......
be aware......

CASE CLOSED!!!!!

somethings need to change, but thats only the matter of time^^

by **Damelon** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:26

thats called a etkey bug
nothing about worry
i set you
cya in servers

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