Pulling my hair out

[Cursed]

Hi im currently trying to set up a jabber server that can be used with my forums-free account but at this rate im going to be bald

my problem is no matter what i try i cannot get any servers to work

the easiest server i have discovered is openfire! i have figured out that i needed to use a dynamic dns service which i have signed up and setup correctly

i have setup the server to use thefallenguild.no-ip.info
i have setup the server to host its own database internally
i have setup 2 users one as normal user and another as an admin
i have setup and forwarded all the ports that the server is using even ones that seem redundant and i have checked these and they are forwarded

the onlything that seems to loadup when i start the server is the adminconsole and nothing else (see attachments
i am running the server as administrator

when ever i try to connect to the server i get this error

Information

Could not connect to Jabber server.

Error: open_socket() - Connection timed out

Error: connect() #2

[Cursed]

Hi im currently trying to set up a jabber server that can be used with my forums-free account but at this rate im going to be bald

my problem is no matter what i try i cannot get any servers to work

the easiest server i have discovered is openfire! i have figured out that i needed to use a dynamic dns service which i have signed up and setup correctly

i have setup the server to use thefallenguild.no-ip.info
i have setup the server to host its own database internally
i have setup 2 users one as normal user and another as an admin
i have setup and forwarded all the ports that the server is using even ones that seem redundant and i have checked these and they are forwarded

the onlything that seems to loadup when i start the server is the adminconsole and nothing else (see attachments
i am running the server as administrator

when ever i try to connect to the server i get this error

Information

Could not connect to Jabber server.

Error: open_socket() - Connection timed out

Error: connect() #2

Any help would be greatly appriciated and welcomed with open arms

[Jehan]

Hello,

1/ I am not an OpenFire specialist (even not a user yet! But maybe some day because I was told it is a nice server), but in server name in your screenshot, I can read "insertnamehere,dyndns.org). Isn't there an issue here?

2/ For the point "i have setup the server to host its own database internally", isn't it contradictory with the fact you said you wanted the Jabber ID being associated to your forum's accounts? If this is the case, I would have rather imagined a system of shared logins, like LDAP, etc. At least if you want a real integration and coordination Jabber/Forum.

I don't really know how works this integration of the Jabber server with your forum, but maybe if you give the name of the forum sotfware (phpbb? vbulletin? other?) and which methods you intend to use to do so, etc. then some people may have done something similar before, understand your issue and help you. For now, I must admit it is rather blurry.

[Nicholas Jordan]

I have enough all night hair pullers that I can get with your program for a moment. That diagnostic is telling you that the most fundamental connection layer ( called sockets ) quit trying because the server was not talking back.

There is a function in sockets: accept() you just code to that and let the engineers figure it out beyond there. Too many issues both good and bad to go any deeper than that. You can write super-simple servers that run on your own machine to get going with sockets but I would not think you will gain anything that way given the wording of your question.

Someone who knows more about the server you are trying to connect to will have to answer your question, but it would help them if you post your connection code:

BE SURE TO BLOT OUT ANY URL TYPE INFORMATION THAT HAS ANY USEABLE VALUE IDENTIFIYING ANYONE OR ANYTHING

This is just a normal courtesy that saves board administrators having to edit your post. Connection times, adjacent code and comments on how you tried to do it are also helpful.

Oh, don't tear up any plastic keyboards in frustration. There is a marker at five years out when you do that no longer. That is what separates those who will make it.

[Cursed]

the forums i have signed up is forums.free.com in the attachment you can see the settings it asks for server name

i have changed the dynamic dns to thefallen.dyndns.org because apparently the netgear router i am using is designed to work with this provider

the dyndns is current and points to my external ip address

i have all ports open that the server requires
i have also tried to place the server outside the firewall in the dmz but this has made no difference

i have tried connecting to the server via secured connection and none secure this also hasn't helped

The problem is that there is no support available i have tried to get support from the openfire forums and the forums-free forums and there is no help files with either so im sorta running out of options

if you dont mind what would you suggest for a basic setup and what software i need to set it up

.. sorry forgot to say the reason the image says insertnamehere is because someone said they could help me out but i didn't trust him so i removed it and put that in its place

thanks again for your help it is heartily appreciated

[Jehan]

From your last screenshot, I begin to understand better the integration of jabber in this forum. This is apparently a notification system for users with an external Jabber account. I thought you were trying to have a Jabber server sharing the forum accounts of all users (which is indeed possible with a system like LDAP! And without any specific support of Jabber probably, as long as the forum AND the Jabber server both support LDAP or some similar and common system).

But then what I don't understand anymore is you speaking about Openfire then. Are you trying to run your own Jabber server? From what I guess, you don't need to, if this is just for a notification system.

So either I still don't understand the whole thing. Or else maybe you are doing something wrong thinking to have something else (so obviously it does not work).
Then could you try and explain from the beginning what you try to do and intend to get at the end?

P.S.: note that I tried a "telnet thefallen.dyndns.org 5222" but it failed (it was hanging until timeout). So anyway if there was supposed to be a Jabber server at this address/port, it is not there.
Oh and for the image, you were right. I do the same thing myself when I ask for help. Even here you can still do it (this is a public forum), but then tell us you changed the address on purpose so that we know this is not an error. ;-)

[AJxn]

Looks like you could use any other Jabber server for this, like jabber.org or google. No need to set up one yourself.

If you tell us which OS you are running, we could prob. help you a bit more. Like where to find log files etc.
If you have access to a computer account outside your firewall, you could try to access with telnet. That will get you some other errors, which is usally easier to understand.