World of Warcraft stuck at connecting

[MakLeod]

Just installed WoW on my computer. Everything is working fine, but I keep getting stuck at the "connecting" phase. Every once in a while I get to "authenticating", but that doesn't happen too often. Here's is the terminal code which has relevance to the connection process:

fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x33f168,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 112 (SPI_GETMOUSESPEED)
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 113 (SPI_SETMOUSESPEED)
fixme:sync:CreateIoCompletionPort (0xffffffff, (nil), 00000000, 00000000): stub.
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW Option INTERNET_OPTION_CONNECT_TIMEOUT (5000): STUB
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW INTERNET_OPTION_SEND/RECEIVE_TIMEOUT not supported on protocol 4
fixme:wininet:InternetSetOptionW Option INTERNET_OPTION_CONTEXT_VALUE; STUB


I am also using a wireless card to connect if that helps (Atheros chipset). Thanks!

[Amurko]

In Wine and Cedega, there's an option to choose which OS to "fake".. I had the same problem when I picked Windows XP but changing it to Windows 98 only made this problem occur maybe 1 in 10. I hear that some people made it go away by choosing Windows ME. The moral of the story: try changing and experimenting the OS wine or cedega reports and see if it improves.

[MakLeod]

Tried Windows 2000, ME, and 98 and still having the same problem. Although it did get to "authenticating" once with Windows 98 emulated. Any other ideas?

[AndrewRiedi]

I am able to log in with wine pretending to be Windows XP.

[MakLeod]

I think I figured out what the problem was. After upgrading to Feisty (clean install), WoW worked without a hitch. I thought about what I had installed in Edgy and forgotten about and I remembered that I installed moblock (similar to peer guardian) to block my ip address from being listed when using p2p applications. I'm not 100% sure, but I bet that was preventing me from connecting to WoW. Just an FYI FWIW. :guitar:

[Naegling23]

MakLeod: Yup, it was moblock, I had the same problem with it. Once its installed, you need to keep it running, or remove it, otherwise it will block WoW.