Stop telling me its my firewall

Tannhäuser Gate·Dec 20, 2014·55 votes·3,064 views

cuz it isn't and i don't want to tagged as a leaver

edit: what worked for me on the mac client on a laptop was to kill wifi and reboot my PC then turn wifi back on

37 Comments

Ashes AriseDec 20, 20145 votes

I haven't been able to play in 3 days. I'm having all sorts of client issues. When I finally got into a game I got the firewall message and couldn't get back in.

FierceLightningDec 20, 20143 votes

Yup its insane, not its not the firewall i get it even if my firewall is disabled

CenturosDec 20, 20142 votes

It's telling you it's your firewall "or something, we don't know because we don't know everything that might go wrong."

It might be an Or Something much of the time.

1qCPjbadCoDec 21, 20142 votes

FIX YOUR GAME RIOT

Suspect1001Dec 21, 20142 votes

Whats funny about all these comments say to people that they need to fix their connection, well it was Riots server all along so people with problems don't feel bad and people making fun of the people with problems you are wrong.

D0nCDec 20, 20141 votes

It actually is, the way they go about fixing the problem is terrible though.

Disable all of your firewalls and restart your PC then see if you ever get that error again, if you do, you may have a hardware FW causing it.

Tannhäuser GateDec 20, 20141 votes

Already did that and it has worked in the past but not this time

AlljoyDec 20, 20143 votes

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/help-support/gTWoNHAL-what-the-hell-is-this-firewall-error-after-champ-select-why-cant-i-connect-to-the-game

ImHerVoiceDec 20, 201410 votes

its not your firewall thats just the error message. Simple as that. Its either that or yo0u get the disconnect please reconnect etc etc message. or a bugsplat

D0nCDec 20, 20141 votes

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its not your firewall thats just the error message. Simple as that. Its either that or yo0u get the disconnect please reconnect etc etc message. or a bugsplat

When I get a black screen I simply try to reconnect by pressing Esc after it fails to connect and reconnect, it takes a few times but it goes through, it can be my FW or theirs, if all your FW's are properly off and you still get the problem, the problem is their wall, I haven't tested it because it's never a good idea to stay without a FW the entire time.

ReitereiDec 20, 20141 votes

Trying running league in as an administrator. It worked for me when I had the problem yesterday.

proud and bronzeDec 20, 20141 votes

ITS YOUR FIREWALL

WheatloafDec 21, 20141 votes

Unfortunately, when working with a mass of code this huge AND old, problems are going to crop up. Could they fix them faster? Depends on if the issue is severe enough to warrant some server downtime (can't always hotfix this stuff), or if they've actually managed to figure out what the hell it is yet. Could they make their error messages more informative? Ehh, not as simple as you would think. Could they acknowledge the issue? Well, often times they already have, they're just not going to run about pasting their response into every thread people make on the problem.

Hopefully they'll figure out everyone that had this issue and have their new leaver system discount all games caused by the issue.

WolfBVDec 21, 20141 votes

I just had that as xerath, took me 26 minutes to get in and the game was already over.

FzsDec 21, 20141 votes

Yeah it seems like the firewall error has been popping up more recently. Ive gotten it in like 5 games today :(

FierceLightningDec 21, 20141 votes

o look its happening again trying to connect to my game for 15 mins now

tamashikaDec 21, 20141 votes

Same problem. Using windows 8, ESET ver 8. Tried to connect back to the game for 15 min or more by using both lol.launcher.exe and lol.launcher.admin.exe with ESET on and off Failed and see myself as "leaver" at the scoreboard

Tannhäuser GateDec 21, 20141 votes

Edited my OP

Moulin RougeDec 21, 20141 votes

I've had this issue for about a year. There was a large thread about this in the old help and tech forums about people having this issue along with numerous smaller threads with people having this same issue. Did riot EVER reply to them? No. We were left in the dark to attempt to find fixes for ourselves (which didn't work) because the fixes they gave us were useless.

It would have been in good tastes to at least leave an acknowledgement of the issue. But nope. We got nothing and it's disgusting. So don't tell me Riot hasn't known of this issue until now. This has been going on for a year. A whole year.

AerothalDec 21, 20141 votes

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I've had this issue for about a year. There was a large thread about this in the old help and tech forums about people having this issue along with numerous smaller threads with people having this same issue. Did riot EVER reply to them? No. We were left in the dark to attempt to find fixes for ourselves (which didn't work) because the fixes they gave us were useless.

It would have been in good tastes to at least leave an acknowledgement of the issue. But nope. We got nothing and it's disgusting. So don't tell me Riot hasn't known of this issue until now. This has been going on for a year. A whole year.

really? i only had it since the last 3 patches!

Tannhäuser GateDec 21, 20141 votes

Only since snowdown for me

RetrovertDec 21, 20141 votes

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Only since snowdown for me

Same! :(

ValentineXDec 21, 20141 votes

Great I got leaver from this. I'm done with this game

CoolKnightSTDec 21, 20141 votes

It's time for riot to fix these bugs. Jezus whe complain about players go afk. But 90% of the cases are caused by bugs from their own server. What's the point to send someone a punishment from a problem that can only be solved on their side.

SeCKS EgaiDec 21, 20141 votes

It's funny how most people complain about this and never troubleshoot their connection because it "usually works right".

Most people don't understand what port forwarding is, and even I myself had no idea that IE settings could actually cause an issue.

The firewall message basically indicates that data isn't properly being transmitted and received, which can be something completely out of Riot's control (like a major backbone going down or an IsP's routing issue) a problem on the user's end (hardware/software firewalls even on a router) or an internal problem with Riot).

I got the warning a few days back, and I've done the usual port-forwarding and ie settings check. I'm pretty sure the problem was anywhere in that route aside from my machine. But quitting over internet connectivity is a bit lame - a lot of you folks probably don't remember what it was like when we were still using dial up and have this impression there's a thing like 100% up-time.

Moulin RougeDec 21, 20141 votes

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It's funny how most people complain about this and never troubleshoot their connection because it "usually works right".

Most people don't understand what port forwarding is, and even I myself had no idea that IE settings could actually cause an issue.

The firewall message basically indicates that data isn't properly being transmitted and received, which can be something completely out of Riot's control (like a major backbone going down or an IsP's routing issue) a problem on the user's end (hardware/software firewalls even on a router) or an internal problem with Riot).

I got the warning a few days back, and I've done the usual port-forwarding and ie settings check. I'm pretty sure the problem was anywhere in that route aside from my machine. But quitting over internet connectivity is a bit lame - a lot of you folks probably don't remember what it was like when we were still using dial up and have this impression there's a thing like 100% up-time.

Except my issue happened straight out of the blue. My game was working perfectly until one long ago patch that screwed everything up for me. It's not an issue on my end and I'm sure this goes for plenty of other posters here.

SeCKS EgaiDec 21, 20141 votes

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Except my issue happened straight out of the blue. My game was working perfectly until one long ago patch that screwed everything up for me. It's not an issue on my end and I'm sure this goes for plenty of other posters here.

If you've gone through all the necessary steps then it's likely beyond your control.

If not, you may have finally hit a port range that your router is blocking for example.

Even I've had connectivity issues despite setting up a solid connection, but if you don't bother fixing potential issues you're bound to deal with them time and again. If you haven't even looked at port forwarding or disabled the certificate checks in IE that are needed - your web browser can work perfectly fine while the game will not. Port 80 is reserved for web access and naturally open. The port ranges for LoL and most other on-line games are not. Just because it works part of the time without port forwarding doesn't mean it's "fine".

Ramix The RedDec 21, 20141 votes

I can usually reconnect by closing the game and then logging back in. The problem is that this labels me as a leaver. Rito plz.

GunpointDec 21, 20141 votes

I just hit retry about three times, spam alt-tab, and it works for me. Usually.

Tannhäuser GateDec 21, 20141 votes

That works some of the time for me

Mathlete864Dec 21, 20141 votes

Same thing

gaidin23Dec 21, 20141 votes

Have you checked the time settings in your router?

Tannhäuser GateDec 21, 20141 votes

time settings of the router wouldn't explain why it would work one game, fail the next, then work fine again

ToxicnecroDec 21, 20141 votes

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cuz it isn't and i don't want to tagged as a leaver

edit: what worked for me on the mac client on a laptop was to kill wifi and reboot my PC then turn wifi back on

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Moulin RougeJan 1, 20151 votes

Just had this happen to me right now. Ooooh I'm pissed and I know the leaverbuster is going to get me for it.

PorkyliquidDec 21, 2014

I didnt even get to play my match because of this... The game is over.. And i am now marked as a leaver.... Thank you for having issues on this game..

PorkyliquidDec 21, 20141 votes

I am going to try again and i will tell you the ratio.

The next game it worked... So weird