Ares says connecting but wont ever connect. what did i do wrong?

Question

Ares says connecting but wont ever connect. what did i do wrong?

Answer 1

I have had this problem, I use Ares too. Usually when Ares is started it connects right away if nothing is trying to deny it access to the internet , if there is something then it will sit there trying to connect.

Here is what might be causing this problem. First, it could be your fire wall. When I installed a new fire wall it tried to block Ares because it saw it as a application that didn't need access to the internet. I opened the firewall and clicked allow for Ares, that worked or you might need to lower the security on internet access so the firewall isn't so strict on what programs are allowed to access the internet. Second, depending on your anti-virus, if could be blocking it too. Avast is one, I use Avast and there is blockers in this program that stops P2P serves(Ares) from running. I disabled the P2P blocker and Ares connected to the internet. Also, depending on where the database or server is located, the program could be getting held up on something or the server is down. The first two answers with the firewall and anti-virus scan are most likely the problem.

I hope this helps you because these were the two problems that held up the program from connecting the internet for me.

Answer 2

check your firewall settings

Answer 3

this is a problem that i had and still have sometimes, it might be because its the wrong version of ares, its hard to find the right one, but most of them dont work.  also if you click disconnect then change your internet speed and stuff like that within ares then restart it and connect it might connect after a while.  but be patient it might take a while.