The Wookie

Ok issue has been resolved! I contacted the ISP and the simple fix was a factory reset of the modem - which i had done incorrectly, I thought it was simply, press the button and that's it, I didn't realize I needed to HOLD the button down for 10-20 seconds. I feel like quite the idiot now. Thread can now be closed and used as a reference for others. Thank you to everyone who had an input to my issue!

I am attempting to remove avast now and replace it with a more acceptable antivirus. the main thing that makes me iffy about this whole thing is - I didn't start getting any of these issues until I moved houses and connected to a different ISP, however this ISP I was with BEFORE I moved to the other house to begin with. (if that sounds confusing - Lived in house A with ISP 1, moved to house B with ISP 2, then cancelled ISP 2, and moved back into house A with ISP 1) and ISP 1 never gave me issues when I was originally in house A.

tried one final fix from: http://www.techbae.com/dns-server-not-responding-error-windows-fix/ and none of those fixes worked for my issue. only fix i didn't attempt from that list was reinstalling windows.

next attempted fix was to follow the different methods as mentioned in https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/help/2779064/-your-computer-appears-to-be-correctly-configured--but-the-device-or-r Result - Still no solution. my final resort is now to contact the ISP, however I won't be able to do so for several hours due to personal reasons. Will notify what the response is here or if the issue fixes itself within that time

so the above attempt did not work either. I attempted to troubleshoot my internet connection again and the error message i received said the following: "Your computer appears to be correctly configured, but the device or resource (DNS server) is not responding" I'm aware that at this point it no longer has anything to do with the server, but I would like to continue logging my attempts here in the event that someone else has this issue that they can hopefully find a fix through this. and hopefully someone here is knowledgeable enough to know what the issue may be

update: i have added rules and exceptions to my firewall and router, neither of which had fixed the issue also i tried to reset my firewall to default to start fresh with exceptions. also didn't fix the issue if much doesn't change the only two fixes i was suggested at this point by friends are; put my computer into the routers DMZ - which i hope to avoid doing, or two - Contact my ISP. Edit: next attempted fix was typing the following into the Command window "ipconfig /release" - Will release your IP form your router (internet will not work for now) "ipconfig /renew" - Will assign a new IP from your router (internet will work) "ipconfig /flushdns" - Will flush DNS; helps with an overflow of packets.**

Update: I did a packet loss test. and I received a 100% packet loss. this was the following message recieved after the test "An error has occurred Unfortunately the line test has failed to complete, due to 100% packet loss. This means that no response was received from your internet connection via the ping requests we send. The most likely cause of this problem is a firewall on your connection is set to block ping (ICMP echo) requests. A firewall may be installed on your computer as software, or built into your router (if you use a router to connect to the internet), therefore 100% packet loss does not mean there is necessarily a problem with your line or internet connection."

Update: now other minecraft servers are no longer showing up in my list and giving the same error message, going to test other games to see if something else may have a similar issue. because I have noticed I couldn't even play Playerunknown's battlegrounds, constantly getting "connection timeout 2.26.6" repeatedly... will confirm Edit: Confirmed!! It definitely is on my end, I tried to play Mount and blade warband - it noted it was gaining info on 664 servers, none loaded in the lobby, and when i launched Age of Conan I got this message on battle eye "13:16:45: Starting BattlEye Service... 13:16:52: Launching game... 13:17:09: Note: File blocks can be ignored if they don't cause problems with the game. 13:17:09: [INFO] Blocked loading of file: "C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\aswhookx.dll". 13:17:20: [INFO] Blocked loading of file: "C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\x64\aswhooka.dll"." So it DEFINITELY is my end with my connection

And altering my DNS settings did not fix my issue either, I once again received the same error message. it seems that my computer realllllly doesn't want me to play again.

I attempted that just then, I receive the exact same error message as in the OP I'm going to attempt to try the fix recommended in there. also in the followup post in there it mentions a VPN, I will attempt that first before altering my DNS settings if that doesn't resolve my issue I will then attempt to alter the DNS and confirm my results here for future reference confirming - a VPN did NOT Fix my issue, I will now alter my DNS settings

I tested both of those IP's and mc.lordofthecraft.net gave me the same error message while login.lotc.co said "Cannot resolve host name" really baffled by this... Maybe over the next couple of hours someone has the exact fix I need. Still, definitely appreciate all the efforts so far!

is it possible that if I'm no longer whitelisted that this could occur? Because I had my account hacked a while back, and the name has been changed, and I only recently got it back and re-changed it back to X_Wookie_X - could THAT possibly mess with the whitelist? or should that not change a thing?

thanks for your response. -I had mods installed using the Technic launcher, which i have since deleted alongside Minecraft when i freshly installed it, -I have restarted my computer after every change I attempted, -Thanks for confirming the 1.12.1, at least i can focus on that set of numbers than different version fixes -I have a pretty good internet connection for what it's worth, it least better than when I first joined LotC -Not sure what details you're asking regarding "what computer" I have. But my PC has no issues on other servers so far. -I attempted to google my issue, but many of the fixes I have attempted or are extremely outdated (some dating back to 2012) I've even attempted several fixes from old posts regarding similar matters in the LotC forums, and most of them turn out not to have been resolved, or were abandoned and marked as resolved without any fixes given. and another handful of posts or google fixes we so technical to me, I may as well have been reading Hieroglyphics

Hello, thanks for taking the time to read this, and apologies if this is in the wrong section. I haven't played on the server in a looooooooooooong time, and I thought i'd finally pop my head in and return after a few years on hiatus, however upon trying to connect, the Server doesn't appear to load in the main menu. I am attempting to use the IP mc.lotc.co and I am trying version 1.12.1 and have also tried 1.12.2 (not sure where to look if I am even using the correct Version) i have tried other IP's from posts dating back a few years, and none of them seems to work, most of which say "host not found" and i have also attempted to reinstall minecraft and java and also attempted to use Direct Connect When I attempt to connect it stays on "connecting to server" for about a minute before receiving and error message The message I get when i use mc.lotc.co is: "Failed to connect to server." " io.netty.channel.AbstractChannel$AnnotatedConnectException: Connection timed out: no further information: " if anyone has any idea to fix this I'd be very grateful! Edit: it could be a very simple fix that I'm probably glossing over, but I'm very clueless when it comes to this type of stuff

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