One way to connect to TEF when pictos just won't spread

Apeldille's picture
So, a few months ago I, along with many others, had the pictos-won't-spread problem. Cue much sadness and frustration trying to connect only to end up with either a sad empty forest or a half-connected, laggy, clone-infested forest.

Anyway: I fixed it. (this might not work for everyone, but for me, it worked 100%. It also worked for Sight when she tried it, so I'm not alone)

Basically, I connected to TEF through a VPN with a proxy server. A VPN is a Virtual Private Network, and is used to, among other things, connect to private networks (for example companies) and go on the internet anonymously.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server

This meant that my IP address changed, and somehow that made it work (magic??). Setting up a VPN might be tricky; I'm lucky and have a super tech-savvy sibling who did it for me.

Here's some nice and easy to read basics and I'm sorry I can't explain this any better:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/223044/vpns_for_beginners_to_experts.html

My very vague theory is that it has to do with your IP address somehow (no idea how that explains that my issues disappeared a few weeks later).
Aivilo's picture

Track. I tried this (or

Track.

I tried this (or tried to try this) when I was having some issues, and it didn't really help, but definitely worth keeping in mind.

Brilliant...

Brilliant...

tracking for later!! I'm

tracking for later!! I'm gonna try this out!!

This worked for me ahhh

This worked for me ahhh