Hi, just a quick question if anyone is able to answer -

Just installed a new set of RAM and eager to get back on LFS. Booting up the game and clicking on Multiplayer throws up the "no reply" message after about 15 seconds of idling. Restarting the game does not resolve issue.

Resetted the Wifi, replugged the grey network cable, but to no avail. Contacted my buddy from same country and was told the Master Server is fine. I am able to access LFSW with no issue and the ingame account is unlocked.

Any ideas? IP block, ISP block, banned from server, any clues?
Any help appreciated, if not I'll just sleep on this one till the morning

You can try to ping master.liveforspeed.net here for example.

Quote from LakynVonLegendaus :

You can try to ping master.liveforspeed.net here for example.

--- PING master.liveforspeed.net (1xx.1xx.74.1x3) 56(84) bytes of data. ---
64 bytes from 1xx.1xx.74.1x3: icmp_seq=1 ttl=58 time=13.5 ms
64 bytes from 1xx.1xx.74.1x3: icmp_seq=2 ttl=58 time=13.5 ms
64 bytes from 1xx.1xx.74.1x3: icmp_seq=3 ttl=58 time=13.5 ms
64 bytes from 1xx.1xx.74.1x3: icmp_seq=4 ttl=58 time=13.6 ms

packets transmitted 4
received 4
packet loss 0 %
time 18 ms

Doesn't look weird to me, unless it is?

Also, when I do the pinging via cmd as Victor described via
here are the results
Pinging master.liveforspeed.net [xxx] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from xxx: bytes=32 time=245ms TTL=47
Reply from xxx: bytes=32 time=245ms TTL=47
Reply from xxx: bytes=32 time=245ms TTL=47
Reply from xxx: bytes=32 time=245ms TTL=47

Ping statistics for xxx:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 245ms, Maximum = 245ms, Average = 245ms

And Trace route

Tracing route to master.liveforspeed.net [xxx]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms Singtel-ACElite [xxx]
2 3 ms 2 ms 3 ms bb220-255-255-254.singnet.com.sg [220.255.255.254]
3 3 ms 1 ms 1 ms 202.166.123.134
4 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms 202.166.123.133
5 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms ae8-0.tp-cr03.singnet.com.sg [202.166.122.50]
6 1 ms 2 ms 2 ms ae4-0.tp-er03.singnet.com.sg [202.166.123.70]
7 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms 203.208.145.233
8 2 ms 1 ms 2 ms 203.208.182.249
9 177 ms 177 ms 177 ms 203.208.173.106
10 186 ms 186 ms 186 ms 203.208.172.234
11 187 ms 187 ms 187 ms lag-8.ear2.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.68.73.69]
12 312 ms 312 ms 312 ms ae-1-3111.edge4.London1.Level3.net [4.69.141.230]
13 246 ms 247 ms 245 ms interactive.edge4.London1.Level3.net [212.113.8.46]
14 245 ms 245 ms 245 ms 100ge.br3-cr1.smartdc.rtm.i3d.net [109.200.218.245]
15 245 ms 245 ms 245 ms s6.lfs.net [xxx]

Connection looks ok. Did you try it with Firewall/Antivirus off?

Quote from LakynVonLegendaus :

Connection looks ok. Did you try it with Firewall/Antivirus off?

Never had a problem with either for 2 years, and didn't install a new Antivirus or changed settings before the RAM install.

Should I turn Firewall + Antivirus off?

Turned off everything from Firewall (including trying settings of Inbound, outbound ectra), Defender, Mbam. Still unable to connect to Master Server, and network is perfectly fine otherwise.

Quote from LakynVonLegendaus :

Dunno
Maybe some registry got messed up after hardware change.. I would try fresh LFS install

I'll see tomorrow, wait it out overnight to see if its just an ISP thing, if it still doesn't connect then I'll do the reinstall

(got to save the files first, too )

Overnight didn't help, proceeding to reinstall.

Strange, in Programs, LFS does not show up at all.

Good news, a clean reinstall worked and the issue is now resolved.

Weird situation this, one that I have seen 0 tried solutions for, but at least now it's out for anyone who has the same issue.

Thanks to

Quote from LakynVonLegendaus :

for the help!