I noticed the following being mentioned on
FPSAdmin.
Found connection to in-game ad server while running BF2142 and tcp/upd monitor
How To Block Ads. Just the facts. No Attacks.
If you run bf2142 along side software like TDImon free TCP/UDP monitor, http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/TdiMon.html, you will find that one of the remote connections that BF2142.exe uses is to 72.3.184.153:17475
If you go to NetworkSolutions and WHOIS the IP Address you will get:
WHOIS Record For
72.3.184.153
Record Type: IP Address
IGA Technologies, LLC RSPC-68993-1122139655 (NET-72-3-184-144-1)
72.3.184.144 - 72.3.184.159
IGA is IGA Worldwide and they handle the ads.
!!!Gotcha!!!
Possible solutions is to block port 17475 or better yet block ip address range 72.3.184.144 - 72.3.184.159.
I did and the game ran find. Please note that they maybe using other ports and ip addresses so in the upcoming days I'll do more testing.
Originally posted on TOTAL BF2142
here.
