My link does not work, why?

[whitneyhaswings]

I am not advertising. But I have been up for hours and hours trying to do this.. and I cant. I understand the link for listeners is http://IP:PORT/Listen.pls and I did do that! If you guys can get to this link tell me please. Most people can not. Infact no one can, so just making sure. Another thing is.. If it doesnt does anyone know any Ideas why? Its >

http://209.112.136.53:8000/listen.pls

[mikm]

The IP address you gave doesn't respond to ping.

Do you have some software/hardware firewall blocking connections? Are you behind a router? Make sure that all incoming connections are going to your computer and not being blocked/filtered.

Are you sure that you have the correct IP address?

[whitneyhaswings]

Yes, Im sure. And I have no fire walls, nore virus things.. so im not sure what

[whitneyhaswings]

Woah, I just found out that you have to pay to set up a server? is that correct?

[mikm]

If you have the bandwith, a static IP address (preferrably), and a machine you can use as your server, you can host it yourself free of charge (apart from your Internet costs).

If you don't have the bandwith or don't want to manage the server yourself, you can pay for it to be hosted.

If you are playing copyrighted music, you have to pay a licensing fee/royalties.

Try reading the SHOUTcast FAQ (http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=187583) for more help about your network problem.

[hackerdork]

you might want to make sure your address hasing changed. Im not able to connect either.

http://www.portforward.com will show you the address and also has a walk trough on router setup that you may want to read up on.

Cheers

~ D