Can't Receive From Punkbuster

Hello!

I have been trying to get Punkbuster to work with Smart Security for hours. I can't figure out what I am missing. Everytime I run the punkbuster service test, both PnkBstrA and PnkBstrB are unable to receive. I can send out just fine.

I have rules created to allow both services to send and receive on any port, but still can't receive. What am I missing??

 

Hello stabgotham,

Can you make sure that you set your rules as described in the following Knowledgebase article:
http://kb.eset.com/esetkb/index?page=content&id=SOLN2149

Thank you,
Richard

 

I did, but in the local tab, I added the Punkbuster service applications:

PnkBstrA.exe
PnkBstrB.exe

Still no dice, can't receive. If I turn the firewall off, everything works perfect.

 

Try to delete created rules for PunkBuster, and turn the Firewall mode to Interactive mode, then run the test and Eset personall firewall should show you a pop up window in which you can enable/block the connection.

Try to enable the requesting connections and see the result.

Also try to check the Firewall log in the Logs - in ESS, what does the log file say?

 

Tried that. Still didn't work. PB can communicate out, but still not in. The logs show a ton of the following:

"Incorrect IP packet checksum"

I don't know what that means though.

 

I get the same with eset ss 4.2 Windows 7 x64

the only way I can find to fix it is uncheck the eset driver in connection settings or uninstall eset disableing the firewall don't help
you can see the the problem win you install the pb service with pbsvc.exe

Fail with eset firewall Enabled or Disabled

Code:

Checking OS
  Windows NT 6.1 (build 7600) 64-bit
Checking PnkBstrA service status   RUNNING
Checking PnkBstrA Version          OK (1032)
Extracting "PnkBstrB.exe" to:
   "C:\Users\Red\AppData\Roaming\PnkBstrB.exe"
                                   OK
Checking firewall settings         OFF
Checking if PnkBstrB is running    NOT RUNNING
Getting port for PnkBstrA          OK (44301)
Opening socket for packet send     OK
Sending version packet to PnkBstrA SENT
Receiving version from PnkBstrA    TIMEOUT
Getting PnkBstrB install instance  NOT FOUND
Sending start packet to PnkBstrA   SENT
Waiting for packet from PnkBstrA   TIMEOUT
Watching for PnkBstrB instance change (0) TIMEOUT
Getting port for PnkBstrB          FAILED
Sending version packet to PnkBstrB SENT
Receiving version from PnkBstrB    TIMEOUT
Checking PnkBstrK driver status    NOT FOUND
Manually stopping PnkBstrB         FAILED - no handle
Removing test PnkBstrB file        OK

Good after unchecking eset in the connection settings or uninstalling eset

Code:

Starting PunkBuster Service Tests (v0.987) (03/05/10 03:51:35)
Checking OS
  Windows NT 6.1 (build 7600) 64-bit
Checking PnkBstrA service status   RUNNING
Checking PnkBstrA Version          OK (1032)
Extracting "PnkBstrB.exe" to:
   "C:\Users\Red\AppData\Roaming\PnkBstrB.exe"
                                   OK
Checking firewall settings         OFF
Checking if PnkBstrB is running    RUNNING
Manually stopping PnkBstrB         STOPPED
Getting port for PnkBstrA          OK (44301)
Opening socket for packet send     OK
Sending version packet to PnkBstrA SENT
Receiving version from PnkBstrA    OK
Received 6 bytes from 127.0.0.1:44301
  Response = 8221 (ms) Version = v1032
Getting PnkBstrB install instance  OK
Sending start packet to PnkBstrA   SENT
Waiting for packet from PnkBstrA   OK
Received 3 bytes from 127.0.0.1:44301
  Response = 12230 (ms) PnkBstrB started.
  Load SUCCESSFUL.
Watching for PnkBstrB instance change (1) CHANGED (2)
Getting port for PnkBstrB          OK (45301)
Sending version packet to PnkBstrB SENT
Receiving version from PnkBstrB    

 

Any word on how to fix this?