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| 6 OCT 2003 at 8:13pm |
Bob_the_BuilderJourneyman
Posts : 956
Joined: 25 APR 2003
Status : Online | Yeah this happens to me to, I think it has something to do with the internet provider or something, I really have no clue either.
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| 7 OCT 2003 at 12:23am |
KillTheGrimaceSpace Cadet
Posts : 177
Joined: 6 MAY 2003
Status : Online | Are you and your friends broadband users, and if so do any of you have a firewall (home gateway, router, or firewall software like ZoneAlarm)?
Also, if any of you are running Windows XP, you might have the built-in firewall enabled on your Internet connection, which would prevent most types of incoming traffic from getting in to your host PC (most likely to be a problem on the host).
There are also network address translation issues if anyone involved has a home gateway.
Is it possible the person whose game you could get on had a direct, unfiltered connection and you didn't when you were hosting?
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| 7 OCT 2003 at 12:25pm |
Baron_Von_UngernIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 41
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Kill, I think you're close to the answer...
We have both broadband connection. As for the game we succeed to play in, I have no idea if it was an unfiltered connection since we pick it at random (we don't know the host).
I have a firewall (ZoneAlarm) and my friend has a router.
Do we absolutely have to remove them to play ? I'd prefer not since I'm always under "attack" but if it's what it takes...
Thanks a lot for your help.
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| 7 OCT 2003 at 3:57pm |
KillTheGrimaceSpace Cadet
Posts : 177
Joined: 6 MAY 2003
Status : Online | Experiment with just shutting down ZoneAlarm while you're hosting; you don't have to uninstall it. If you are patched up, Windows wise, you'll be relatively safe until your game's over. Also, it's more important to do this on the host side than on the other player's side (because of the incoming connections), so first try it with only you making changes.
Also, check in your Network Connections folder that your Internet connection is not "firewalled".
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