age of empires 2

[user]

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hi,
me and my friend are itching to play together on this game, but there is a
problem, i host the room fine but then when i launch im sitting in the game
room on my own, then i found out that a messege came on his screen 'unable to
connect to host'

any tips n' tricks to solve this

 

[Guest]

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Hi,

"?" <?@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8AB50137-9C0C-4B90-B84B-80B22B951804@microsoft.com...
| hi,
| me and my friend are itching to play together on this game, but there is a
| problem, i host the room fine but then when i launch im sitting in the game
| room on my own, then i found out that a messege came on his screen 'unable to
| connect to host'
|
| any tips n' tricks to solve this

This solution should be applied by both yourself and friend ...


Sounds like there's a firewall in your home router or broadband modem:

Call the tech support for that unit, and ask them to either setup a "DMZ"
(De-Militarized Zone which means the firewall is disabled) to bypass the
built-in firewall, or open the necessary ports in the equipment with you.

Here's the List of all Ports used by Zone
and DX Games: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/PortRoute.html#ports

To setup your router yourself visit: www.portforward.com/routers.htm

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Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com


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[user]

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wow! thanks alot