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Joing a hosted game

ID:135520 Jul 9 2004, 12:23 am
Govegtos	My friend is hosting my byond game but when i join i get an error which is connection failed for some reason how do i fix this?

Jul 9 2004, 12:55 am
Critical	Can other people connect? If not he is probably behind a firewall or router? I dont know exactly how to config them, but if he doesnt have a router you could try turning off the xp firewall if he has it on.

Jul 9 2004, 1:03 am In response to Critical
Govegtos	Critical wrote: Can other people connect? If not he is probably behind a firewall or router? I dont know exactly how to config them, but if he doesnt have a router you could try turning off the xp firewall if he has it on. He doesnt have a firewall anymore so what would be the problem?

Jul 9 2004, 2:20 am In response to Govegtos
Critical	Is he connecting through a router or network? And check to see if xp's firewall is off.

Jul 9 2004, 3:28 pm In response to Critical
Govegtos	Critical wrote: Is he connecting through a router or network? And check to see if xp's firewall is off. he is uses a router to get access to the net and i have tried both

Jul 9 2004, 6:27 pm In response to Govegtos
Jotdaniel	Don't be so vague in your replies. Here is a small checklist you should fill out for our benifit and your own. - Is there a firewall, winxp or non: - Is he using a rueter: - If he has a rueter, has it been properly configured: - Most important of all, find out if other people can join his game: Fill that out and we can better help you.

Jul 9 2004, 7:43 pm

In response to Jotdaniel

XzDoG

Jotdaniel wrote:

Don't be so vague in your replies. Here is a small checklist you should fill out for our benifit and your own.

- Is there a firewall, winxp or non:

- Is he using a rueter:

- If he has a rueter, has it been properly configured:

- Most important of all, find out if other people can join his game:

Fill that out and we can better help you.

you also forgot to make sure the port is over 2500 because it might be occupied if its something very very low oh and alittle typo thats bothering me its spelled 'router' :)

Jul 9 2004, 10:59 pm In response to Govegtos
LordJR	Search for a post in the Off Topic section on how to config routers. The one I listed was for a LinkSys WiFi Broadband router, but can me applied to most other routers. Its about 3 weeks old now. -LJR

Jul 9 2004, 11:32 pm In response to LordJR
Govegtos	LordJR wrote: Search for a post in the Off Topic section on how to config routers. The one I listed was for a LinkSys WiFi Broadband router, but can me applied to most other routers. Its about 3 weeks old now. -LJR fire wall=off using router=yes is it conigured= yah it should send every thing from port 1000-1800 to my pc can others join the game= not yet, i dont knwow hy

Jul 10 2004, 9:51 am In response to XzDoG
Airjoe	The port doesn't HAVE to be over 2500. And if it's in use, DD will tell you.

Jul 10 2004, 12:59 pm In response to Airjoe
Govegtos	Airjoe wrote: The port doesn't HAVE to be over 2500. And if it's in use, DD will tell you. DD? Still cant connect

Jul 10 2004, 1:22 pm

In response to Govegtos

LordJR

fire wall=off
using router=yes
is it conigured= yah it should send every thing from port 1000-1800 to my pc
can others join the game= not yet, i dont knwow hy

It is NOT configure correctly.. thats why it doesn't work. There are like 7 things you need to check and make sure of to ensure its configured correctly. Just opening ports in the port forwarding is not going to solve your problem.
Check the Off-Topic area for the post I made, it gives detailed instructions on how to solve your problems.

Here is the link to the first topic, just read on.
http://developer.byond.com/forum/ index.cgi?action=message_read&id=270292

-LJR

Jul 10 2004, 3:45 pm In response to Govegtos
Crispy	Govegtos wrote: DD? DD=DreamDaemon, DS=Dream Seeker, DM=Dream Maker.

Jul 11 2004, 9:23 am In response to LordJR
Airjoe	LordJR wrote: Just opening ports in the port forwarding is not going to solve your problem. Worked for me, of course, it varies for every router. I use a Siemans Speedstream.

Jul 11 2004, 6:14 pm In response to XzDoG
Jotdaniel	I wasnt quite sure about the spelling, but at least I stood by my typo consistantly.