Friends Can't Connect to me

Cokebotle · **Friends Can't Connect to me -** 10-27-2002, 10:11 PM

Sometimes some friends of mine can't log into a game if I host, be it by IP address or using the in-game GameSpy directory. Why is this? I do have a firewall, but even disabled they can't log in.

**maybe........ -** 10-27-2002, 10:16 PM

Maybe it's your friends' computer that has the problem.

Try getting somebody else (or a different computer) to connect to your machine.

Good Luck!

Cokebotle · 10-27-2002, 10:18 PM

Hm... yeah, some can and some can't. I'm in a college dorm and at least 2 guys down the hall from me can't connect. My roommate can usually connect, though. Maybe the network is biased against me...

Star85 · 10-27-2002, 10:43 PM

make sure everyone has the right IP and it may have something to do with computer speed because my friends comp is slow and i cant connect to him

Cokebotle · 10-27-2002, 11:11 PM

I don't think it's speed because I have a 1.8 GHz processor with 512K RAM. And I know they have the right IP. I should've said that they can find my server on GameSpy by my IP addy, but it's in red. I just remembered that part.

r3mix · 10-27-2002, 11:49 PM

never used gamespy but that sounds like you and your friends are running different versions. chech with them whether you all running v1.11

i think its red is incompatible and blue is offline ?!?

rudedog · 10-28-2002, 06:57 AM

edu accounts ( collage dorms) have been blocking certain ports.
Also your friend may be on a different subnet and the campus networking department is blocking those posts between both of you or it could just be a campus routing isssue.

EDU's have been cracking down on gaming , warez and napster related usage.