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.
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...
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.
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.