I have 2 computers at home, using DSL, both hooked up at the router box(not sure if that is what it's called). We want to play Wolfenstein: ET on the same server. But as soon as one goes on, the other tries but cant go on to the same server. So is there anyway to solve this problem? Thanks in advance!
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hello ! it's about the router ... if it is a cheap one with basic NAT, you need to upgrade to a router with enhanced NAT capabilities. Sorry, there is no other solution ...
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Your DSL company probably will not give you any support on the router *unless* you bought it from them.\n\nHowever, it does sound like either:\n\n1.  A matter of plugging the wires up in the right place.\n2.  A configuration problem with your router.\n\nThe DSL modem obviously recognizes the router or you wouldn't be able to log on with either computer.\n\nAs an alternative, your router probably has four ports for computers, try pluggin in the non-working computer to a different port and see if you have a bad port.
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I'm gonna take a shot on this and say it is an encryption issue. Both sides of the connection (the router and your computer) must be enabled with identical encryption code. If they are NOT the same, they will not connect. Also, look into changing channels. This can be the culprit as well.\nSetup one computer at a time and then move on to the next one.\n\nHope this helps!
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Well i had the same problem. After much struggle (trust me it was tough) with the customer care (of both the game and the ISP), I could successfully diagnose the issue. \n\nThe online game uses various ports in one's internt to play games. If they are blocked then one cannot play the online game. There are different ways to find out as to how one can unblock the same.\n\n1) If one is using a router and connecting the PC with the router through a network for internet (wired or wireless network), then one won't be able to play games (although other applications like chatting and browsing will work absolutely fine). This is because the router by default blocks most of the ports (to make one's network secure). To unblock these ports one can perform a DMZ or De Militarized Zone (technical term for opening all ports in the router). The online games will now work just fine.\n\n2) If one is connected with a modem, then by default all the ports in the modem are open. However, if one is still unable to play the games, it means that the ISP has blocked certain ports in their DNS server. Althought the chances for this are quite remote, one will have to check with the ISP. \n\nPlease note that if one is using a modem that is connected to the PC with a LAN card, the PC effectively treats the modem as a router. In such a case also one will have to perform a DMZ to open all ports.\n\nHope you find this information useful.
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use a proxy server on the web or use CPROXY program to cross the firewall\nthe program is german , and it's a little hard to install , but it workes really good !.
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i had the same problem when i HAD to use Netzero dial-up... when ever i would get disconnected or disconnect and reconnect without restarting my PC it would basicly go into retart mode, i only had to use it cause dsl got shut off :(, im not sure what cause the problem but i just did a reformat on my harddrive and use netzero with it for a little bit and my PC ran fine
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Most of the consumer-grade dual-ISP equipment is actually doing a sort of load-balanced NAT, meaning your PC has a "fake" network address (RFC 1918), and each session you start uses one ISP's IP address/connection, then the other.  That way return traffic comes back to you on the right ISP.  It works well if you're downloading a lot of little things (like if you and a friend are each surfing a wide variety of sites at the same time) but doesn't speed up downloading one big file.\n\nAnd it might not work anything like you expect if you're trying to host something (like a web page or Unreal server, etc)  People are finding you by only one public IP, meaning by one ISP.\n\nHow do the big boys do it?  BGP, baby! (see source below)
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This is hard to troubleshoot with the info you gave.  Maybe you could add what port/s you are forwarding?  What service you are attempting to connect to on the internal pc?  Try these pragmatic steps to figure out where the problem is.  Have a friend on the phone and ready to make the connection and disconnect the router from the dsl/cable modem.  Connect it straight to the pc and wait a few seconds for it to obtain an IP address and have your friend try it.  If you are still unable to make the connection then it is not the fault of the router.  I don't think the router is to blame actually but the internet provider.  Depending on what port you are attempting to connect to, the provider might be blocking access to it in an attempt to protect you.  You can try having port fowarding setup to answer on a different port on the router and foward it to the desired one on the pc ... ie port 10105 on the router fowarded to port 139 on the internal pc.  An alternative might be to setup a VPN connection to your network.  Many routers will handle this for you.\n\n/EDIT 3-24-06 10:12 PM/  I recieved your e-mail and attempted to send back to you but you have not yet confirmed your e-mail address.  From the look of things you are attempting to setup terminal services.  I am leaning even harder towards the isp blocking those ports.  VPN might not be a good choice because if I am not mistaken terminal services uses UDP packets.  UDP is possible over a VPN but all advantage is lost because of the TCP packet type used in a VPN (read reliable versus fast)
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You can run the two servers simulataneously, but you have to configure them so that they use different port numbers. (i.e. IIS and Apache can't run *IN THE SAME TIME* if they were assigned the same port number like port number 80 for example)
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you both would typically have to access a common wireless access point or router through which you compete against one another. This is called the infrastructure mode.\n\nIn systems such as the PSP, they would detect other PSPs in the neighborhood as an ad-hoc discovery. This speeds up gaming since it does not have to go through a broker router.
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You could always make a VPN between you 2 and it will act as if you were at a LAN and in the same room. Email me if you need more details on how to do this. I run my own game server for CS, CZ and some times BF2 and my friends all have a VPN to me so that its a little easyer for them (we all have adelphia cable internet)
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Yes, you need another router. It will the fastest and most efficient way to do this. There is software you could install that allows it to be done through one of the computers, but it is a nightmare and you would always have to have both machines on. With the prices of Internet Broadband routers these days, why even bother.\n\nI won't fill up this page with the "How-to", so please take a look here:\n\nhttp://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Content_C1&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1114037291160&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper
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make sure that you are using same IP range in both the router. ( IE. 192.168.1.1 - 192.168.1.254 ) with 255.255.255.0 same subnet. if you are using different range other one it might cause you this problem.\n\nare you able to ping that node ( PC )\n\nhave you installed all services in all PC.\n\nare you using firewall ( third party firewall ) in any PC.\n\nit would be easy for me to give you correct solution if you can provide more details.
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The modem doesn't block and ports - your firewall. Depending on your firewall the way to allow would be different. If you are running a router, set up port forwarding. If you are using the Windows firewall set up an exception for the game. Based on your setup a google (or yahoo) search will bring you up specific instructions
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Yes, thats a firewall issue. You need to turn off norton and its firewall if you want to play on Gamespy. Gamespy is a game client that has all these action interactive games. Its very sensitive to norton's firewall.\n\nIf you are behind a firewall/proxy and are able to change its settings, Arcade needs the following TCP ports open in order to function: \n6667 (IRC) \n3783 (Voice Chat Port) \n27900 (Master Server UDP Heartbeat) \n28900 (Master Server List Request) \n29900 (GP Connection Manager) \n29901 (GP Search Manager) \n13139 (Custom UDP Pings) \n6515 (Dplay UDP) \n6500 (Query Port) \n\nGo to this website on Gamespy and read about how you can allow those ports to enter your firewall:\n\nhttp://www.gamespyarcade.com/support/firewalls.shtml
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First it's a violation of every DSL provider's TOS that I know  of.\n\nTo do it however all you need is three routers or one good one that does subnets.\n\nDSL <-> Router (192.168.1.1) \n\n<Home Router Gateway on 192.168.1.1/Static IP 192.168.1.2, Internal Lan 192.168.32.x)\n\n<Neighbor Router Gateway on 192.168.1.1/Static IP 192.168.1.3, Internal Lan 192.168.16.x)\n\nIf you use Wireless just set seperate SSID's, seperate channels and a good PSK.
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If your IP's are static, then I would say you have the wrong IP address for the gateway. If you have two separate networks both connected to a single router, one network will have a different IP address for the gateway than the other.\n\nSince one network can ping the gateway, they obviously have the correct IP.  But none of the PC's on the other can. They won't be able to ping the same gateway that you tried on the other network. There is no way that would work, it's a different network.\n\nYou need to find out what the IP address is of the gateway.