Hosting online...

dooguesgoober4 · Post by **dooguesgoober4** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 8:58 pm

I know this is off topic but how the hell do I allow other users to connect to my hosted games...everytime i try to host they always get a "connection timed out" message....how do i make my computer a host comp??????

Cheetohs · Post by **Cheetohs** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 5:27 am

Do you have a firewall? if you do, the 'connection time out' message will appear...

Thats one of the main reasons people cant join client servers.

dooguesgoober4 · Post by **dooguesgoober4** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 10:56 pm

Well i know for a fact that i dont have a firewall....some say that my computer isnt a "host computer"....dunno what that means...lol

omniscient · Post by **omniscient** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 2:32 am

every computer is a host computer my friend. it may be ours just isnt fast enough and it will just time out like that. are u on a LAN, becasue most routers have built in firewalls.

Sgt.Pepper · Post by **Sgt.Pepper** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 12:39 pm

I find I have to take my connection out of my hub, and connect directly to my modem. Also, as mentioned, make sure you have your firewall disabled, and make sure there isn't a typo in your ip that you gave.

dooguesgoober4 · Post by **dooguesgoober4** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 8:25 pm

Thanks a lot guys!!!!