Solve : LAN issues?

1.	Solve : LAN issues?
Answer» This is kind of a two-part question. Firstly, when I am running a game over a LAN, any game, it will not let me host. I have yet to find a game which i can host and others can see - I can always connect to other computers, but other computers can never connect to me. Secondly, with one of my games (Railroad Tycoon II gold) I can only LAN it if i restart my computer (Running Windows XP SP3 but had the issue with SP2 aswell) and then START the game before all the ICONS have even loaded on the screen. None of my mates computers, some with XP (all service packs) and with Vista, and with 98, have this problem. I disabled all the startup programs and its still the same. Cheers if you can answer any of the above, BonesIs this is it about games on the INTERNET? On are you having a LAN party? Maxi mun of four machines on wire Ethernet and two on wireless. Something in you post mad me think that. Let's suppose that all PCs are in the same room or building for a LAN party. Don't try a LAN party over 300 feet wire or wireless. If every body is in the same building or nearby, first order of business is to check the cable. Maybe change location. Move the susbect computer to the location of a good machine and move a good machine to the place where the former was. This is a first tep to eliminate the question of environment issues. In some places thesis is a frequent problem. Easy to check out. Drives you crazy if you ignore it. After that, try some new Network Interface Cards. Is this of any help? What games? Which network protocol?Do you have a firewall turned on?THANKS for prompt reply. I have Windows firewall, Windows defender, and avast. Windows firewall is configured to let the games through. For this example, as they're the two currently INSTALLED, Age of Empires II and Railroad Tycoon II. On a local network, (same room etc), I can connect to other computers hosting the game/s, and we can play, but the other computers cannot find any games I host. Cables fine, no issues with the environment i can see.any more ideas? it's really driving me nuts. Quote from: Bones92 on April 25, 2009, 05:52:19 AM any more ideas? it's really driving me nuts. Here is an idea for a form of diagnostic. Make another partition on the hard drive. Or just put in another Hard drive. Install Windows again as a fresh install. load just ONE game. No AV. No other applications. Now set up network again. No Firewall. Now try it. It will work, unless there is a weird hardware problem with this machine. If all is good so far, here is the next step. Now add just one more game. Test. Another game. Test. Repeat until it breaks. Posible cause Suspected : You find a game the does not treat the network nice. It prevents you from being a host. The game does not want you to host, so it locks out hosting our even for other games. - OR - You have an application on the first system that prevents hosting. You have a system defect on the first system that prevents hosting. i like that idea, only problem is its a laptop and i can't put in another hdd - plus my existing one is really small, no room for another partition (and I don't have install disks for windows) Quote from: Bones92 on April 25, 2009, 03:30:28 PM i like that idea, only problem is its a laptop and i can't put in another hdd - plus my existing one is really small, no room for another partition (and I don't have install disks for windows) I am running out of ideas. Wait, it just came to me. The idea is to have fun with you peers, -Right? So present the problem to one of you buddies and get one of them to loan you a mediocre PC that can be used for gaming. One they do not need for anything important. Next you brag about how you can whip them on an older PC. Then load it with just one or two hot games you have wanted to show your mates. Of course it will work. (You know the cheat codes that only work on the host.) fair enough.

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This is kind of a two-part question.

Firstly, when I am running a game over a LAN, any game, it will not let me host. I have yet to find a game which i can host and others can see - I can always connect to other computers, but other computers can never connect to me.

Secondly, with one of my games (Railroad Tycoon II gold) I can only LAN it if i restart my computer (Running Windows XP SP3 but had the issue with SP2 aswell) and then START the game before all the ICONS have even loaded on the screen. None of my mates computers, some with XP (all service packs) and with Vista, and with 98, have this problem. I disabled all the startup programs and its still the same.

Cheers if you can answer any of the above,
BonesIs this is it about games on the INTERNET?

On are you having a LAN party? Maxi mun of four machines on wire Ethernet and two on wireless. Something in you post mad me think that.

Let's suppose that all PCs are in the same room or building for a LAN party. Don't try a LAN party over 300 feet wire or wireless.
If every body is in the same building or nearby, first order of business is to check the cable. Maybe change location. Move the susbect computer to the location of a good machine and move a good machine to the place where the former was. This is a first tep to eliminate the question of environment issues. In some places thesis is a frequent problem. Easy to check out. Drives you crazy if you ignore it.
After that, try some new Network Interface Cards.

Is this of any help? What games? Which network protocol?Do you have a firewall turned on?THANKS for prompt reply.

I have Windows firewall, Windows defender, and avast. Windows firewall is configured to let the games through.

For this example, as they're the two currently INSTALLED, Age of Empires II and Railroad Tycoon II. On a local network, (same room etc), I can connect to other computers hosting the game/s, and we can play, but the other computers cannot find any games I host. Cables fine, no issues with the environment i can see.any more ideas? it's really driving me nuts. Quote from: Bones92 on April 25, 2009, 05:52:19 AM

any more ideas? it's really driving me nuts.

Here is an idea for a form of diagnostic.

Make another partition on the hard drive.
Or just put in another Hard drive.
Install Windows again as a fresh install. load just ONE game. No AV. No other applications. Now set up network again. No Firewall.

Now try it. It will work, unless there is a weird hardware problem with this machine.
If all is good so far, here is the next step.
Now add just one more game. Test.
Another game. Test.
Repeat until it breaks.

Posible cause Suspected :
You find a game the does not treat the network nice. It prevents you from being a host. The game does not want you to host, so it locks out hosting our even for other games.
- OR -
You have an application on the first system that prevents hosting.
You have a system defect on the first system that prevents hosting.
i like that idea, only problem is its a laptop and i can't put in another hdd - plus my existing one is really small, no room for another partition (and I don't have install disks for windows) Quote from: Bones92 on April 25, 2009, 03:30:28 PM

i like that idea, only problem is its a laptop and i can't put in another hdd - plus my existing one is really small, no room for another partition (and I don't have install disks for windows)

I am running out of ideas. Wait, it just came to me.

The idea is to have fun with you peers, -Right?
So present the problem to one of you buddies and get one of them to loan you a mediocre PC that can be used for gaming. One they do not need for anything important. Next you brag about how you can whip them on an older PC. Then load it with just one or two hot games you have wanted to show your mates.

Of course it will work. (You know the cheat codes that only work on the host.)
fair enough.

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