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Old 12-01-2004, 08:43   #9
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Re: help with gaming

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Originally Posted by bogboy1978
The game runs fine, and when trying to connect to servers it downloads the required maps and models etc.. but then nothing happens, it says connecting at the top, and press esc to start at the bottom, but esc takes me back to the menu and forces me to retry. At no point does the game ever start. The same happens with gamespy arcade and gamespy 3d
Q1: Is your PC behind a NAT router?

Q2: Do you have a firewall running on the PC?

If either of those is true, then they can prevent online games running until they have been specially configured for the game. Consult the game's documentation for details of open ports required.

As for the "LAN connection" thing, if that is a speed configuration for the game, then you need to turn the connection specification down to "dual-ISDN" level, otherwise you will be overloading your cable upstream limit. The correct setting for this depends on your cable modem tier of service, which you haven't told us yet.
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