I popped in just to watch.... ...and prove that I never have any problems with connections to any of the various Servers....
...Why? You ask...
..'cos I don't have a ROUTER so no port problems, and I don't have SERVICE PACK 2 so no firewall problems.. ......!
...Sorted... ...!
Cheers all...!
Paul....G-BPLF.... ...!
Win 8.1 64-bit. DX11. Advent Tower. Intel i7-3770 3.9 GHz 8-core. 8 GB System RAM. AMD Radeon HD 7700 1GB RAM. DVD ROM. 2 Terra Byte SATA Hard Drive. Philips 17" LCD Monitor. Saitek Cyborg X Fly-5 Joystick. ...and a Briggs and Stratton Petrol Lawn Mower.
It just wouldn't work, nothing else to it. Opened the ports in my router exacly as described and disengaged my firewall but still nothing.
I had to turn off my firewall to get in last night, never had to do that before. Once connected I turned it back on again and everything was fine, well almost. I got booted once and my joystick stopped working at one point Never mind, it was a good little show. Well done chaps, had fun.