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Can't connect to multiplayer for over 7 months.!

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:49 am
by gilarpino
I have a account at gamespy even 2 ! but every time I try to log in it's says : 'The network was unable to connect'
What should I do? I ignord it for over 6 months but now I want to fix it.
I got acceleration too does that matters?
pleas help me

Re: Can't connect to multiplayer for over 7 months.!

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:55 am
by ozzy72
Do you have a router? And what firewall and OS are you using?

Re: Can't connect to multiplayer for over 7 months.!

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:01 am
by gilarpino
I have a router yes. And I tryed to shutdown the firewall and then login .... It also didn't help. I have mcafee enterprise or something like that but the rest I don't know.

any idee?

Re: Can't connect to multiplayer for over 7 months.!

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:09 am
by ozzy72
Okay the problem is most likely your router configuration. Work through the following tutorial http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2 ... 1100625039 and you should be sorted ;)

Re: Can't connect to multiplayer for over 7 months.!

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:24 am
by Fozzer
It really is a sod of a problem, with all the poor Folks who have to suffer with a "Router".... :'(...!

..and maybe problems getting into "FSX" Multiplayer Sessions...

(Noting, in this case that "Acceleration" has been mentioned).

For all of us who use just a simple "USB to Phone Line Modem" and FS 2002/2004, and our delightful Sim V Server, there are no such problems in getting connected instantly to Multiplayer!

Paul...G-BPLF... 8-)...!

Re: Can't connect to multiplayer for over 7 months.!

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:35 am
by gilarpino
I see this is probably the reason off my problem, only I need to get the right inbound port... and only fs 98 / 2000 is showing at my router.

Where can i get those? In the tutorial it only shows 02 and fs9

Re: Can't connect to multiplayer for over 7 months.!

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:49 am
by Sir_Crashalot
The problem is your router not the kind of FS you use. Servers accept traffic through the right (opened) ports. Whether you use FS2002, FS9 or FSX shouldn't make a difference.

Crash ;)

Re: Can't connect to multiplayer for over 7 months.!

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:56 am
by Fozzer
The problem is your router not the kind of FS you use. Servers accept traffic through the right (opened) ports. Whether you use FS2002, FS9 or FSX shouldn't make a difference.

Crash ;)


Crash...

Wasn't there a difficulty/problem with FSX insisting on using "Gamespy" to connect with Multiplayer....

A problem we didn't suffer with simple (FS Host) FS 2002/2004 Multiplayer connections?

Paul...FS 2004... 8-)...!

Re: Can't connect to multiplayer for over 7 months.!

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:24 pm
by Sir_Crashalot
Since I don't know a flying thing about FSX I can't comment on that. I do know that the FSX users on the Simviation server use FSHostClient to connect. It's available here.
Crash ;)

Re: Can't connect to multiplayer for over 7 months.!

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:07 pm
by Mazza
The problem is your router not the kind of FS you use. Servers accept traffic through the right (opened) ports. Whether you use FS2002, FS9 or FSX shouldn't make a difference.

Crash ;)


Crash...

Wasn't there a difficulty/problem with FSX insisting on using "Gamespy" to connect with Multiplayer....

A problem we didn't suffer with simple (FS Host) FS 2002/2004 Multiplayer connections?

Paul...FS 2004... 8-)...!


That's odd because i could connect without opening any ports because fs opened them for me ;D ;D ;D and i have a wireless router, if that makes any difference

Re: Can't connect to multiplayer for over 7 months.!

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:47 am
by Sir_Crashalot
FS doesn't open any ports in a router simply because it can't do that. If you were able to get online, as many do, and you didn't open the correct ports for that server, you forced someone off the server or blocked other people from joining. As so many times happens. The fact that you can change a port number in Multiplayer doesn't mean it'll open that port on your router. Wireless or not.

Crash ;)

Re: Can't connect to multiplayer for over 7 months.!

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:18 am
by Mazza
FS doesn't open any ports in a router simply because it can't do that. If you were able to get online, as many do, and you didn't open the correct ports for that server, you forced someone off the server or blocked other people from joining. As so many times happens. The fact that you can change a port number in Multiplayer doesn't mean it'll open that port on your router. Wireless or not.

Crash ;)


well just incased i kicked anyone off in the past... sorry :-[ but i've opened the ports and it's all good 8-)

Re: Can't connect to multiplayer for over 7 months.!

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:31 am
by gilarpino
well It worked 8-) ;D thx guys