technical - can't act as server on "Serious Sam"

[if-only]

no, nothing like 2 comps together

[NewsreadeR]

I don't use XP so I am guessing here:

Go to start and then find control panel, go into this and then look for Network Connections or similar. In there it should show Local Area Connection if you right click on it and then then choose proerties, you should have an option to tick a box to show connections, towards the bottom of that page. This should then show the computer icons near the bottom right.

[if-only]

oh dear!! iv`e tried what you said but i cant find them 2 comps even in control, ( local area ) all boxes in there are ticked, thanks for trying, at least you got me half way there

[-Paul]

Hi Newsreader, when Port Forwarding, do you need to select inbound & outbound, with most games on online gaming as surely data is sending and recieving,through the Router Firewall, I am new to this also, cheers, Paul
ps
(looking forward to Sky Radio

[NewsreadeR]

Hi

Inbound only as all outbound is allowed by default afaik

[NewsreadeR]

oh dear!! iv`e tried what you said but i cant find them 2 comps even in control, ( local area ) all boxes in there are ticked, thanks for trying, at least you got me half way there

I will get my laptop back by tomorrow which has XP on it, so I can give you the proper directions.

[NewsreadeR]

no, nothing like 2 comps together

Go to start, find Control Panel, click on it and then find Network connections, click on it so it opens out.

Find Local Area Connection, right click on it and then click on Properties, put a tick in Show Icon in notification area when connected. This will give you the 2 icons near the time.

If you right click on this icon and then click status, it should show you the IP address in the format of 192.168.0.2 this is the number you need to put in the rule we made earlier.

[G-Xan]

Hey guys, sorry to jump on the bandwagon here, I know there have been a few similar posts to this previously. I play an online game called Urban Terror and I can join servers and play games quite freely (apart from those reserved for low pings - damn you sky) but like a few other people I'm having issues trying to set up my own game. I have set up port-forwarding, windows firewall is disabled and I disabled the Avast anti-virus protection I have. Still though, people can't find the server or join it. Anyone have other ideas on what could be stopping it?
Cheers, G

[if-only]

hi,G-XAN
news reader has got me to the point where other people can see my game server on serious sam, but when they try to join it keeps kicking them off, by the way how do you disable avast firewall????

[G-Xan]

It runs an 'On-access Scanner' which you should be able to see as a Round Blue 'A' icon in your system tray (bottom right of your screen). I right-clicked on that and selected the 'Stop on-access protection' option. That just pauses the various scans it has running on your internet activity, you can just right-click the icon again to resume that. I'm not entirely sure if it actually impacts on your games but I disabled it just incase, plus one less thing running might help your general speed!
Hope that makes sense and/or helps!
G