TCP/IP not working
 

I've searched and found many topics on TCP/IP but none of them are helping.

-I do not have a firewall, but I run XP
-I've tried DMZ hosting
-I've tried enabling the ports without DMZ hosting

When a player connects it gives a "Cannot connect to server" message yet it shows up in the server list. What do I do!?!?

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-I do not have a firewall, but I run XP

IIRC XP has a built-in firewall. Have you checked that?

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It turns out that he has no advanced tab in the properties of his local area network connection. Is this because he is running XP Home edition? If so, how do you disable that in XP Home?

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ehhh... bump, still don't have a solution. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Personally I doubt you'll find one. This is the exact same problem I had except we didn't have XP. Both computers connect through a router and have DMZ activate and I get exactly what you describe. I got to think there is some aditional programming required to get a game to run on TCP/IP through a router that SE4 does not have.

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Will I be able to connect to someone without this problem?

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It is possible to connect TCP/IP through routers. I do not know why it doesn't work for some people though. It works for me just by forwarding the 2 necessary ports.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Have to try it I think. I have a router and with the DMZ on I could succesfully connect to someone without a router just not with another friend who does connect through a router.

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Did the connection fail both ways David? Both with you as host and with him as host?

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yea we tried it both ways. I forget exactly but I think each time the host saw the other players name appear in the player list but then he got an error. I think it was the same error mentioned here. Funny that the host see's the players name appear though.