sfcseano Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Hi Folks, Firstley, i'm knew to this so if i'am in the wrong room or anything don't shout :o Am on my laptop (windows vista) and just can't get a game going with my mate when am at my house.. I went round to his tonight and used his connection and everything went fine - got the game going and everything. I got home though and now when he types in my IP address to join the game it just keeps poping up 'error - can't connect to server' Now he's quite good with computers and things and am just not and he even can't work out whats up with it.. Any ideas people? Thanks, Seano Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Furia Roja Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 yer it doesnt really work download a program called hamachi, both of you download it, then give him your hamachi ip address and it will work, its how i and 99% others do Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falastur Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 I believe the problem is that your friend hasn't opened up his ports on his router to outside connection. This means the router sees you trying to connect, isn't sure that you're not a hacker or some kind of malicious software being sent to his computer, and prevents you connecting. You could get him to open his ports, but as aussie has said above, the easier solution is for you both to download hamachi. One person then makes a server (it's really easy, just look through the settings and you'll find it quickly enough) and the other person can then connect to them. Hamachi tells the routers that everyone on the Hamachi server (you and your friend, in this case) are actually on the same local network, and the router is tricked into letting connections through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcseano Posted November 10, 2009 Author Share Posted November 10, 2009 Thanks for that. Just a quickie though - we've both downloaded it and it works but it still won't work on Fm..? Still got the same old IP address on the game that won't let him join.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Furia Roja Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 no you need to use the hamich one, its at the top of your hamachi box, usually starts with a 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcseano Posted November 10, 2009 Author Share Posted November 10, 2009 Thanks for you help guys - still doesnt seem to be working though.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Furia Roja Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 make sure your firewalls are set to allow hamachi to access the internet through it, make sure he joins your hamachi ip and not his, other than this you are a very rare case of it not working, maybe try the tech forums Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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