localboy Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Have had some good responses to my players/tactics questions recently which are much appreciated so I'm hoping somebody can help with this query, it'd be much appreciated! i'm trying to host a network game- the setup is, that downstairs PC has a Blueyonder modem attached to a Buffalo AirStation G54 router, and I have FM09 installed upstairs on the laptop- I connect to the internet using the wireless. I have set up a new game and sent out the IP but nobody can connect! I've found a site here http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Buffalo/WBR-G54/Football_Manager_2006.htm for FM06 about port forwarding- i managed to follow it but still no progress- although those instructions don't seem exactly right. Has anybody got any experience in this area, we've been trying for a week now =) Any help would be really really appreciated and any further info needed, please just ask. Thank you again, James Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
localboy Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 Has anybody else had any problems? I've opened the relevant ports 10093 and 10094 through the Control Panel > Firewall in Windows Vista, hosting the game as a server on FM09 and given my two friends the IP address (the second part of the big number in game status after the / ) but they still keep getting the "unable to connect to server" message- FM09 kicks them out and the game needs restarting. My friends have tried hosting too and I get the same message/error? Running out of things to try? My setup is - Attempting to host as server from Vista laptop upstairs, connected to the internet via a Buffalo router which is connected to the Blueyonder modem and PC downstairs. Any help is really really appreciated, really been looking forward to this network game! Kind regards James Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahmufcwafc Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Have a look in the Online Forum, particularly the stickied threads Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnefc22 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Have a look in the online thread and good luck getting your game working? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traver Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 not trying to be a wiseguy here, but have you restarted your router after setting up the port forwarding? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceFujitsu Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Are you trying to connect both these machines through the internet to another machine not on your network? From personal experience it’s a pain in the @ss doing this as you just don’t know what setup the guy on the other side has. I.e. could be something as simple as fm2009 not being in his firewall exceptions list. If you’re just trying to connect the machine upstairs to the machine downstairs I don’t see what the problem is. You just connect them both to the router and setup a LAN game, don’t need any port forwarding for that as its not though the net... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigy18181 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 set up all the routers people are using mate, they all need the ports to be open i think Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPlanet Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 It's not the easiest game in the world to play over the network. Cynically, I think this is a ploy to get more people to play FMLive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceFujitsu Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 I thought this would of been one of the reasons for going to steam though... To make it far easier for people to setup network/net games and stuff (click and join type setup)? Saying that ive never used steam myself so maybe im totally off the ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrging Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 If you have setup the port forwarding correctly then it sounds like your computer is not getting the same ip remember if your going through a router your computer needs an internal ip! If you sure thats all setup make sure you giving out your actuall external IP http://whatsmyip.org/ will tell you what that is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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