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Trying to install 4.85 on a Vista laptop - ugliestmoose - 04-04-2009
' Wrote:Come to think of it, Port Forwarding isn't needed, as long as NAT is on. NAT takes care of all of that automatically.
Now, if you were running a publicly available server, then Port Forwarding or a DMZ machine are needed.
Hm, I was under the impression that NAT is enabled by default on most routers. If I turn mine off I can't connect to the internet at all...and doesn't NAT restrict the flow of data?
Trying to install 4.85 on a Vista laptop - Orin - 04-04-2009
I can see ping, player counts, and even refresh to show them changing. Everything works perfectly, but it won't let me even start to connect.
Anyways, no idea what NAT is.
Trying to install 4.85 on a Vista laptop - ugliestmoose - 04-04-2009
I wouldn't worry about NAT. I just read up on it and I can only find problems with it from people playing online games via console, not PC.
Out of curiosity, have you tried playing any other online games on this laptop?
Trying to install 4.85 on a Vista laptop - Orin - 04-04-2009
No. I have Empire at War, but I haven't touched it in ages. Why?
Trying to install 4.85 on a Vista laptop - ugliestmoose - 04-04-2009
I'm not too sure where I was going with that...have you tried the port forwarding thing at all?
Trying to install 4.85 on a Vista laptop - Orin - 04-04-2009
Really couldn't bring myself to putting any more time into it yesterday. I'm probably going to try that today though. I'll post how it goes.
Trying to install 4.85 on a Vista laptop - Orin - 04-04-2009
Frustration reaching critical mass again... Got up to trying to get my name server IPs, but I can't get into my router's web interface. For some ungodly reason it doesn't have the default password like it should. Whee...
Letting the irritation subside, then calling my ISP. -_-
Trying to install 4.85 on a Vista laptop - OD-Saber189 - 04-19-2009
It looks like nobody has posted here for a while. But I'm having the same trouble as Orin. Vista laptop, went through all the steps of Dboys tutorial and I'm still not about to connect. I get the same error message. So... anyone come up with anything?
Trying to install 4.85 on a Vista laptop - Orin - 04-19-2009
Honestly, I gave up on it for the moment. I've got too much else preoccupying my one track mind to deal with something I have no experience.