Lan server connection problems

[crm]

Hi all,
I've been lurking for a while so apologies that my first post is one asking for help.

I've installed a LAN server of freelancer running the dicovery via the mod manager. Other users can see the server listed and when they click it they are asked for the login password.

However it then hangs there and eventually says "I'm sorry, but a connecction could not be established to that server. This is usually caused by a server going offline when you attempt to connect to it. It may also be caused by Internet problems. Please try again later."

I'm stumped, it's not the firewall, the program is running in xp compatibility mode, the prgoram is running as administrator, the server is running on windows 7 and the client on windows vista.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance for any help.

crm