age of empires II direct tcp/ip connection problem

Hi, I am trying to play age of II conqurerers with connection type : Internet
direct play TCP/IP. I am clicking double to enter either host name or ip of
the game creater. There is nothing is listing. I can not join any games. Any
help please?

Hi senolgunes,

Sounds like there's a firewall in your Router or Broadband Modem:

Call the tech support for that unit, and ask them to either setup a "DMZ"
(De-Militarized Zone which means the firewall is disabled) to bypass the
built-in firewall, or open the necessary ports in the equipment with you.

Here's the List of all Ports used by Zone
and DX Games: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/PortRoute.html#ports

To setup your router yourself visit: www.portforward.com/routers.htm

--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________


senolgunes Wrote:
=================
| Hi, I am trying to play age of II conqurerers with connection type : Internet
| direct play TCP/IP. I am clicking double to enter either host name or ip of
| the game creater. There is nothing is listing. I can not join any games. Any
| help please?

Is far as I can tell this is a bug with Windows Vista. Something has changed
with the TCP/IP networking which breaks this game. Can anyone please provide
some incite to this issue?

"Jimmy S." wrote:

> Hi senolgunes,
>
> Sounds like there's a firewall in your Router or Broadband Modem:
>
> Call the tech support for that unit, and ask them to either setup a "DMZ"
> (De-Militarized Zone which means the firewall is disabled) to bypass the
> built-in firewall, or open the necessary ports in the equipment with you.
>
> Here's the List of all Ports used by Zone
> and DX Games: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/PortRoute.html#ports
>
> To setup your router yourself visit: www.portforward.com/routers.htm
>
> --
> Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
> Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
> MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
> My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
> _________________________________________________________
>
>
> senolgunes Wrote:
> =================
> | Hi, I am trying to play age of II conqurerers with connection type : Internet
> | direct play TCP/IP. I am clicking double to enter either host name or ip of
> | the game creater. There is nothing is listing. I can not join any games. Any
> | help please?
>
>
>

Hi Matt Morehead,

It's more likely an XP issue that senolgunes posted about
since he chose to post here in the XP newsgroups. Your
question is also interesting, did you post it to the Windows
Vista and/or Windows Networking newsgroups as well?

--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________


Matt Morehead Wrote:
=================
| Is far as I can tell this is a bug with Windows Vista. Something has changed
| with the TCP/IP networking which breaks this game. Can anyone please provide
| some incite to this issue?
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
|| Hi senolgunes,
||
|| Sounds like there's a firewall in your Router or Broadband Modem:
||
|| Call the tech support for that unit, and ask them to either setup a "DMZ"
|| (De-Militarized Zone which means the firewall is disabled) to bypass the
|| built-in firewall, or open the necessary ports in the equipment with you.
||
|| Here's the List of all Ports used by Zone
|| and DX Games: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/PortRoute.html#ports
||
|| To setup your router yourself visit: www.portforward.com/routers.htm
||
|| --
|| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
|| MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
|| _________________________________________________________
||
||
|| senolgunes Wrote:
|| =================
||| Hi, I am trying to play age of II conqurerers with connection type : Internet
||| direct play TCP/IP. I am clicking double to enter either host name or ip of
||| the game creater. There is nothing is listing. I can not join any games. Any
||| help please?

I did, but no response.

"Jimmy S." wrote:

> Hi Matt Morehead,
>
> It's more likely an XP issue that senolgunes posted about
> since he chose to post here in the XP newsgroups. Your
> question is also interesting, did you post it to the Windows
> Vista and/or Windows Networking newsgroups as well?
>
> --
> Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
> Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
> MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
> My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
> _________________________________________________________
>
>
> Matt Morehead Wrote:
> =================
> | Is far as I can tell this is a bug with Windows Vista. Something has changed
> | with the TCP/IP networking which breaks this game. Can anyone please provide
> | some incite to this issue?
> |
> | "Jimmy S." wrote:
> |
> || Hi senolgunes,
> ||
> || Sounds like there's a firewall in your Router or Broadband Modem:
> ||
> || Call the tech support for that unit, and ask them to either setup a "DMZ"
> || (De-Militarized Zone which means the firewall is disabled) to bypass the
> || built-in firewall, or open the necessary ports in the equipment with you.
> ||
> || Here's the List of all Ports used by Zone
> || and DX Games: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/PortRoute.html#ports
> ||
> || To setup your router yourself visit: www.portforward.com/routers.htm
> ||
> || --
> || Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
> || Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> ||
> || Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
> || MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
> || My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
> || _________________________________________________________
> ||
> ||
> || senolgunes Wrote:
> || =================
> ||| Hi, I am trying to play age of II conqurerers with connection type : Internet
> ||| direct play TCP/IP. I am clicking double to enter either host name or ip of
> ||| the game creater. There is nothing is listing. I can not join any games. Any
> ||| help please?
>
>
>