ID:293413
 Jan 7 2009, 11:27 am
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Hi im having trouble connecting to the byond game my friend is hosting. When he hosts i cannot connect I only get up to the Connecting to byond with the IP and everything and immediately it fails. He can connect through dream deamon but also having the issue of connecting through the byond client everyone else uses. any solutions to allow me onto the game from his network? Also this is a public game and everyone can log onto it just fine its just me on his LAN
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Is your computer connected to the internet? If it's not you won't be able to connect to his server if he's hosting it online. If it is, can you connect to other games? This is vital information that we need, and thus the reason why a template is provided for you. If you want help, you are strongly encouraged to give us as much information about your problems as possible, we aren't psychic.
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BYOND Build Number:432.1007
Operating System:Windows XP Video/Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce 7000M/ nForce 610M Game Hub/Link: http://www.byond.com/games/ SumeAkatsukiLeader.NarutoRiencarnation3 Internet Connection Type: DSL Firewalls/Routers: Linksys router no firewall turned on on hosters computer or mine. Problem Description: I can connect to any other game even the game im having problems with if someone else is hosting it. The problem is when i go over to my friends house on his network i cannot connect to the game he is hosting it immediately goes to connecting to byond failed. But if someone else hosts the game i can connect no problem. the host can connect through dream deamon just fine. My friend said he had no problems before hosting and i was able to but for some reason cannot this time. Any help would be great. Steps to Reproduce Problem: connecting from a different network (Game connected fine), Turn all firewalls off completely (problem was still there), having my friend connect through the byond client (he was unable to connect like i am unable to connect on his network). | |
How is the network set up with your friend?
You're sure that you have full internet access when trying to join the game while he's hosting? | |
I figured it out on my own i had to open a new location and type in his internal IP address along with the port number. thanks anyways
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Lucifer_Nadrihm wrote:
I figured it out on my own i had to open a new location and type in his internal IP address along with the port number. thanks anyways That's a sign that he's behind a router and/or firewall that hasn't been properly configured. If you can get in via the local network but you can't join through normal BYOND channels, his game isn't accessible to the outside world. He should be seeing a message to that effect when he hosts in Dream Daemon. Lummox JR | |
Lummox JR wrote:
(...)his game isn't accessible to the outside world. He should be seeing a message to that effect when he hosts in Dream Daemon. I was suspecting the same, but in the first posting, he claimed that others have no problem joining. So, either I misunderstood him, he mixed something up, or it would be a different problem. Lucifer_Nadrihm wrote: (...)Also this is a public game and everyone can log onto it just fine its just me on his LAN | |
Schnitzelnagler wrote:
Lummox JR wrote: Some home routers have a feature, enabled by default, that prevents a connection from going out from the LAN, and then coming back in through a port forward. If I remember right (I don't use that particular router of mine anymore), it's called something like LAN(WAN?) loopback. If whatever the setting is can't be changed, he should be able to join within the LAN by using his server's LAN ip address rather than the public one. It'll probably be something like 192.168.1.100 Lucifer_Nadrihm wrote: | |
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