Counterstrike Network problems....

[Immortal 0]

hi all,

Well, this is the deal.

My bro and i both have PC's with Counterstrike loaded onto.

Whenever i try and connect to his games it works fine....,

but when he tried to connect to me he cant.

I have disabled all of Xp's firewall crap, but with no result.

 

the error he gets is:

"Could not complete connection attempt to server"

And on my PC it sais "<username> timed out"

 

Im using an intel card while hes got a 3com.

 

PC specs dont matter cause it worked before, and this happened after a re-installation of his Windows 98 SE.

I use XP pro Sp1.

 

Thnx for your help

[hardtofin 0]

more info needed.

 

is it just a lan game? or a server game? do u have a dedicated server? is it a p2p network? what port is the game on blah blah.......... THINK man, ppl cant help if u dont post enough info.

[Immortal 0]

Well port is nomral, 27015, its a LAN game, not p2p, over a netowkr connecting via a hub only me n my bro on it.

Its not a dedicated server.

His network Ip is 192.168.0.95, while mine is 192.168.0.1.

 

Anything esle needed?

[adamvjackson 0]

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Nevermind, I missed something above...

 

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[Immortal 0]

One more thing, we can conenct using ANY other game, AOE2, Galactic battlegrounds, Worms....., its only Half-Life based games.....

[adamvjackson 0]

Have you tried using different ports, specifying which port to use on the shortcut's command line? I know HL/CS can be picky... Also, you both do have the same version, and different cd keys, right?

[EddiE314 0]

cd key's don't matter on a lan game, there's no WON server to authenticate with, i could be wrong, but it's never mattered when i use the same cd key

[Immortal 0]

Well, yes we are using the same version AND same CD Key, but it doesnt matter cause it has worked before.

 

On the ports issue, how do i specifiy what port for HL to use?

[adamvjackson 0]

I don't remember exactly, but you have to modify the shortcut properties. I'll check when I get home.

[EddiE314 0]

how are you two networked? crossover? Hub?

 

try different cables

try removing both nic's from the device manager of both machines, restarting and reinstalling the nic's and home network

make sure both of you are on the same workgroup

[Immortal 0]

The NIC's have no problems.

As i have said, i am connected via a hub, we r both on the same workgroup and i have re-installed the network to no effect.

 

The network is fine for file sharing, ICS and any gaming, except for HL based games.

[Immortal 0]

Anyone can help???

[EddiE314 0]

ya know, now that i think about it, i believe i had this problem with Q3A

except when trying to join from the one computer it would lock up and i'd

have to restart, the problem was resolved when i changed NIC's, however,

since you said that the nic's work fine i would suggest trying a different

pci slot in the affected machine. other than that i dunno what to tell you

other than to drop Win98SE (its gay) and move to WinXP.

[Immortal 0]

LMAO, yes it would be nice.....

Soon il be letting my bro have my current PC, and me moving onto a new P4 monster