MP problem(s) and Q's with N2K3

Okay. I have started to give some games the MP tries. Got a better system for my GF and we're trying some games through a Lan TCP/IP connection. I ran into trouble with N2K3 tonight. It finds the IP addresses fine and everything seems to be in order, BUT we can never connect to each other whether it be host OR join. The connection just keeps saying timed out. I can't find anywhere in the game to address timing out. It finds the LAN game and lists it, what am I not doing right to have this happen?? I can MP other games over the same LAN network. Also, how can we setup a game where it is only her and I and set number of AI drivers?? Neither of us are anywhere NEAR ready for other "real" drivers. Both games are up to date with patches and all. Mods and game run fine outside of MP..........looking forward to racing her and a field of AI real soon. Thanks for any help. V

Okay. I have started to give some games the MP tries. Got a better system for my GF and we're trying some games through a Lan TCP/IP connection. I ran into trouble with N2K3 tonight. It finds the IP addresses fine and everything seems to be in order, BUT we can never connect to each other whether it be host OR join. The connection just keeps saying timed out. I can't find anywhere in the game to address timing out. It finds the LAN game and lists it, what am I not doing right to have this happen?? I can MP other games over the same LAN network. Also, how can we setup a game where it is only her and I and set number of AI drivers?? Neither of us are anywhere NEAR ready for other "real" drivers. Both games are up to date with patches and all. Mods and game run fine outside of MP..........looking forward to racing her and a field of AI real soon. Thanks for any help. V

"V "fnugen"" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:952Wc.1899$[email hidden]... > Okay...........this seems to only happen with Zonealarm on. I checked the > approriate areas to tell it to allow the useage. Any ideas on why it would > not allow me?? Zonealarm is still rather new to me. I tried a connectionw/o > Zonealarm on and it worked fine. Thanks > > VV, In the readme.txt file in the N2003 folder, they will list a range of ports that need to be forwarded to allow connections thru your firewall, write down the range of ports and then open Zonealarm and set them up, sorry, not sure how, I have a router that I do this with, should be similar. Ed

"V \"fnugen\"" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:952Wc.1899$[email hidden]: > Okay...........this seems to only happen with Zonealarm on. I checked > the approriate areas to tell it to allow the useage. Any ideas on why > it would not allow me?? Zonealarm is still rather new to me. I tried a > connection w/o Zonealarm on and it worked fine. Thanks > > The WHY is easy. ZoneAlarm does not know you are playing a game. ZA only knows that some unauthorized program is trying to use various ports that it has been told to watch over. So ZA is doing it's job. You have check the Nr2k3 readme for the ports to be forwarded or opened, so ZA will allow Nr2k3 to use your system properly. dh

Did you go into ZA's Program Control and change all selections for the nascar EXE to "Allow"? G Patricks

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>On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 10:28:47 -0700, "V \"fnugen\"" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Okay...........this seems to only happen with Zonealarm on. I checked the >approriate areas to tell it to allow the useage. Any ideas on why it would >not allow me?? Zonealarm is still rather new to me. I tried a connection w/o >Zonealarm on and it worked fine. Thanks > > V > >"V "fnugen"" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:FSUVc.35659$[email hidden]... >> Okay. I have started to give some games the MP tries. Got a better system >> for my GF and we're trying some games through a Lan TCP/IP connection. I >ran >> into trouble with N2K3 tonight. It finds the IP addresses fine and >> everything seems to be in order, BUT we can never connect to each other >> whether it be host OR join. The connection just keeps saying timed out. I >> can't find anywhere in the game to address timing out. It finds the LAN >game >> and lists it, what am I not doing right to have this happen?? I can MP >other >> games over the same LAN network. Also, how can we setup a game where it is >> only her and I and set number of AI drivers?? Neither of us are anywhere >> NEAR ready for other "real" drivers. Both games are up to date with >patches >> and all. Mods and game run fine outside of MP..........looking forward to >> racing her and a field of AI real soon. Thanks for any help. >> >> V >> >> >

Okay...........this seems to only happen with Zonealarm on. I checked the approriate areas to tell it to allow the useage. Any ideas on why it would not allow me?? Zonealarm is still rather new to me. I tried a connection w/o Zonealarm on and it worked fine. Thanks V "V "fnugen"" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:FSUVc.35659$[email hidden]... > Okay. I have started to give some games the MP tries. Got a better system > for my GF and we're trying some games through a Lan TCP/IP connection. Iran > into trouble with N2K3 tonight. It finds the IP addresses fine and > everything seems to be in order, BUT we can never connect to each other > whether it be host OR join. The connection just keeps saying timed out. I > can't find anywhere in the game to address timing out. It finds the LANgame > and lists it, what am I not doing right to have this happen?? I can MPother > games over the same LAN network. Also, how can we setup a game where it is > only her and I and set number of AI drivers?? Neither of us are anywhere > NEAR ready for other "real" drivers. Both games are up to date withpatches > and all. Mods and game run fine outside of MP..........looking forward to > racing her and a field of AI real soon. Thanks for any help. > > V > >

Okay...........this seems to only happen with Zonealarm on. I checked the approriate areas to tell it to allow the useage. Any ideas on why it would not allow me?? Zonealarm is still rather new to me. I tried a connection w/o Zonealarm on and it worked fine. Thanks V

I also have a router. I use a D-link router. I have all my settings to allow in ZA...so sounds like a router issue then. Been working on it but no success as yet. Not entorely sure what to set and change in the router settings. V "Ed White" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9b3Wc.11599$[email hidden]... > > "V "fnugen"" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:952Wc.1899$[email hidden]... > > Okay...........this seems to only happen with Zonealarm on. I checkedthe > > approriate areas to tell it to allow the useage. Any ideas on why itwould

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> > not allow me?? Zonealarm is still rather new to me. I tried a connection > w/o > > Zonealarm on and it worked fine. Thanks > > > > V > V, > In the readme.txt file in the N2003 folder, they will list a range of

ports > that need to be forwarded to allow connections thru your firewall, write > down the range of ports and then open Zonealarm and set them up, sorry,not > sure how, I have a router that I do this with, should be similar. > Ed > >

I also have a router. I use a D-link router. I have all my settings to allow in ZA...so sounds like a router issue then. Been working on it but no success as yet. Not entorely sure what to set and change in the router settings. V > > Okay...........this seems to only happen with Zonealarm on. I checked the > > approriate areas to tell it to allow the useage. Any ideas on why it would

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> > not allow me?? Zonealarm is still rather new to me. I tried a connection > w/o > > Zonealarm on and it worked fine. Thanks > > V > V, > In the readme.txt file in the N2003 folder, they will list a range of

ports > that need to be forwarded to allow connections thru your firewall, write > down the range of ports and then open Zonealarm and set them up, sorry, not > sure how, I have a router that I do this with, should be similar. > Ed

Yes I had done that already. "Icer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Did you go into ZA's Program Control and change all selections for the > nascar EXE to "Allow"? > > G Patricks > > >On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 10:28:47 -0700, "V \"fnugen\"" <[email hidden]>wrote: > >Okay...........this seems to only happen with Zonealarm on. I checked the > >approriate areas to tell it to allow the useage. Any ideas on why itwould > >not allow me?? Zonealarm is still rather new to me. I tried a connectionw/o

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> >Zonealarm on and it worked fine. Thanks > > > > V > > > >"V "fnugen"" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > >news:FSUVc.35659$[email hidden]... > >> Okay. I have started to give some games the MP tries. Got a better

system > >> for my GF and we're trying some games through a Lan TCP/IP connection.I > >ran > >> into trouble with N2K3 tonight. It finds the IP addresses fine and > >> everything seems to be in order, BUT we can never connect to each other > >> whether it be host OR join. The connection just keeps saying timed out.I > >> can't find anywhere in the game to address timing out. It finds the LAN > >game > >> and lists it, what am I not doing right to have this happen?? I can MP > >other > >> games over the same LAN network. Also, how can we setup a game where itis > >> only her and I and set number of AI drivers?? Neither of us areanywhere > >> NEAR ready for other "real" drivers. Both games are up to date with > >patches > >> and all. Mods and game run fine outside of MP..........looking forwardto

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> >> racing her and a field of AI real soon. Thanks for any help. > >> > >> V > >> > >> > > >

Yes I had done that already.

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> Did you go into ZA's Program Control and change all selections for the > nascar EXE to "Allow"? > G Patricks > >Okay...........this seems to only happen with Zonealarm on. I checked the > >approriate areas to tell it to allow the useage. Any ideas on why it

would > >not allow me?? Zonealarm is still rather new to me. I tried a connection w/o

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> >Zonealarm on and it worked fine. Thanks > > V > >> Okay. I have started to give some games the MP tries. Got a better

system > >> for my GF and we're trying some games through a Lan TCP/IP connection. I > >ran > >> into trouble with N2K3 tonight. It finds the IP addresses fine and > >> everything seems to be in order, BUT we can never connect to each other > >> whether it be host OR join. The connection just keeps saying timed out. I > >> can't find anywhere in the game to address timing out. It finds the LAN > >game > >> and lists it, what am I not doing right to have this happen?? I can MP > >other > >> games over the same LAN network. Also, how can we setup a game where it is > >> only her and I and set number of AI drivers?? Neither of us are anywhere > >> NEAR ready for other "real" drivers. Both games are up to date with > >patches > >> and all. Mods and game run fine outside of MP..........looking forward to > >> racing her and a field of AI real soon. Thanks for any help. > >> V

Your trying to HOST on a machine that has ZA?? (even better your not trying to host out the the real world)? I never ever got this to work, tried for months to do so, back when ZA was fairly new, up to even version what,,, 3? If you have a firewall/router, then technically all zone alarm is doing is, protecting your machine from any other on the LAN. Oh wait, but you have that server in the DMZ? Not a Good idea in my humble opinion. Still if Im hosting to a local machine, the ip isnt one that can be seen on the "net" and you should take the host OUT of the DMZ of the router, then disable ZA (which is refusing any unsolicted connections from any computer). This way you can race each other easy enough. Now if your gonna do both, (host to that machine on the LOCAL net, & host via Papy (allowing far off buddies to join you or not as you could just do IP races) you should forward just the specifed ports from the router to the NR hosting machine. This would be much better, instead of having that hosting machine being in the DMZ. ZA in the PC setting in the DMZ, isn't safe IMHO. Last, to join a race in sierra or in ip (via internet) you dont have to forward anything, or disable anything on the ZA (and 4 brands of firewal/routers I have tried) because software on your computer "Requests" the connection to be made, and us usually allowed (unless you set the router/firwall not to allow anything). BTW this is why Spyware is a problem because it can get on there, and then automatically start asking more "of its kin" to move in. So that is why you forward (sometimes stated as "allow" the ports from (incoming traffic) to the host machine, when you host... machines that you "Dont Know" are asking for a port, and by default Firewalls are set to no allow. V "fnugen" wrote:

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> Yes I had done that already. > > "Icer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... >> Did you go into ZA's Program Control and change all selections for >> the nascar EXE to "Allow"? >> >> G Patricks >> >>> On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 10:28:47 -0700, "V \"fnugen\"" >>> <[email hidden]> wrote: Okay...........this seems to only happen >>> with Zonealarm on. I checked the approriate areas to tell it to >>> allow the useage. Any ideas on why it would not allow me?? >>> Zonealarm is still rather new to me. I tried a connection w/o >>> Zonealarm on and it worked fine. Thanks >>> >>> V >>> >>> "V "fnugen"" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >>> news:FSUVc.35659$[email hidden]... >>>> Okay. I have started to give some games the MP tries. Got a better >>>> system for my GF and we're trying some games through a Lan TCP/IP >>>> connection. I ran into trouble with N2K3 tonight. It finds the IP >>>> addresses fine and everything seems to be in order, BUT we can >>>> never connect to each other whether it be host OR join. The >>>> connection just keeps saying timed out. I can't find anywhere in >>>> the game to address timing out. It finds the LAN game and lists >>>> it, what am I not doing right to have this happen?? I can MP other >>>> games over the same LAN network. Also, how can we setup a game >>>> where it is only her and I and set number of AI drivers?? Neither >>>> of us are anywhere NEAR ready for other "real" drivers. Both games >>>> are up to date with patches and all. Mods and game run fine >>>> outside of MP..........looking forward to racing her and a field >>>> of AI real soon. Thanks for any help. >>>> >>>> V