Age of Empires Multiplayer Problems
I'm having problems playing multiplayer Age of Empires II. I just bought the game again (lost my old disks) and I've been playing with one friend online. I'm using game ranger to connect which seems to work fine. The game starts, everything is normal and working well until about 30 minutes into the game, the connection breaks and the game freezes. This has happened twice so I don't think it is a fluke. Neither of our computers are frozen outside of AOEII and both of our computers are still connected to the internet.
I am using a desktop with wired connection and connecting through a Netgear RP614 router. I am using XP and Windows Firewall. My friend is playing on a laptop with a wireless connection. I assume he is also on XP with Windows Firewall.
I'm thinking it could be the wireless causing the problem but he is still connected to the internet so this shouldn't be happening. I could try port forwarding but if my ports were closed I wouldn't even be able to connect in the first place right? I don't think Windows Firewall is causing the problem since I put AOEII under the exceptions (so it should not block it).
Has anyone else encountered similar problems with Age of Empires II or other games? If so, how did you fix the problem? Thanks in advance.
sheepie
I am using a desktop with wired connection and connecting through a Netgear RP614 router. I am using XP and Windows Firewall. My friend is playing on a laptop with a wireless connection. I assume he is also on XP with Windows Firewall.
I'm thinking it could be the wireless causing the problem but he is still connected to the internet so this shouldn't be happening. I could try port forwarding but if my ports were closed I wouldn't even be able to connect in the first place right? I don't think Windows Firewall is causing the problem since I put AOEII under the exceptions (so it should not block it).
Has anyone else encountered similar problems with Age of Empires II or other games? If so, how did you fix the problem? Thanks in advance.
sheepie
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