bobo Posted September 16, 2002 Share Posted September 16, 2002 Greetings, I am having problems connecting to others to play IP games in CMBO and probably CMBB demo as well. I am on a cable modem and have played at least one game on TCP/IP but I believe that was before I installed ZoneAlarm. I am able to ping known open game IPs, but CM will always repond with a cannot connect to IP error. I have tried disabling ZoneAlarm but no luck. Any suggestions? Thanks, Bobo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris talpas Posted September 16, 2002 Share Posted September 16, 2002 Bobo, By any chance are you using Windows XP with Service Pack 1? I installed the service pack yesterday and have had the same 'unable to connect to IP problem'. When I boot to Win98 and try it, I can play no problem. Chris 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobo Posted September 16, 2002 Author Share Posted September 16, 2002 Nope. I am running Window ME still. Haven't been blessed with XP yet. Bobo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted September 16, 2002 Share Posted September 16, 2002 I would suggest uninstalling Zone Alarm for now. You may also want to check for the latest version since Zone Alarm updates the freeware version every so often. Are you giving out the correct IP address for your network connection ? Do you use a router to hook up to your cable modem or does it hook up directly ? You can use this webpage to confirm your external IP address. This is the IP address that you need to give out for your TCP/IP games in CM. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobo Posted September 17, 2002 Author Share Posted September 17, 2002 I did what you suggested with ZoneAlarm and no luck connecting. I disabled ZoneAlarm and no luck. I can ping IPs that are hosting, but CM will not connect. Is there any other way to debug this problem? No IP and CMBB coming :-(. Bobo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted September 17, 2002 Share Posted September 17, 2002 Rather than disable Zone Alarm have you uninstalled it ? I suddenly had problems with my TCP/IP connection awhile back and I had to resort to uninstalling Zone Alarm to restore things. However one difference is that you are still able to Ping, etc. whereas I wasn't able to. Are you using a router/switch with your cable modem ? Some of these models have built-in firewalls that may block higher numbered IP Ports (CM needs Port 7023 open). This usually isn't the default configuration for most routers, but it may be something that you want to double-check. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobo Posted September 18, 2002 Author Share Posted September 18, 2002 Schrullenhaft, I did disable and then reinstall Zone Alarm. The key was enabling port forwarding on the linksys router that I had installed. It works now. Just in time. Thanks for the help. Bobo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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