Quake3World

Hi. Recently I haven't been able to view any LAN games or Local games on any game I own. I figured there has to be someone who has had this problem before me, and would have a few steps I could take to try to fix it, or narrow down the problem. Thanks.

This problem is often due to settings on your Software Firewall. What Firewall product do you have?

Also, what games does this happen in, and what operating system do you have? More details is always good

Heh. Sorry about the lack of details. Usually I provide too much and it is too cumbersome to read the post.

I use no software firewall. I'm trying to connect to games using Hamachi. I CAN connect through Hamachi's IP, but I CAN'T see server listings. Example games: I can't see my friend's Quake 3 server (when it is up with 4 players and I can join through IP), I can't see my friend's Grand Theft Auto 2 game (when it is up and two other people are in it) so I'm positive the problem is not with them, it's gotta be me. I haven't tried any other games yet.

I'm using Windows XP. The Windows XP Firewall is turned off. I use no firewall. I do use AVG Free Edition.

Could be... but its a bit more complex with Hamachi because you'll have 2 'local' area networks at the same time and that can screw some things up.

Now presumably your buddies aren't having the same issue, but are they all one a true LAN and you're the only one connecting remotely?

No. Everyone is on Hamachi. They can see the server listings perfectly, and join other games. I can't see server listings but I can join games (except for GTA2 because you can't join via. IP).

Tricky. If you go into your networking area in control panel is there an entry for the Hamachi pseudo-adapter? I can't remember if it uses one but VPN programs usually do.

If it has one, you could try setting the TCPIP Metric for that connection to 1, and the Metric for your regular LAN connection to 2

Also if you're connected to the Internet without a Firewall, that's a bit worrying... You must have some form of connection protection somewhere along the line?

Can they see and join your game when you host?

I do have a Hamachi entry, but not a "pseudo-adapter".

I do have UPnP off, could that be the problem? I recently used a program that turned off a few services to make my computer speed up, but one of those "unessential" services may be the problem. If you are "service-savvy" maybe you could tell me which ones I must have enabled.

Yes, they can see my game and join my game when I host.

Can anyone else help me? Should I go to a different forum?

I'm outta guesses, although your disabled services may well hold the key. Fixing that one would be a matter of re-enabling the ones that you see are enabled on someone elses PC but not on yours.

Do you have a router with a firewall? Did you configure it to either disable the firewall or try enabling upnp again.