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broadband gaming question

calis · 2004-11-13 23:30:45

just got broadband. my friend had it b4 me. he used to host a server and i could connect with my dial up connection. now neither of us can connect to eachother when hosting a game. we both have win xp and sp2 installed but all firewall options have been turned off. any help would be apreciated. thanks.

13-11-2004 11:30pm

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calis

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just got broadband. my friend had it b4 me. he used to host a server and i could connect with my dial up connection. now neither of us can connect to eachother when hosting a game. we both have win xp and sp2 installed but all firewall options have been turned off. any help would be apreciated. thanks.

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#2 13-11-2004 11:36pm

girldef

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if you have DSL check that the firewall on the modem is not turned on, this can be turned on by default

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