Lan gaming problem

TerrorFirmer

Using 3.4ghz, 1gb ram machine as host, running xp service pack 2

Other machine is a 600mhz, 256ram, win2000.

Playing Soldier of Fortune 2 and KKND, no problems whatsoever, but when I play UT (typical, the only one I REALLY wanted to play lan), after about 10 minutes I get an error message of "connection failed" and something about dedicated server not being able to listen to winsock.....

And then, I have to restart the main pc for it to work again on lan.

Whats causing this, anyone know? Any help greatly appreciated.

Kare Bear

Are both pcs running the same version of ut.

TerrorFirmer

Kare Bear wrote:

Are both pcs running the same version of ut.

Both running fresh installs from the original disc.

Game works no problems for about 10 minutes, then the connection dies and the game will not work on lan until a restart - however, I can go straight into another game and play lan no problem.

Kare Bear

Try getting the latest patches.

jozi

What version of ut? If its ut2k4 you could pm pug (i think thats his boards name) he's the server admin for our servers.
There's a similar thread in the unreal forum to i think

TerrorFirmer

jozi wrote:

What version of ut? If its ut2k4 you could pm pug (i think thats his boards name) he's the server admin for our servers.
There's a similar thread in the unreal forum to i think

Thanks for the advice, but It's the original (and best :P) UT!

Might ask on a dedicated unreal forum somewhere. Thanks
.

Sam Vimes

i had problems with winsock before. got this:

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html

fixed it up a treat. give it a shot

TerrorFirmer

Thats fantastic stuff, commander. Thanks a million.

zoro

bit late now, but the winsock stuff is definitely needed
I've had the same problem myself