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AR15.COM
1/22/2003 12:47:29 AM EDT
Ok, here goes...

I have been tring for three days to get connected to two online games, namely Quake III arena and Counterstrike (Halflife)

This is my system:

1.7 GHZ AMD Athlon
256 MB Ram
32 MB Graphics card
ModemSurfer Cable Modem
SMC Barricade Router

Ok, I posted a thread saying I was connectiong, finally.  Well, that was short lived.  I would connect, and after on the server for all of 5 seconds, I would ping out and freeze up.

I have the lowest settings on both games, and put the IP in the DMZ, so I can have unfettered access.  I have disabled my software firewall (McAfee).  I updated both programs with the latest updates.

I tried opening ports through the NAT on the router, but there ended up being too many public ports on all the different servers, and ran out of space and ideas.  I was temporarily connecting to Quake III doing that, but then it kept freezing up.

On counterstrike, I can get as far as WON authenication, and then it retries to connect four times, and times out EVERY TIME.

Quake III I just get "No or bad challege or address" on every server I try to connect to.

So, I have finally figured out I have no clue.  I thought I could work through this, and have been to every website I can think of or seach through for answers, and got zip.

Any ideas?  I will try anything and everything.

Thanks again