Help-Can't connect 2 clients

[Dashel]

Help!

 

I have a local LAN with a Linksys router and everytime we try to connect to a server the first guy gets it but when the second tries we both lag and get a 'dup connection error'. It only happens when we connect to the same server. I assume it is reporting the same IP for both machines. Is this a bug or is there a work around?

 

How can I fix this?

 

All other multiplayer games work fine. Have no probs connecting to HL/Q3/UT/MoH from same setup.

[AnderScootDav]

Note: I used this solution for when the Computer with the Linksys router was dropping all the clients. This may be your problem too, but since your problem is slightly different since your using a LAN I'm not sure. There is no harm in trying though. Here is a paste of the solution from my old thread.

 

We had to download an older firmware and then it worked fine.

Here is a link:

 

ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pub/befsr41/befsr-1-39.zip

 

The newer firmware seems to cause problems. You will have to reopen the ports after installation and the password goes back to default.

 

P.S. I wish I could take credit for this but I got this solution from another forum.

[Mertado]

Most likely, it won't work because you are broadcasting one IP address (the address of the router) trying to connect twice (both machines) while one connection is still active (the one who gets in). Servers will reject multiple simultaneous connection attempts from the same IP (it's hacker protection). Happened to me and my friends with Battle.net also. Routers are fine for browsing the Internet, but not playing games with multiple people on the same connection. Not that you absolutely can't (some games will let all their connections be from the same IP), but it's just not very likely.

[Dashel]

Thats just it though. This is the only multiplayer game that does this. Every other game (including othe Q3TA based games like Moh) work fine. This is the only one that exhibits this problem.

[Mertado]

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