Not had problems previously apart from having to flick between other servers until my "join" button lights up. However, since latest build, I just cant connect to it, button stays grey. Other users have connected successfuly. I can join other servers. Rebooted both machines etc, no joy. What happened to the LAN connection button?
Tried a few more different things today. Removed password from server. Added each PC to dmz in turn. Disabled windows firewall. Still unable to connect
If using DMZ, better for host machine, and be sure to have port forwarding configured for client machine. And just in case, is client machine using same build as host machine? byyyyyyyye
Tried all these settings but still can't connect. New router coming tomorrow.... Will see if that makes any difference
Still the same...button just stays greyed out. Others can join no problem at all join button instantly goes white for them. Getting extremely frustrating now
Emailed ISI support last night UK time, woke up to an email full of possibilities and suggestions. Got to work on it as soon as I got home from work, and bingo problem solved. Many thanks to John at ISI for the fast response and assistance It turned out to be the new executable names were causing the issues with Windows 7 firewall. Typical Microsoft did not alert me that a new program was trying to get through it, even though it is set to do so. I added the new 64 bit and 32bit .exe names in on the client firewall settings , and the new 32 and 64 bit dedicated.exe names on the dedicated server and bingo, I’m in! Hope this may be of help to someone in the future Andy
