Hosting Failure?

No firewall or router.

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Here is the warning message i get.


Hosting Failure:
ICO has detected that most players cannot join your game. This is usually caused by a firewall and/or router configurations. For more information on resolving this issue, please see the SINs FAQ at https://www.sinsofasolarempire.com/
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I do not have a router of any kind, and i tried turning off my firewall all together but i still receive the same message. I have created a ICO account and can view the lobby, most games i attempt to join gives me a "Rejected by host" but i can join a few

The same problem applies to my friend who lives 5 minutes away from me and uses the same internet provider. When we attempt to join the others hosted game, the game waits a few seconds and is unable to connect (not the "rejected by host" message, however i forgot to write down what it said). He also turned off his firewall program and it did not help.

I have looked through the forums but it all seems to involve a router or firewall. The one that seems relevant i do not fully understand (see link below).

https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/?forumid=408&aid=170591#1395942

Plz halp this poor n00b. (typo intended)


technical
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

Please read my post (#30) regarding that message on the following thread.

( #30 & #31 are especially important and relevant :) )

https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/?forumid=408&aid=174313


thanks,

the Monk
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
Just realized i never tried connecting to other people aside from my friend with the firewall turned off, and it seems i now get "Network Error: Disconnected from server" instead and less often. I believe this is the error me and my friend where getting.
Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
reading.
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
Damn, my modem is a router.

/me beats head on keyboard.

I find it odd that Sins is the only game where this has ever come up. Time to do some studying. Thanks the_Monk.
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
Damn, my modem is a router.

/me beats head on keyboard.

I find it odd that Sins is the only game where this has ever come up. Time to do some studying. Thanks the_Monk.
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Reasons this may not have come up with other games:

1. FPS-type games use UDP (connection-less) and not TCP (connection-specific) transport

2. Even other RTS's might "encapsulate" their traffic so that peer-to-peer scenario's work better (sort of the way ssl-tunnel software works in "tunneling" past routers/firewalls) Seems to me a trade-off is being made. No DRM on disc means tighter network control to verify license adherence or deal with the IC-online stat tracking?

there are more reasons, however I'm itching to host/play again tonight.... so if you need more help/instruction feel free to hop on my TS server tonight! (the login info is in one of my posts in the technical forum sticky)

the Monk
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
Still working on it, need to dig up my login info to access my router settings/info.
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
Apparently i changed the default user name and password at some point. This means i need to do a "hard reset" and set up my modem again. That means that my friend is going to try connecting directly to his modem with a really long cord first.

If this game didn't kick ass i'd have put it in a small hole in the snow and burned it in a pool of gasoline.
Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top
FIXED!

Finally dug up the user name and pw, looked around and found the DMZ (demilitarized zone) setting that disabled the firewall protection on the modem.

I assume this is not required as i have a antivirus/firewall program and i don't mind formatting if i'm wrong.

Since i never saw this mentioned anywhere, is there any major issues with doing this?