Multiplayer LAN Games between Vista and XP

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Has anybody been able to successfully play multiplayer lan games between an
xp box and a vista box?

I have tried it with Age of Empires II and Total Annihilation. Both games
play fine on single player but I can not launch a multiplayer game.

The two machines are networked through my router and are sharing an internet
connection and a printer. They can see each others shares no problem. I can
access files on either computer in either direction using file explorer.

But when I create a multiplayer game on either machine and try to connect to
it from the other machine I can not connect. I can see the game on the other
machine and the game tries to connect but eventually times out. The symptoms
are the same whether I create a game on the vista machine or on the xp
machine.

Has anybody else had this problem? Or rather, I should say has anybody been
able to successfully game over their lan with a vista machine and an xp
machine?
 
Do they happen to have the same Authorization code? Or do you own 2
different versions of the games.
I would try, but I only own 1 version of AOE II.
 
It should work. I run the CS:Source dedicated server on Vista and I can
connect to it from my XP computer and even my friends can connect to it via
the internet by entering the IP addy. We play online all the time.
 
No problems here playing Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour on the LAN.
Vista RC1 x64 on my box, and XP Pro x86 on the other.
 
Thank you all for your help.

Turns out it was indeed the firewall. The strange thing is that even when I
turned off the firewall it was still blocking the games. Only when I turned
it back on and explicitly told the firewall to allow these games through did
it work.

Does Vista require a reboot for the firewall to be truly turned off? If not
then this may be a bug. Anyhow, thank you all for your help. I'm relieved
to know that it's not a Vista issue.
 
vincentwansink said:
Has anybody been able to successfully play multiplayer lan games between
an
xp box and a vista box?

I have tried it with Age of Empires II and Total Annihilation. Both games
play fine on single player but I can not launch a multiplayer game.

The two machines are networked through my router and are sharing an
internet
connection and a printer. They can see each others shares no problem. I
can
access files on either computer in either direction using file explorer.

But when I create a multiplayer game on either machine and try to connect
to
it from the other machine I can not connect. I can see the game on the
other
machine and the game tries to connect but eventually times out. The
symptoms
are the same whether I create a game on the vista machine or on the xp
machine.

Has anybody else had this problem? Or rather, I should say has anybody
been
able to successfully game over their lan with a vista machine and an xp
machine?
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I've been successful with Battle for Middle-Earth 1 and 2, and Age of
Empires 3. Make sure the games are allowed to pass through the firewall.

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Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
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Unfortunately, I'm not getting the same joy as you are. I'm facing the
same problem but your 'fix' didn't fix anything. :cry:

I'm trying to get Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings to work.

I've searched through hundreds of forums and I'm on the verge of giving
up.

My ports have been forwarded corrected. I've set firewall to allow all
ports the game. I've done what you told and tried many other things.

Nothing is working. :cry:


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I'm having the very same problem on the very same game. i was even able to play the game perfectly the night before. then i noticed that one of the computers on the LAN wasnt working for some reason so i turned the router off/on. the next day ...well, you get the idea.
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