GTR Lobby problems

[picnic]

IIRC == If I Recall Correctly

[whitham69]

Had this problem on TPG with two brothers that connected from the same house one could get on the other could not. After a few hours on MSN we worked it out to the routers firewall (more he did im uesless with PC).

[mclaessen]

What happens when you turn off all your firewalls and try to connect?

IIRC there are several ports used just for outbound packets alone : 2 tcp ports needed as well as a (possibly dynamic) udp port.

What I have done to get it working is just forward the ports for both the tcp and udp protocols. Doesn't matter anyway. You should only close it for security reasons

Don't forget to open the appropriate ports in your router firewall by the way. If the firewall is enabled it's likely that all ports except the widely used ones (21, 80, 110) are blocked by default. That's what my router does anyway

[will16v]

Still havent had much time to sort this - will have a go in the morning and let you know. I need sleep now - thanks for the info everyone, i'll let you know how i get on...

[will16v]

Well, got it working - it was something to do with the windows firewall...
Anyway - sorry if i was moaning, but thanks for the pointers guys 

[Clarey]

I'm having trouble myself, getting the same as you - no servers no people etc.

I have changed router/ISP/house! since the last time i had it working, so i'm not sure where to start?

I have forwarded the ports on my router (GTL works fine, does it use the same ports?) turned off windows firewall although the game is still listed as an exception in its list.

I have no other software firewalls or anything?

Any help?

[Clarey]

Reinstalled GTR but still no joy

[Clarey]

Panic over got it working.

A bit of digging found i had added an IP to my hosts file for simbin ages ago, and this had now changed.

[will16v]

Sorry m8 - just seen this now, but you're up and running at least 

[LEUVEN]

I've noticed that GTR seems to have been in the backup lobby for quite some time now, surely this must mean it has made way for GTR2 which must be currently running through some tests in the "main lobby"

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

I wonder if the rumoured GTR 1.6 patch will indeed remove the need (and support) for the lobby?