Hi mate, in my first post i indicated: "I have opened the norton firewall (which is now the default, the windows firewall is off) and have given BF2 and gamespy full permissions."Fateless wrote:
Are you using a router? What type of firewall etc...?Dan_Aus wrote:
Does any know how to check if the necessary ports are open, ive found a few websites that indicate what ports should be open for BF2 but i cant seem to find any instructions of how to actually get in there and make sure they are open..... any ideas where i should be looking? Also what version of gamespy are the vista users using .. do you have 2.0.5 installed or are you using the original version that cam with BF2?
I'm using a router: Brand "Open" Iconnect access 624.
I never had a problem with anything like this with my last computer and as far as i can figure my firewall is allowing access (otherwise i wouldnt have thought that i would be able to log on), the only thing i cannot rule out yet is if the particular port is open (although i cant understand why it wouldnt be though).
Im also wondering if its a gamespy issue ...
the xbox and ps3 sure are tempting at this point, not to often you get problems like this..... only i cant stand to use stupid controllers with fps.