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Game Won't Connect to Internet Using Shared Internet Connection

Hi,

I have just set up a home network (2 PC's connected via crossover cable).
I habe the game Diablo II installed on both machines.
When i try to connect to Battle.net (game server) in Diablo II it says that i may not have a modem installed.
Internet explorer connects fine and browses the web normaly.

How can I give Diablo II access to the shared internet connection?

It connects fine on the Network Server but not the Client.

Thanks In Advance
mms_master

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Anthony_E

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PennGwyn

Your connection-sharing is also doing NAT (Network Address Translation). Some protocols aren't NAT-friendly -- they do things like repeat the IP address inside the packet contents where it doesn't get translated, so when the packet arrives its source address no longer agrees with its headers. I don't know if Diablo II is one of these....

http://www.u.arizona.edu/~trw/games/nat.htm

stevenlewis

you may have to do some port mapping on the ICS host
for XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309524&Product=winxp
for 9x
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/ics/icsconfig_maps.htm
and
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/ics/icsconfig_maps_pg2.htm

cwkhang

Hi,
Mayb this one could help a little
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~trw/games/nat.htm

mms_master

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Thanks Anthony_E, i can't beleive I didn't think of that lol
The simplest thing it could have been lol
Thanks to everyone else for trying to help me aswell

mms_master

Anthony_E

not a prob, so what was it a firewall on your lan connection?

mms_master

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I have norton firewall installed on both pc's.
On the server it automatically permitted internet connection but on the client it didnt so i didnt think to check it.

I tried turning them off first like you suggested and that worked so thats how I realised that it wasn't permitted to access the internet.

thanks
mms_master