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Can't play LAN games.

Discussion in 'Storage and Networking' started by justinone, Oct 14, 2006.

  1. justinone TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 208

    OK i have an internet connection to my PC. i have shared it with my laptop and now i can go on the internet ect. However i want to play LAN games with my friend but it wont show up on the list. How do i configure it so i can play LAN games with my friend?
    justinone, Oct 14, 2006
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  2. jobeard TS Ambassador Posts: 12,228   +122

    likely your firewall is blocking the ports required.

    assuming you're hosting the game on your system, you need to find which
    ports are being used; then ALLOW in/out on those ports.

    your game doc should have that info for you.
    jobeard, Oct 14, 2006
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  3. smu122 Newcomer, in training Posts: 70

    smu122, Feb 22, 2008
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