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"Dan Welch" <danie...@lineone.net> wrote in message
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> Evening all, hope some of you can help with what I'm sure are very basic
> questions. I am trying to connect to a friend to play Quake 3 over the
> Internet.
> Both of us have cable modems so connection speed can't be an issue.
>
> When I connect, I have a totally different list of Q3 servers to him. If I
> run a server he can't see it and vice versa. Where does the program get
the
> list of servers from, and how can we change it so we're reading from the
> same list?
>
> I tried to specify the server using his IP address. What port should be
> used, and how long will it normally take to connect?
>
> I hope someone can help, I'm sure these are basic questions! We are both
> running Windows XP. Different ISPs, both in the UK.
> cheers
> dan
>
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Ok one of you strat (create) a game up  and the other joins by specify
address enter the ip of the one that created the game to get your ip just go
to view network connections and highlight the one that connects to the net
then in the side of the windows click the details and your ip should show
there the port to use is  27960 (default) right click your internet
connection in the view network connections goto properties/advanced and make
sure that the firewall is turned off hope this helps :)