Hosting a game?

hi everybody,

i have a small but important problem, as i'm starting an online season with a friend...

i cannot host online games !!!

anybody of you made the same experience and can provide a solution?
i have no problem connecting via direct ip and join a game, also i have no problem hosting other online games..

any ideas? hints?

thanks a lot!!!

When I first tried DirectIP with a friend, I host because i have better rosters. But it could never connect... then for the hell of it I tried turning of XP firewall, and it worked. Could that be the problem?

yeah probably the firewall!

thanks for your help

it was the firewall

madison square garden is open for action now

Hey, has anyone tried to play witha shitty 56k modem? How well does it run in that case? I would like to try, I've played CS with no bigger problems (300-400ping=

thanks for your help

it was the firewall

madison square garden is open for action now

Good to hear!

Hey, has anyone tried to play witha shitty 56k modem? How well does it run in that case? I would like to try, I've played CS with no bigger problems (300-400ping=

Well, it depends if its a shitty 56k or a good one
I think it will run ok, nba runs better than last year online

I don't know I guess you could say it's average. I download my files in a about 4-5kb/sec. It's higher in the beginnning but it lowers all the time. Anyway can I play against someone that has the EA update if I haven't installed mine yet??

I believe the readme for Live has information on which ports need to be open in your firewall. Ah, here it is:

d. Firewalls
Note that if you have a firewall and want to play online, the following
TCP/IP ports must be open in the outbound direction:
HTTP 80 TCP/IP
HTTPS 443 TCP/IP
MsgConn/IM 13500 TCP/IP
Roomsvr 24801-24809 TCP/IP

The following UDP ports must be opened for game packets for the outbound
and inbound connections:
Game Packets 3658 UDP

I tried to reg. but got an message to try later. Anyway does anyone wanna test a 3min*4q against me later? Just to test.
Who does everything work btw? if the users have different roster and sliders and so on?

I tried to reg. but got an message to try later. Anyway does anyone wanna test a 3min*4q against me later? Just to test.
Who does everything work btw? if the users have different roster and sliders and so on?

I will, its gonna be laggy, but there are some thing u can do to improve it.

nba runs better than last year online

I wish that where true, Online play through EASO or DC is absolulty shit this year, 03 was So much better online. Live 04 online is a disaster. Funny how its free this year!