Hi all-
I am not very skilled with networking and am in a huge bind (in fact, I just reinstalled my XP operating system to no avail...). I would VERY much appreciate ANY help you can offer. Okay, here it goes...
I have dsl, with an Actiontek modem and a Gigafast EE400-R router (share internet with family). My problem: I can connect onlline/ browse, but I cannot get into any online games (I can't connect to Steam for Half-Life, no Battlefield Vietnam, and ASE or All-Seeing-Eye shows all servers pinging at 9999). Here is what I have tried so far without success:
1) Connect directly to modem and bypass router (this worked for a while, but I must have changed something because now even this won't work- but it was anyways very annoying for my wife to always find out I had disconnected the router- lol)
2) I have a switch which I connected instead of the router (again, this WAS working but is not anymore)
3) I have tried opening ports, but am not terribly adept at the task so possibly I'm having issues with that, but if I go directly to the modem, I shouldn't even have to worry about that...
so I am totally stuck and would love some help. Oh yeah, and the firewall is off...
PLEASE HELP ME!!!- I have invested an embarrasing amount of time on this and am totally stuck.
thanks a ton...
David
I am not very skilled with networking and am in a huge bind (in fact, I just reinstalled my XP operating system to no avail...). I would VERY much appreciate ANY help you can offer. Okay, here it goes...
I have dsl, with an Actiontek modem and a Gigafast EE400-R router (share internet with family). My problem: I can connect onlline/ browse, but I cannot get into any online games (I can't connect to Steam for Half-Life, no Battlefield Vietnam, and ASE or All-Seeing-Eye shows all servers pinging at 9999). Here is what I have tried so far without success:
1) Connect directly to modem and bypass router (this worked for a while, but I must have changed something because now even this won't work- but it was anyways very annoying for my wife to always find out I had disconnected the router- lol)
2) I have a switch which I connected instead of the router (again, this WAS working but is not anymore)
3) I have tried opening ports, but am not terribly adept at the task so possibly I'm having issues with that, but if I go directly to the modem, I shouldn't even have to worry about that...
so I am totally stuck and would love some help. Oh yeah, and the firewall is off...
PLEASE HELP ME!!!- I have invested an embarrasing amount of time on this and am totally stuck.
thanks a ton...
David
