I have a home LAN where I am trying to get and XP PC and a Vista PC, both
running AOE 2 to connect over the LAN.
I have verified network connectivity and even disabled PC firewalls but
cannot get the 2 PCs to connect for a multiplayer game.
The symptoms are:
- When the XP PC is hosting, the Vista PC sees that there is a multiplayer
game ready, but times out when trying to join the game.
- When the Vista PC is hosting, the XP PC only sees a "blank" game listed
and cannot join the game.
I introduced a separate laptop running XP to the network, with the game
installed and was successful (wit the same configurations/options) to
connect
in a multiplayer game on the LAN with the 2 XP devices.
The problem appears to be compatibility between Vista and XP when trying
to
connect for multiplayer AOE II (conquerors).
Has anyone come across this problem and found a resolution?
