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Discussion in 'Networking' started by mark5019, Dec 3, 2001.

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  1. mark5019

    mark5019 Thread Starter

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    hi all win 98 se 256 megs ram
    my son who lives 2 miles away gave me his ip addy to play a game when i put in ip in correct box, it timed out even when I pined him it timed out.
    but we were talking online and did same when I gave him mine.

    any clue what's up?
     
    mark5019, Dec 3, 2001
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  2. Rockn

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    What were the IP addresses? Sounds like you are using an invalid one or a natted one. If you have a firewall setup that would cause it to time out as well.
     
    Rockn, Dec 3, 2001
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