Can't play on zone

[m4m8]

Whenever someone starts up a game on msni wait and wait but it always fails. I have tried to start up games myself but that doesn't work either.

[MTC]

I've seen 2 people like this, what happens is the host gets into the game but with no-one else joining. While the other player waits with the zone message that says its launching and it could take up to 3 minutes, after about a minute the game says the launch failed. Anyone have a clue how to fix this then?

[Phineus]

99% of the time this is a firewall problem. Either a software program like zone alarm or black ice, or a hardware firewall, usually built into a router. I made this page that demonstrates how to set up a linksys router as DMZ host or for port forwarding. That "should" solve most problems like this.

http://mtm2.com/~mtmg/zone.shtml

If you use d-link or netgear, you just have to adapt the settings to your configuration.