Found client, but nothing else?

[Trunkz Jr]

Okay when I host, the person joins, and says Found Client, but then nothing more. It should go to that little chat thing but it doesn't. Snes9x or whatever works just fine [but the game crashs at the beggining for some reason with that emulator x_X]

Why would it let us connect for that Emulator but not Zsnes?

[Deathlike2]

A firewall is involved. Make sure it is properly configured and/or disabled for both players.

[Trunkz Jr]

We both disabled our firewalls. Why does it work tho for Snes9x so easily, she just copy and pastes my IP in and then shes connected.

Also, is the problem on my side or hers? She doesn't get the Found Client when I try to connect to her, when she connects to me, i see it but its still a no go.

[Ichinisan]

What version of ZSNES?

[Trunkz Jr]

Any version. Funny thing is, i connected to her sister who is in the same house but different laptop. She doesn't have anything like Norton or anything else, and Windows Firewall was off.

[Ichinisan]

It could be a a configuration problem with a router on the remote side that both computers are behind.

If DMZ or port forwarding was configured to forward to a specific local IP, it is likely that the local IP addresses have changed and now the other computer is assigned the IP that is set up in the router for DMZ/port forwarding. Double-check her local IPs (192.168.x.x) and update the DMZ or port forwarding settings in her router and you're good.

Because most consumer routers rotate IP assignments when they expire, DMZ and port fowarding are impossible to set up permanently unless the local computers are specifying IP addresses manually that do not conflict with the DHCP range of the router. Most routers start handing out IPs at 192.168.x.100. I usually manually configure IPs on my local computers 192.168.x.10, 192.168.x.11, 192.168.x.12, etc. Machines on which I am not hosting any sort of service, I usually leave configured to obtain an IP automatically (DHCP).