DOCUMENT:Q268811 12-NOV-2001 [homegame] TITLE :AoE II Expansion: Unable to Join Multiplayer Game PRODUCT :Microsoft Home Games PROD/VER::1.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbnetwork kbtool kbimu msgame ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Age of Empires II Expansion: The Conquerors, version 1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When you attempt to host an Internet multiplayer game of Microsoft Age of Empires II Expansion: The Conquerors, other players may be unable to join the game. CAUSE ===== This behavior can occur if more than one network interface card is installed in your computer. When you click IP Address on the Multiplayer Game screen in Age of Empires II Expansion: The Conquerors, the game may report an incorrect IP address. RESOLUTION ========== If your guest players are unable to use this IP address to connect to your game, use the IP Configuration tool included with Microsoft Windows to determine the IP address for the network interface card that you want to use for the game. To do this: 1. Click Start, and then click Run. 2. In the Open box, type "winipcfg" (without the quotation marks), and then click OK. 3. In the unlabeled box, click the network interface card that you want to use to host the game. NOTE: If you want to use a dial-up Internet connection to host the game, click PPP Adapter. 4. In the IP Address box, note the IP address for the network interface card, and then click OK. 5. Provide the IP address that you noted in step 4 to your guest players. The guest players should now be able to connect to the game that you are hosting. Additional query words: 1.00 msgame aok aoeii aoe2 expansion pack adapter multiplay win98x ====================================================================== Keywords : kbnetwork kbtool kbimu msgame Technology : kbHomeProdSearch _IKkbbogus kbGamesSearch kbAOESearch kbAOE2ExpConquerors Version : :1.0 Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.