Originally Posted by Monkeyboy

Got an issue that’s driving me nuts…

I am trying to do multiplayer Falcon 4.0 AF. Every time I try to connect to a host server, I get “server connection timed out” after about 15 seconds, and before ever fully connecting. The bar only goes across 2/3’s of the way then freezes. I’ve tried to connect to at least five different servers all of which were up and running fine (I was talking to each server’s administrator over Team Speak as I was trying).

My system is XP Home
I have DSL thru Sprint
Internet and email is running fine – I easily download programs and movie clips – speed does not seem to be an issue at all

I have already done the following:

Turned off the firewall in Window’s
Looked unsuccessfully for other firewalls
Configured my router according to the directions given in portforward.com
Tried doing it without the router hooked up with the exact same result (at least it’s not the router)
Set up a Static IP Address as directed
About a thousand other trial and error configuration attempts

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Now this is one tech support issue that I actually have experience with
I believe that this is caused by your copy of Falcon still being partially connected to a given server, thus stopping you from being able to join another.

In my experience, the way to fix this is to....wait. When I've had these problems with the TG server, a server restart also cured this. You might also want to give your ISP a ring, as I think that worked for a few guys over at multiviper.