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Ok this is ANOTHER day without playing this game and im getting *** sick of it,if there are any ES people here,please listen to me,and try to HELP me,THANK YOU ...

so ive tried everything under the sun in an attempt to end this problem, power cycling, port forwarding, updating firmware, no firewalls on, etc... and i still cant join about 99% of the games.

The really confusing thing is that up until 3 days ago i was able to join any game i wanted, then  out of no where im unable to connect with anyone i hadn't played with prior to about 3 days ago. Ive even reinstalled all my drivers and my AOE3 and still nothing.

My router is a  Zyxel P-660R

Service provider Embraq(Sprint)

I'll gladly provide any of information needed in order to rememdy this problem. Please help
 

maybe your computer is not the problem, it must be your internet,your server, they should have problems, thats the best answer that i have for you...

 

Make sure that the application name in for the port forwarding is: AOE3III

 

There could also be a problem with the fact that the actual IP address is changing every time you reboot your PC or modem.

The IP address for the port forwarding HAS to match the current IP address.

 

Normally the IP address for your router is 192.168.1.1

So the PC itself can have 192.168.1.101 to 192.168.1.109

 

So if the current IP address for your PC is 192.168.1.102 and your port forwarding is set for 192.168.1.101 then port forwarding won’t work and you will get the “Failed to Join Game” error.

 

Click on START then RUN, type CMD and press the Enter key, and then execute IPCONFIG.

Check what your current IP address is and update your port forwarding to match it.

 

Even better is to set separate port forwarding for 192.168.1.101 to 192.168.1.105 just in case (set several of them – one for each IP address).

 

Still doesnt work thankyou for the suggestion though, another thing is that when i reinstalled i played with my firends, and i can still play with the same people i played with before, but i cant play with anyone new. I cant even join a game with anyone i didnt play with prior to the beginning of this problem. It makes no sense to me, if i host a game people who i played with before can join it fine, but those i havent arent able to. BTW this problem started a few days ago, and before that was working fine for a week or 2.

 

Since this didn’t work you may want to back up a little and re-test your modem connecting it directly to the internet (bypassing your router).

See if that works.

 

That will indicate if the problem is with the router or with the modem itself.

 

Where did you get your modem from? Your internet provider?

If you can still not connect to all games with your modem then it’s possible that your modem has a built in router.

So research your modem on the internet and see what kind of modem you have.

 

I couldn’t connect to 9 out of 10 games in the past 18 months.

I couldn’t connect even just with my modem (that was given to me by my internet provider).

Then one week ago I found out that my DSL modem has a built in router.

So I purchased a D-LINK modem yesterday, and replaced my old modem with it.

 

Now I can connect to almost every game.

 

 

I would like to offer some new information to those of you that still get the “Failed to Join Game” error.

 

I finally managed to resolve the frequent “Failed to Join Game” error I was getting in the past 18 months (9 failed attempts out of 10 tries).

 

Thanks to Schildpad I found out that my DSL Modem (that was given to me by my internet provider) has in fact a built in router.

All my attempts to set the built in router to improve the join game ratio have failed.

So I purchased a D-LINK DSL modem a few days ago and replaced my old modem with it.

Now I can connect to almost every game.

 

So my first suggestion to players who get the “Failed to Join Game” error is to test your modem connecting it directly to the internet (bypassing your router) and see if you can connect to games.

 

If not then the problem is with your modem and not with your router.

Research your modem and find out if it has a built in router.

If that is the case then purchase a DSL modem with no built in router.

 

But that is not the only problem, there is more.

 

After I replaced my modem I could connect to almost all games, but when I connected the modem to the router I got the “failed to join game” all over again.

This happened despite the fact that my router had port forwarding set up for AOE3.

 

I then found out the problem is with the fact that the actual IP address is changing every time we reboot our PC or modem.

The IP address for the port forwarding HAS to match the current IP address.

 

Normally the IP address for your router is 192.168.1.1

So the PC itself can have 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.109

 

So if the current IP address for your PC is 192.168.1.102 and your port forwarding is set for 192.168.1.101 then port forwarding won’t work and you will get the “Failed to Join Game” error.

 

To solve this problem click on START then RUN, type CMD and press the Enter key, and then execute IPCONFIG.

Check what your current IP address is and update your port forwarding to match it.

 

Even better is to set separate port forwarding for 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.105 just in case (set several of them – one for each IP address).

 

I hope this helps those who have the “Failed to Join Game” error.

 

How to set Port Forwarding

Open you internet explorer and type 192.168.1.1 (or whatever is your Router’s IP address).

Go to “Applications & Gaming” and open the “Port Range Forward” screen.

 

Under application type: AoE3III

Port Range Start: 2300

Port Range End: 2400

Protocol: Both

IP Address: 192.168.1.101 (according to your actual IP address)

Enabled: Check

 

Since the IP address can change every time you boot your PC or Modem/Router I have set AOE3’s port forwarding to two IP addresses.

So if you cannot connect to games any more then check you current IP address and adjust the Port Forwarding settings to point to the right IP address.

 

Moderators,

 

It may be a good idea to add the summary of this information to the FAQ.

 

What exactally is a modem supposed to do? I don't know much about it.

It would be nice to have this step by step for the lower tech abled people can be able to understand this...

I can do it but not everyone understands the terms as proven by the poster above me.

What exactly is a modem supposed to do? I don't know much about it.

A modem allows you to connect your computer to the internet.

The router allows you to connect more than one computer to the internet.

 

It would be nice to have this step by step for the lower tech abled people can be able to understand this...

I can do it but not everyone understands the terms as proven by the poster above me.

There is not much we can do about that.

Every player has to learn on his own how to set up his router.

All we can do here is give general advice.

 

For more information about Multiplayer setup please see:

FAQ – Multiplayer

 

I realize that this is too complicated for some players and that explains why so many players still have connectivity problems to ESO games.

That’s why I have been raising this issue in attempt to convince Ensemble to ease up the connectivity requirements.

Players should be able to connect to all games without having to do anything, that’s should be the goal.