Microsoft KB Archive/810771

= DirectX 9: Other Computers Cannot Join a Game Through the Internet Hosted by a Windows Millennium-Edition Based Computer Running Internet Connection Sharing =

Article ID: 810771

Article Last Modified on 1/10/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
 * Microsoft DirectX 9.0

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SYMPTOMS
When you use the Microsoft DirectPlay protocol to host a multiple-player game on a Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition-based computer that is running Internet Connection Sharing and DirectX 9 or later, computers that are outside your Internet Connection Sharing network cannot join the game session over the Internet.



CAUSE
When three or more computers (including the host) have already joined the game from inside the Internet Connection Sharing network, DirectPlay denies access to computers that try to join the game through the Internet.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, require computers that are outside your Internet Connection Sharing network to join the game session before computers that are in your Internet Connection Sharing network join the game session.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about multiple-player game sessions, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

240429 DirectX: Ports Required to Play on a Network

262300 Programs and Protocols Supported by ICS in Windows Me

Keywords: kbprb KB810771

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