Thread: Cant connect with 2 comps except local host

Originally Posted by n00bmode

so i am having a problem playing with my brother, we share wireless and have 2 stream accounts, if we try to enter the same room, either he gets kicked or i get kicked. use to work before

right now we can only play together if we do local host, if we try anyting else, one of use gets a connection error 10 tries message

router is : linksys wrt54g2

any ideas?

Yea, somebody else had that problem. I think it is because, to the Steam servers, your 2 accounts are logging in from the same public IP address, and it doesn't like that for some reason.

I found this on the srcds forum, see if it helps:

Question


How can I have multiple clients playing games behind a router at the same time?
Answer


To configure multiple clients to play from behind the same router, you must change one of the clients to use a different clientport number.

* Each machine must have a unique Steam account with different game licenses registered to the account.
* Each machine must have a different clientport setting.
* Each machine must have a unique Mac address.
* The router must be up-to-date.
* Your Firewall and router must have the required ports for Steam open.

The default clientport is 27005 and you can only have one game with that port active on the same lan.
Specifying a Clientport as a Launch Option

To specify a client port, please perform the following steps for each computer on the LAN

* Go to Steam's My games menu
* Right-click on the game you wish to play
* Go to Properties
* From the General tab, click on the Set launch options button
* Add a different client port number on each machine between 27005 and 27032 in the following format:
+clientport 270XX
Note: Do not use 27020
* Click OK

NOTE: This solution only works if you launch the game through the My games menu.

If you have already set other launch options, leave a space between the last character of your previous launch option and the + of your clientport setting.
Specifying a Clientport in the Userconfig.cfg

The benefit of this method is that the clientport will remain set whether you are launching the game from the My games menu or from a shortcut to the game.

* Navigate to the folder that holds the config.cfg for your game
Example: The config.cfg for Counter-strike: Source can be found here:
..\Steam\steamapps\<user name>\counter-strike source\cstrike\cfg
* If you have a userconfig.cfg in that directory, open it. If you do not already have a userconfig.cfg:
1. Right-click in the folder
2. Go to: New > Text Document
3. Rename the file userconfig.cfg
4. Open the file with Notepad
* Type into the document clientport 270XX where XX are the last two digits of the clientport number. Acceptable values include 05 - 19 and 21 - 32
* Save your userconfig.cfg
* Launch your game

Originally Posted by n00bmode

thx man that fixed it for me

Sweet!!!