A very unsual connexion problem !!

Newbie Joined: Apr 26, 2004 Posts: 1 Location: France

Dear Jiri;

With my Group we fly in FB game section in HL and for over 5 months now; I can never join any game server when A specific friend of mine is hosting and only when it is him....It seems we have a computer or Provider connexion incompatibility. I have asked my ISP (AOL) to help me but for them nothing seems to be wrong!
When I check My Friend ping in an room for me he is all red and apparently he sees the same when I am in a game room.
I am desperate to find a solution and I was wondering if you could help!

Thanks a lot

Siegfrid

My Computer data are
computer manufacturer: Authentic AMD - AMD Duron(tm)
CPU: Amd Duron 1.3ghz
RAM: 384 Mo
HDD: Generic IDE - size: 16.7Go - free: 11.7Go
VGA: NVDIA GeForce4 MMX 460
OS: Windows 98 SE 4.110.222 A
Games: IL2Sturmovik Forgotten Battle-AEP
HL Version: 3.5.0.60
Internet Explorer version: 6.02800.110615
updates for IE: SP1, q313829; Q828750; Q824145; Q832894
ISP: AOL France, version 8.0 : 16.4129.6108 fr (a)
Modem : Olitec self memory 56000
Port info: COM2 - maximum speed: 115200
connecting speed: 33600 bps
No firewall

My verifinfo text.
Win 9x: 4.10.40A08AE - A
hlpro.exe 3.5.0.60
aping.exe 1.0.0.16
dexec.exe 1.0.0.5
mswinsck.ocx 6.0.88.4
msvbvm50.dll 5.1.43.19
asycfilt.dll 2.40.4518.0
comcat.dll 5.0.1601.1
ctl3d.dll 2.31.0.0
ctl3dnt.dll No Version Info available!
oleaut32.dll 2.40.4518.0
olepro32.dll 5.0.4518.0
stdole2.tlb 2.40.4518.0
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=

My friend data:
OS: win XP, all service packs,
provider 1&1 german t-com
DSL, 2048 kbit down, 192 kbyte upload.

Dude Joined: Feb 06, 2003 Posts: 14 Location: Germany

and that friend is me, and to add to what Sigi said: We tested everysthing imaginable, without any firewall active. He and me can join any other game, all other players so far can join my server, but not this guy...its fantastic, it looks like our PCs are living in different universes....
i am not behind a router or anything, just plain german T-com DSL connection...
we tried to ping each other with the commandline oping and we get timeouts, no ping possible towards each other, but no firewall...other people have ping o n him....he is on a dialup from southern france and on AOL, but that shouldnt be a probelm or ?
Did someone ever hear of something like that ?

pls comment if possible...

II/JG54_Zent