Connecting over the internet (from two networked PCs)

[BkoChan]

I have made a basic online game for me and a friend to play whilst at work, the game works from our home pcs (single computers on the internet) but at work it doesn't work.
Im assuming its because our work computers are on networks which connect to the internet, so my question is how do I identify a specific computer on a network with an IP address.

I had a look at subnets but it confused the hell out of me, thanks for any help!

[Pino]

Hi, welcome to the forums.

Ok, when you say it doesnt work at work do you mean you both are at work or one of you is and one of you is at home?

My imediate thought is that you need to change the Ip you are connecting too to the ip of the other persons computer. You can find this by simply doing...

msgbox winsock.localIp

On the server PC then add this IP to the client.

I'm going to need a little more information if that is not correct.

Pino

[BkoChan]

Were both at work (two different offices) I give my ip address to my friend and he enters it a clicks connect and nothing happens, but when we do it from home to home it works!

[Pino]

Its your companys routers blocking traffic on the port you are using. Try contacting your IT staff see if they will unblock the port you need.

Pino