Background.
I am running FS9, using XP on an older platform, Athelon 2.4, a Nvidea 128 meg video card and 2 gigs mem.
For the moment it works for me.
I introduced my friend to FS9.
He has an older AMD 1.3 platform, XP and about 500 megs mem with a generic video card.
A month ago I discovered "FSHost Spy" and "FSHost" and have attempted to set up a host server; after reading the FAQs and trying to solve port problems I through in my neophyte towel for the moment and decided to use other servers on the "Chocolate" list.
I connected with one several pilots successfully, however, when my friend connected he kept getting disconnected - usually during a maneuver....
We wonder if it is because we do not fly out of the airport being used by the server? I have had a pilot come and join me at my home airport and the session worked fine. Or is it more likely port issues with my friends router?
Believe me I went through a lot of head banging with my "Bell" "Efficient Networks" "Speedstream 6300" to try and get hosting working.
Last night we used the generic 23456 default port, because when we tried others it would not see the host (which makes sense).
I am hesitant to mess around with his router's security.