FFXI Trouble

[MaroonChan]

I just got FFXI Online. I installed it and that went fine. The directions said I had to go to Play Online and register and what not, but it will not connect to my internet. I have DSL. I have no idea how to get it to. And no one in my family is really being helpful. Does anyone have any ideas?

[Grey Fox]

Is the firewall blocking it?

[MaroonChan]

Probably part of it. I tried just disabling it to see if it was, but that did nothing. I don't know if I have to change the Network settings on the Play Online program or what. I have no idea what to do and its really frustrating.

[phyco126]

Oh, it was real fun trying to get FFXI to run on my computer. Usually I just turn off my anti-virus/firewal protection completely. I wish I could help you better though.

[Grey Fox]

The only thing I can think of is try to allow it on whatever firewall/antiviral programs you have. If nothing else then I think PO has some kind of network troubleshooter to guide you through.

[phyco126]

You know, I really hate Play Online. For SWG, you click on the icon on your PC, accept the user agreement, sign in, pick your character and play. A 30 second to 1 minute thing and boom, you loading the game.

FFXI you log into Play Online (which doesn't remember your info even when you tell it to auto-log-in) select the "short cut" select the game, push play, pick your character, load, then you can play the game. It's a real pain in the neck. However, load times for FFXI, at least, makes up for it.

[MaroonChan]

Well, I finally well my dad did really, but we got it to connect to the internet finally. Except now it times out whenever I try to login. This is frustrating! Anyone have any idea what it is? I tried searching on Play Online, but couldn't find anything. Starting to wonder if its my computer. It played the other parts fine like for making my character. I don't know.