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[miah]

so there isn't much that can be done when you get a can not connect to IP through dosbox using a wireless connection as far as I can tell. Any suggestions?

I already did the basics of checking the dosbox settings.
I'm pretty sure I disabled the firewall.
I tired manually opening a port by putting the IP into the web explorer and pulling up the account details. but that didn't seem to work.
I've tried setting the laptop as first the computer joining a game, then setting it as the computer hosting the game. Doesn't seem to work. But granted I haven't checked to see if I need to do the same on the desktop, that it might be the problem at this point.

any ideas?