Hi all can anybody help me please I have just installed my own broadband connection thru telewest here in london it a 2 meg system but when i try to load up sb3 it will not start a muilti player session and close. If i run off my next door neighbour wirless then i connect and run SB3 with FS2004 as normal I have run the dxdiag utility and it comes up with " DirectPlay test results: Failure at step 9 (Creating Session): HRESULT = 0x80158185 (error code)" what is this and how do i correct my server issue.Thanks captainc

Hi thereSorry I am not going to be able to help solve your problem, but just wondered if you were aware that squawkbox had their own forum atwww.squawkbox.cathen click on the picture to take you to the main bit of the site, then click forum at the top and there is a choice of forums, guess your problem is under the heading of technical support forum, but there is a lot of expertise in here, but I feel this is more of an issue for squawkbox than vatsim, but get it fixed soon as you will never go back to ordinary flying when you have tried online flying. This is a cut and paste from sb3's FAQ athttp://squawkbox.ca/doc/faq/20) When I start SquawkBox I get an error that the multiplayer session will not start. What's wrong?When this error occurs it is usually a part of a more general error on your computer, where the DirectPlay system in DirectX is unable to host any type of session. This can be caused by an incorrectly installed version of DirectX or more commonly by a misconfigured router on your local network.This help page has more detailed information on how to diagnose the source of the problem.hope this helpsgood luckJohn CallejaBAW 352

Thank you for the reply I will have a look at the SB3 fourmCraig(captainc)

Several people have reported this, which appears to be a problem with WinSock settings. It has been mentioned on the SB forum a number of times.There is a program called WinSockFix which has cured quite a lot of the problems. See http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Network...inSockFix.shtmlRuth