Age of Empire problem using a routeur

[strich55]

I have a linksys BEFSR41 router. I'm trying to play Age of Empire, The conquerors Expensions with other users. One of them is on the Internet and the other is on my lan. When both users on my lan try to connect to the one on the Internet, one of the users get kicked out. I've tried some solutions but it didn't work. If anyone knows a solution, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

[Greenstead]

Its a known problem. There are two other posts somewhere in these formums about the same problem with AOE. The reason is that the NAT router on your LAN presents itself to the internet as the only device (i.e. PC) so both your LAN PCs look the same and it looks to the game server like you are logging in twice. The work around is for the 2nd PC to use a different game port number - I don't know which - maybe there's a game FAQ on the site about this or you could e-mail the game admin.