1. Please make sure you have the latest game version (1.05). If not, you can update your game from the main menu.
2. Please check the "stickies" relating in the "Technical" forum. There is a ton of information in this forum relating to issues such as yours.
3. Download, read/follow the steps in my guide (Networking and SINS) which can be found at the very bottom of the "Technical FAQ" (
not the regular FAQ) or linked-to from my stickied thread in the "Technical" forum.
If you're at a university dorm where you don't have physical access/control over upstream routers/firewalls and you can't implement the instructions in my guide, you may have to wait for game patch 1.1 (which will give the game some optional netcode to help aleviate some connection issues).
the Monk
again....forum "search" is man's best friend!