I have a small LAN set up in my appartment. My friend stopped over with his machine so we could play some ET. After starting my server, he tried to join and it kicked him saying the CD key was in use on a different IP address. Well we went out to the game directory and deleted the etkey file. Then after reentering the game he hit ~ and typed pb_cdkeyreg. This created a new key file for him but it still gives the same message.
Just as a test he started a server to see if I could join and it never even showed up on the Local server list. Mine shows up for him when I start one.
Any clue how to fix this? I read all the CD key posts and tried the suggestions. He has a key file that isn’t empty and Punkbuster doesn’t seem to have a problem assigning him a new one when using pb_cdkeyreg but it still doesn’t connect. We even tried starting the servers without Punkbuster and disabling it all together.
Thanks,
-Nighthawk