Can the connection trouble be due to a software firewall?
A. If your firewall is enabled, players may receive a timeout error when attempting to connect to the GM, for example “Main Error 10060 doing 3: The attempt to connect timed out”. If this occurs when playing via your local home network/router, the problem is most likely your software firewall rather than a hardware firewall. In that case, you need to tell your software firewall to allow EBP to connect. For example, in Windows Vista do the following: go to your Windows Control Panel, look in the Security area, click “Allow a program through Windows Firewall”. This opens the Windows Firewall Settings window, Exceptions tab. In the list of programs, look for Empire Builder Pronto, EB Pronto or EBP (if it is not already in the list, use the “Add program” feature). Enable an exception by clicking EBP’s check box.
