I will try to be as clear as possible. I have a home network with 2 computers. I can play Age just fine with both of them connected on the LAN. The problem comes when I host an Internet TCP/IP game with Computer A, and I have friends who try to join outside of the LAN via the Internet. Everybody can join the server fine, but when my 2nd computer on the LAN joins, it cannot see anything being typed by any player OUTSIDE of the LAN. When the game is starting, it will not load until Computer B drops out of the game, then everyone else starts the game just fine. Again, If Computer A hosts, everyone can join it fine, but Computer B cannot see anything being typed by other players, and Computer B is what keeps the game from starting. But I tried hosting the same game with Computer B, and only Computer A, which is on the LAN could find it, and nobody from the Internet could find it. I do not have ANY firewalls running. I disabled XP Firewall. I have opened the correct ports on my Linksys BEFSR41 router. What in the world is going on? I hope this all makes sense, if not I'll try to make it more clear. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Well, since you have a home network sharing the same ip adress your isp is feeding you, you have to set different ip's for each one of your computers. Such was the case of mine when i tried to play before i configured it though. It's working perfectly now. Also, look into portforwarding. Oh, and what is the router/access point you're using?