Save Empire Earth

hello,
every time if i want to join into the lobby of my friend ther come : "ws_wsaetimedout"
what does that mean and how can i fix this mistake??

PLS HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LUBU

HI. Have you applied the Direct connect patch ? If you haven't, make sure you do,