windows firewall is off so no deal.
forwarded all ports ... still no go.
isn't there a more complex log where i could see the connect attempt ?
maybe i have something in my config ? altho this is freshly reinstalled ...
Found the problem.
Went to the Multiplayer - Internet and tried to Connect to IP and it worked.
The connect from console doesn't seem to work ... oh well
Anyways, thanks for the help.