Setting up Verse

I was trying to set up verse with a mate over the net but I couldn’t manage to do anything. He could create a host but I couldn’t== so I guess the issue is at my end.

is comes up in the command

Connecting to Localhost!
send: 13054844 - verse_send_connect(name - Blender.pass. address- local

host (127.5.1:5257), expected_key = 00000000)

and thats it – the numbers are made up -

Are there any setting on my computer that would be wrong or interferring?

thanks for the help-- matt