How to play on Direct IP??? (Age of Mythology)

So my friend and I decided to play it through the IP, patched it to 1.06, (the game is naturally pirated), I press Multiplayer-LAN / Direct IP, then I write the dude's IP and wait, next to it there is a countdown of 15 seconds, the time is running out and she writes cannot connect. Similarly, when he dials my IP. What to do prompt???