It depends on your firewall/router/switch thingie...whichever one u have.

Basically...look in the setup for UDP Port Forwarding or something similar.

Would help a lot if you mention what router you have.

That would make it so people can tell you exactly were to go (and not meaning that really warm place where ice is outlawed. lol)



-Arg



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thx for the help arg.

but i still cant seem to figure it out. and im not sure what kind of a "router" i have? I have Cable internet access through comcast through a 100mps(ithink) cable modem. the "help" button I have COMPLETELY exhausted to no avail I got no results from "router" and ICS server and "ports" (though i know a lot about #@$#@ing usb and printer ports now) and so on.....

I have read elsewher that i need to make sure these ports 2300 to 2400 are "open" but NOWHERE does it say how to do that.... in all the device manager stuff, newtork admin, settings... ect i never see anything about ports 2300 to 2400!!


think im gonna go jump off a cliff somewhere

Hawk out.

Do you have your cable modem direct to the PC, or does it go to a Router/Switch first?

If it does, that's your firewall.

You will need to go into the settings for that.

Usually accessible via the browser...by typeing it's IP address...(example: 192.168.1.1)

-Arg

I am now sure what ports u need to open to get any data from the GLobal servers!!

The ports u need to open are 2302-2304.
Damn had some problems finding it on my work computer, so thats why I havent been able to answer on it.

SPQR

Those are the ports...But unless you can find where to do it in your firewall setup...It's pointless.

It's labeled different on various firewalls (Well the locations are)

I can't remember mine off the top of my head. I have a LinkSys router/switch

-Arg

but HOW d3vl ???? howhowhowhowhowhowhwohwohwowhowhowhwohwohwohwohowhwohwohwohwohwohwowowoh how how how to make sure the dang ports are open????????????????????????????????

Well I'm having trouble keeping my ports closed!!!!!! I'm using the firewall that came with WinXP and everytime I start up FL it opens between 10 and 15 ports!!!! WTF!!! It sux having to close them all when I'm finished playing.

Having had problems with this in Dungeon Siege, Freelancer and other games that use DirectX, I have a solution for you!

DirectX has a networking component (Direct Play) which uses (in theory) the ports 2300-2400 (as you will see by checking with Microsoft).
There is a problem though - most games that utilise Direct Play default to a standard port (2302) which you cannot change. Therefore any PCs sat behind a router using NAT will suffer severe disconnections if they are trying to connect to the same remote server.

There are two ways round this:
1. DirectX9 in theory resolves this as long as you have UPNP enabled on your router. There have been reports that this solution can be erratic though.

2. (The solution I use) - Download a third party program called DXPort from www.puffinsoft.com. It is free and simple to set up, effectively forcing DirectX to use a different range of ports for each PC behind the router (combined with port forwarding to the relevent PCs). I have set mine up so it loads on boot up.
It has solved all the problems I used to have.
(Note: If you want to play a DirectX game over a LAN you need to shut it down first).

Enjoy.

Edited by - quercus on 09-05-2003 19:11:45