Opening up ports on outbound UDP and TCP for Microsoft DirectPlay 7

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Hello,

 

I got a game called Allegiance, but i can't connect to the servers because it does not have full access for ports 2300-2400 on UDP and TCP. See this link:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q240429

 

How do i open up these ports(I have a router).

 

Obduro, 5614, and all others that are willing. Help me.

 

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[5614]

okaly dokaly!

 

basically this will [probably] be in your router config page.

 

see: http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showthread.php?t=6084

the top post [me!] has an image of a part of my router config page [the part about port forwarding]

 

assuming you have a router, just go to firefox or IE and type its IP address.

 

then just type the corresponding numbers in.

 

there will probably be a bit you dont get there, so if you dont know what your router's IP is or sumin, then say so, it will help a lot if you can tell me [us if theres someone else] what router model you have like the company name and model number/name.

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I tried that, but it says permission was refused for me to connect.

 

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[5614]

then you did it wrong or you dont know what your problem is!

 

if you properly forwarded your ports it should [if your original post was right in that that was your problem]

 

it is possible that you have forwarded the ports and there is some other problems not really sure what they could be though!

 

make sure you have saved your router settings and rebooted it [otherwise the settings wont take effect, also try rebooting your computer], this is what my reboot things looks like:

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On the computer that i want to play allegiance, I have Windows ME installed.

 

I only want to open up ports so i can play, not forward them. Could you explain all this to me please(UDP, TCP, routers, etc.)

 

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[5614]

as you are online i'll post this quickly:

 

you may have to allow your firewall to open the ports as well, opening and forwarding a ports are quite similar, one is permament [untill you disable it!] and the other is not permament, but will not go untill you disable it, so basically opening and forwarding is exactly the same.

 

i have never used ME so cant say individual OS things.

 

6:45pm here, im going for dinner now, but after that i will do a nice long post about routers and TCP and UDP! and i'll answer your next post!

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Ok i figured it out.

 

I put in the wrong ip in the web browser.

 

But when i did type in the right one, it took me to an SMC site, the company of my router, and it said to login.

 

What was that?

 

By the way, i have a telus high speed connection, and my router's model is: SMC7004ABR.

 

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Plus, i also have three computers connected to my router, one has ME, one has XP, and one has 2000.

 

Is there any chance i can configure the ME one configuring it on XP? I'm asking hits 'cause i found this site:http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/ports.mspx

 

But i also noticed that i can only open up the ports one by one, is that the only way i can go about it? Also, I have Norton Internet Security 2001 on my ME desktop. I tried to configure a connection rule for Allegiance with it to allow it to have access to all ports, but still it did not work.

 

Maybe going to this site should give some background info about my problem:http://www.freeallegiance.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=2

 

You should try getting this game too 5614, you'd enjoy it.

 

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[5614]

im guessing you're in america, as seemingly this game has not come out yet here in the UK.

 

there are a lot of questions hanging around, re-ask if i dont answer in this post

 

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I put in the wrong ip in the web browser.

that would forward the ports to the wrong computer, so the game wouldnt work.

 

But when i did type in the right one, it took me to an SMC site, the company of my router, and it said to login... By the way, i have a telus high speed connection, and my router's model is: SMC7004ABR

http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?sec=Products&pg=Product-Details∏=67&site=c

is your company SMC, never heard of telus but they seem ok looking at their site:

http://www.telus.com/internet/ and going to the top link for home

im not really sure what happened or what you mean, best try is to log into their page, maybe it needs that and see what happens from there.

 

Is there any chance i can configure the ME one configuring it on XP? I'm asking hits 'cause i found this site: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/sec...tect/ports.mspx

what you have discovered is SP2, i think that site only applies if you have SP2, however it may apply otherwise anyway. basically its to do with what i said before, you may have to enable your firewall to allow the port to have been succesfully forwarded.

XP has its own firewall, that site only gives you details on how to configure that firewall which will only effect your XP computer [if the XP firewall is turned on, which it is unless you turned it off]

you can configure your router from any computer, but you can only configure your firewall from the computer you want it to effect.

 

But i also noticed that i can only open up the ports one by one, is that the only way i can go about it

different routers have different settings like that, i can only open 1 port at a time, which can get very annoying, however thats just how it is, nothing you can do about it.

 

Norton Internet Security 2001 on my ME desktop. I tried to configure a connection rule for Allegiance with it to allow it to have access to all ports, but still it did not work.

im not familiar with norton 2001, i have 2003, if you are having problems giving your game full connection rights through your firewall that would cause a big problem.

you really need to work out why you cant configure your firewall, as a firewall monitors incoming 'traffic' and that includes games.

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TCP = Transfer Control Protocol. Is used to make a connection on the internet. "Connection" is the key word here. As TCP provides a reliable connection. eg. If you send a packet to IP A and IP A doesnt acknowledge receiving that packet TCP will resend the lost packet to IP A.

 

UDP = User Datagram Protocol. Is a different kettle of fish all together. It is unreliable, if a packet is sent by you and not received at its destination bad luck. It establishes no connection with the destination of data. The strength of this protocol lies in its speed(used alot for queries/requests to servers).

 

if you have acrobat reader, free from: http://www.download.com/Adobe-Acrobat-Reader/3000-2378-10253179.html?tag=lst-0-1

although i recommend 5 [the older version]: http://www.download.com/Adobe-Acrobat-Reader/3000-2145-10170808.html?tag=lst-0-2

anyway, if you have one of those, which you probably already do, than see:

http://www.pcsupportadvisor.com/nasample/c04100-2.pdf

there are 4 of these articles and are about TCP/IP however this one article goes into a lot of detail about TCP and UDP

its a bit heavy going, but you should get a good understanding of the whole idea! but if you cant be bothered to read that much, and i dont blame you, then basically: they are different types of ports!

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Hmmm..ok.

 

I am in Canada, not the U.S. By the way this game is free. It was made by Microsoft but it had a lot of bugs, so MS scrapped it. But a bunch of fans kept it going and now have fixed 99.9% of the bugs. You can download it from here:

http://www.freeallegiance.org

 

Anyways, about opening up my ports, MS recommends that I should contact my ISP, who is telus, to open up thos ports. I told my dad about that, and he said he would contact them to open them up. Too much of a pain for me to do it, plus if i mess up, i could cause big trouble.

 

So ya, Thanks for all your help though. It was invaluable and i learnt a ton.

I still say you should get the game. If you do, my callsign is FusionReactor.

 

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[5614]

you dont need to contact your ISP to forward or open ports!!!

 

you just need to configure your firewall and router properly.

i've never heard of an ISP blocking a specified port, ISP allow all port access, they have to other wise they cannot properly be an ISP, if they only allow access to half the internet they'd be a semi-ISP.

ISP allow all port access, you just need to configure your computers to have access to them.

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Ok, then how do i configure it?!

 

As you probably read in the SMC site about my router, it has an inbuilt firewall, and we can't figure out what the password is.

 

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[5614]

$h1t !

really, that is the only way to put it. a router has an inbuilt firewall, that is part of what a router is. a router without a firewall is not really a router.

the password should be in some of the documentation that came with your router. most companie's routers have a default password, the company name or something, so it should be on the website or something, it also means you should change it, because others will also know what it is.

look in your routers manual, online or the booklet, it should be there somewhere, maybe under port forwarding, maybe under configuring.

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You should be able to put 'admin' for user name and leave password blank if you have never configured it before. You’re trying forward ports so look at that thread.

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yes, username is normally 'admin' password can be blank, the company name.... anything really, it will be written somewhere, its just a case of whether or not you have saved the letter, booklet or instructions - wherever the password is.

 

if you cant find it, you will need to contact the manufacturer's.

without the password you cannot configure your router at all. if you can, then try using the same password.