Hosting A Game when firewall is involved

[PlatinumFragMaster]

When i host a game it doesnt post where u select the game in SS SE

I was told i couldnt because of a fire wall

How do i remove the fire wall or is the fire wall info i got not true

[Saretta]

U have to open ports 25600-25604 in your firewall program.

[PlatinumFragMaster]

How do i get here

[OUTLAWS Behind You?]

We need more information. You need to tell us where and what type of Firewall you're running. Since you are talking about Hosting a game,that is being the server, you have to make more changes to your firewall than just opening ports. You open defaulted closed ports to get to someone else's server. For someone else to get to your server, you have to tell your Firewall to direct incoming traffic on specific ports to a specific internal IP address. That's why we need more information about your Firewall. Is it hardware, that is in a router. or software installed on some other PC acting as your gateway to the internet?

The basic is to define a TCP and UDP server to your IP address for the port you tell SS:SE to use and to that same port plus 1. That is, if your SS:SE is using port 25620, you need to define TCP and UDP ports 25620 and 35621. That's usually four definitions.

[PlatinumFragMaster]

i dont know how to get to my firewall

[OUTLAWS Behind You?]

Sounds to me like you have the same problem as some travelers in New Hampshire had. When they asked for directions, they were told, "You can't get there from here!" :w00t:

[PlatinumFragMaster]

What do u mean
how do i acsece my firewall

[Morpheus]

:w00t: Get dialup and never worry about it again. end :w00t:

[FASTway]

Originally posted by OUTLAWS Behind You?@Jan 27 2003, 04:12 PM
Sounds to me like you have the same problem as some travelers in New Hampshire had. When they asked for directions, they were told, "You can't get there from here!" :w00t:
:rofl:

Btw Behind you,
your server rocks!!!
what kind of connection to internet is it???

[=(:MachoMan_93:)=fun]

Originally posted by PlatinumFragMaster@Jan 27 2003, 03:39 PM
When i host a game it doesnt post where u select the game in SS SE

I was told i couldnt because of a fire wall

How do i remove the fire wall or is the fire wall info i got not true
Well if you are in a office or something it won't work but i don't now how. it always gets messed up when i play with it so i turn it off.

[SALvation]

If you have a linksys router you access the ports from your browser at:

http://192.168.1.1