Berlichtingen Posted November 29, 2000 Share Posted November 29, 2000 What port number do I need to punch in my firewall so TCP/IP will work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace Posted November 29, 2000 Share Posted November 29, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Berlichtingen: What port number do I need to punch in my firewall so TCP/IP will work?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> None, you should be hard at work! Mace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Madmatt Posted November 29, 2000 Share Posted November 29, 2000 I know its whatever the standard TCP port Directplay uses. 2386 maybe? I will have to dig that up as it came up early in the beta testing. Charles knows for sure. Madmatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sitting Duck Posted November 29, 2000 Share Posted November 29, 2000 http://www.ringofsaturn.com/cyber/ports.html and a few other resources list directplay ports as follows: directplay 2234/tcp DirectPlay directplay 2234/udp DirectPlay directplaysrvr 47624/tcp Direct Play Server directplaysrvr 47624/udp Direct Play Server Not sure if this is what CM uses. I'm curious, what type of firewall you are using? Is it a hardware-based router like the one offered by LinkSys or software-based? ------------------ Quack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemo2 Posted November 29, 2000 Share Posted November 29, 2000 I too am very interested in finding out what port(s) CM uses for TCP/IP multiplay. According to the SyGate software, DirectPlay uses the below ports. However, it was my experience that some of the ports used everytime I'd play a game would 'randomly' be different. (Don't know if I just wasn't reading the info properly or what though.) I no longer use the SyGate software and switched to the Linksys Cable/DSL router awhile back. It works fairly well, but if I read the release notes on this patch properly, I will not be able to host any games behind my router. That's somewhat disappointing, but there are worse things in life. Anyway, here's the info from the SyGate software configuration about DirectPlay. Can't vouch if it's accurate or not. (Note the lines showing a different beginning & ending port number. I 'think' this indicates the entire 'range' of ports, thus there's quite a few to plan for.) # DirectPlay (Game Zone, Mplayer, Boneyards) - Modification tested on 8/16/99 # Most DirectPlay games use this rule :INIT "DirectPlay" OUT TCP 47624 47624 0.0.0.0 0 R :SUB IN TCP 47624 47624 0.0.0.0 0 0 AD IN UDP 2300 2400 0.0.0.0 0 0 AD IN TCP 2300 2400 0.0.0.0 0 0 AD OUT UDP 2300 2400 0.0.0.0 0 D OUT TCP 2300 2400 0.0.0.0 0 D IN TCP 9110 9110 0.0.0.0 0 0 AD OUT TCP 9110 9110 0.0.0.0 0 D IN TCP 9113 9113 0.0.0.0 0 0 AD OUT TCP 9113 9113 0.0.0.0 0 D IN TCP 28800 29000 0.0.0.0 0 0 AD OUT TCP 28800 29000 0.0.0.0 0 D IN UDP 8000 9000 0.0.0.0 0 0 AD IN TCP 8000 9000 0.0.0.0 0 0 AD OUT UDP 8000 9000 0.0.0.0 0 D OUT TCP 8000 9000 0.0.0.0 0 D :END [This message has been edited by Hemo2 (edited 11-29-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlichtingen Posted November 29, 2000 Author Share Posted November 29, 2000 I don't have a clue what Directplay is... and really don't care. From what I see, it requires far to many ports to be open. It really should only require one... hopefully, CM only requires one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitsud42 Posted November 29, 2000 Share Posted November 29, 2000 I too am running the Linksys Cable/Router at home. I will be testing configurations when I get there this afternoon. Hemo2, Have you tried useing the DMZ option? ------------------ Are you gonna pull them pistols? Or whistle Dixie? --- Josey Wales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlichtingen Posted November 29, 2000 Author Share Posted November 29, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>I'm curious, what type of firewall you are using?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Cisco 2500. this isn't a home unit... its the firewall at work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Madmatt Posted November 29, 2000 Share Posted November 29, 2000 I finally found the email from Charles about the TCP/IP port used. It only uses port 7023. Hope that helps. Madmatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlichtingen Posted November 29, 2000 Author Share Posted November 29, 2000 Madmatt, you are a God! I almost forgive you for giving the Cesspool to the Aussies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemo2 Posted November 29, 2000 Share Posted November 29, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Nitsud42: I too am running the Linksys Cable/Router at home. I will be testing configurations when I get there this afternoon. Hemo2, Have you tried useing the DMZ option? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I do put one of my pc's into the DMZ for some other games I host and figured I'd do this for CM. (Haven't had a chance to try this yet with CM.) But if it only uses port 7023 as Madmatt has responded, then it won't be necessary and I can forward that single port to my pc. (Sure wished the Linksys router had better capabilities with the port forwarding, etc., but I guess for the price that's a bit much to expect.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sitting Duck Posted November 30, 2000 Share Posted November 30, 2000 I have the LinkSys router (Firmware v1.36)and was able to host a TCP/IP game. Configured the forwarding table in the router to forward port 7022~7024 to my internally assigned IP. My opponent was given the IP address assigned by my ISP to the router. He had no problems connecting to me or exchanging data. [This message has been edited by Sitting Duck (edited 11-30-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacMac Posted November 30, 2000 Share Posted November 30, 2000 Well is it 7023 or 7025? TCP or UDP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sitting Duck Posted November 30, 2000 Share Posted November 30, 2000 Hi JacMac - I checked by LinkSys forwarding table and realized that I am forwarding TCP ports 7022~7024, not 7025 as I originally wrote. I corrected my original post, sorry for my error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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