PORTS!!!!!

[Sir_Crashalot]

Please, if you want to join any Multiplayer flight and you happen to have a router, open up your ports. How you can do that you can find it all in the sticky subjects on the top of this part of the forum.

Ports to be open:

TCP&UDP: 23456
TCP&UDP: 23432
TCP&UDP: 6073

Thanks in advance,

Crash

[TSC.]

Here's a few more, listed in Sam's sticky at the top of the MP forum:

necessary ports
 
TCP 47624
UDP 2300 to 2400
UDP 23432
 
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-Info for FS2004 Pilots
 
necessary ports
 
UDP 23456  
UDP 6073
UDP 2300 to 2400
UDP 23432
 
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-Info for FSX Pilots
 
necessary ports
 
UDP 23456  
UDP 6073
UDP 2300 to 2400
UDP 23432



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[wealthysoup]

not gonna happen..ive made umpteen posts bout this in the past and there have still been people who dont listen

[Sir_Crashalot]

not gonna happen..ive made umpteen posts bout this in the past and there have still been people who dont listen

I know, but I'm getting sick and tired not being able to connect to or getting thrown off the server because of this. So I thought to bring it under the attention of the members. It might help, you never know.....

Crash

[Fozzer]

Your old Chum, Fozzer, is one of the lucky ones who has never had one of those troublesome "Router" thingies.... :)...!

I could never see the point of the bleedin' things..!
They seem to be more trouble than they are worth...;)...!

My trusty "Thompson Speedtouch" Broadband Modem plugs directly into my phone line, and I have no problems with Ports, Firewalls, etc.... 8-)...!

The funny thing is, I can't ever remember getting thrown out, or getting disconnected, in any Multiplayer activity... :)....!

...am I the lucky one... ;)...?

LOL... ;D...!

Paul...'Puter>>>Modem>>>Phone Line>>>Joy...!

All Routers must be destroyed on sight, or inserted up their owners "Port", whichever is the most painful.. ....LOL... ....!

[Sir_Crashalot]

All Routers must be destroyed on sight, or inserted up their owners "Port", whichever is the most painful.. ....LOL... ....!

Any idea how big that thing is? You could hurt an elefant with that! LOL I have no problems with routers what so ever, as long as everybody reads a manual or follows some advice. And I can remember there were times I couldn't connect or got thrown of when I still had my Thompson DSL modem.

Crash

[Jimbo]

I'm going to provide a section within my plans each week to fully support whats happening, Crash.

You'll see if in the new flight plans -

Hopefully THAT, and the other users will listen, and pay attention.

James

[Sir_Crashalot]

Thanks James. Let's hope it works.

Crash

[Mictheslik]

Your old Chum, Fozzer, is one of the lucky ones who has never had one of those troublesome "Router" thingies.... :)...!

I could never see the point of the bleedin' things..!
They seem to be more trouble than they are worth...;)...!

My trusty "Thompson Speedtouch" Broadband Modem plugs directly into my phone line, and I have no problems with Ports, Firewalls, etc.... 8-)...!

The funny thing is, I can't ever remember getting thrown out, or getting disconnected, in any Multiplayer activity... :)....!

...am I the lucky one... ;)...?

LOL... ;D...!

Paul...'Puter>>>Modem>>>Phone Line>>>Joy...!

All Routers must be destroyed on sight, or inserted up their owners "Port", whichever is the most painful.. ....LOL... ....!

I am also one of the few lucky ones without a router...they do more harm than good. A thomson speedtouch for me also!

.mic

[JBaymore]

Don't you hve to open the appropriate ports on the COMPUTER as well as the router / dsl modem?

From this posting it seems to imply that the only ports that need to be opened are those on the router itself.

[Fozzer]

One of the cheapest, and simplest little "gubbins" ever invented, for gaining access to Broadband DSL Internet, direct 'phone line connection...>>>

http://www.speedtouch.com/prod330.htm

Plug and Play, and away you go... :-*...!

Slightly larger than a packet of cigarettes.. :)...!

They are so cheap and simple that my Service Provider threw it in my direction for FREE... ;D...!

No problemo...;)...!

Paul... 8-)...!

A cheeky little Chappie who always likes to prove that his "Port" is open...>>>

[beaky]

I'm unfortunately forced to deal with a router, because I share a broadband connection with six other users... but setting it up for MP was no big deal.

Occasionally, though, the routers throw a little fit or something, and have to be reset... annoying.
And when we first added a second router to gain more network ports... what a pain...!! They just would not play nice together...
Hours and hours on the phone with tech support... and of course the routers and my terminal are almost 200 feet apart- must have walked a coupla miles that night going back and forth!

[GunnerMan]

Another thing if your router supports it is run your FS computer on a DMZ host IP, it makes the said IP pretty much bypass all router settings so its like you are plugged right into the modem. I fought and fought with my router to open ports and then found the DMZ setting, never had a problem since.

[JBaymore]

Gunnerman,

I BELEIVE that with DMZ you are now TOTALLY wide open bidriectionally to the whole net, any IP.

[eno]

The windows firewall is easily bypassed ....... in your control panel click on the firewall icon, followed by the exceptions tab and allow FS as an excepted program which is allowed to access the internet unhindered ..... no need for fiddling with ports.