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hi all,
i moved to windows 8 about a month or so ago, now i'm having problems...

there are a few games that i play and i cannot access the multiplayer side of the game due to time outs, this one game being heroes of might and magic 6. i contacted the support team at ubisoft/ uplay and narrowed it down to the ports.

i checked if the ports are open on several websites and they all say these ports are closed?

So i looked into this problem and seems that windows 8 opens and closes ports as the o/s needs them but it don't seem to be doing that. i entered the port information in to the inbound rules as a new rule and still it states they are closed.

can anyone help.

many thanks
 
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yes i disabled the firewall on the o/s and also the windows defender on the o/s. no firewall is enabled on the router.

still not able to access or join a multiplayer game, thanks for the quick reply
 
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administrative tools, system, change wiredautoconfig to auto, in your case you might want to enable rather then auto

EDIT also in the network and sharing center, change adapter setting, in the menu bar click, advanced settings, menu, providing orders, move up your adapter to first

control panel>Network and Internet>Network Connections>Menu bar if no bar is visable press ALT, advanced, advanced settings
 
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Is UPnP enabled on the router?

Even though there may not be a configurable firewall on the router it will be operating in NAT mode, and any NAT router worth it's salt will drop unsolicited connections from the internet.
 
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gomerpile... thanks for the help... the only option for wiredautoconfig is on the system configuration and that's a simple tick and un-tick but tried both and didn't help. i also moved my network adapter to first position and still did not fix the issue, but thanks for trying.

Digital Alchemy... UPnp was enabled and i disabled this service earlier and tried to see if their was any change but still the same so re enabled it for the moment..

thank you all. your help is appreciated
 
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OK two more things, try to install multi cast protocols in adapter settings, 2 install in windows components small network management protocol snmp

try netstat -s

see what is happening to your ports
 
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SNMP = Simple Network Management Protocol

Lulz
 
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sorry this bit is new to me.. is it within the Ethernet properties.

their is:

client for microsoft networks-installed

QoS packet scheduler-installed

files and printer sharing for ms networks - installed

microsoft network adapter multiplexor protocol- NOT INSTALLED

ms lldp protocol driver - -installed

link-layer topology discovery mapper i/o driver - installed

link-layer topology discovery responder- installed

internet protocol ipv6 - installed

internet protocol ipv4 - installed


also is that the snmp - simple network management protocol?


thanks again

 
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Oh I feel for you, the ironically named Virgin Superhub is the biggest POS I've ever had the misfortune of having to deal with (Netgear - nuff said).

After the last update - which did very similar things to XBOX Live, I promptly set the Superhub to modem only operation and put in a Cisco router, worked flawlessly since.
 
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Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.9200]
(c) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Mark>netstat -s

IPv4 Statistics

Packets Received = 304677
Received Header Errors = 0
Received Address Errors = 4
Datagrams Forwarded = 0
Unknown Protocols Received = 0
Received Packets Discarded = 2129
Received Packets Delivered = 310082
Output Requests = 235159
Routing Discards = 0
Discarded Output Packets = 23
Output Packet No Route = 4
Reassembly Required = 0
Reassembly Successful = 0
Reassembly Failures = 0
Datagrams Successfully Fragmented = 0
Datagrams Failing Fragmentation = 0
Fragments Created = 0

IPv6 Statistics

Packets Received = 61
Received Header Errors = 0
Received Address Errors = 0
Datagrams Forwarded = 0
Unknown Protocols Received = 0
Received Packets Discarded = 2482
Received Packets Delivered = 6552
Output Requests = 10970
Routing Discards = 0
Discarded Output Packets = 0
Output Packet No Route = 6
Reassembly Required = 0
Reassembly Successful = 0
Reassembly Failures = 0
Datagrams Successfully Fragmented = 0
Datagrams Failing Fragmentation = 0
Fragments Created = 0

ICMPv4 Statistics

Received Sent
Messages 68 33
Errors 0 0
Destination Unreachable 64 27
Time Exceeded 0 0
Parameter Problems 0 0
Source Quenches 0 0
Redirects 0 0
Echo Replies 4 0
Echos 0 6
Timestamps 0 0
Timestamp Replies 0 0
Address Masks 0 0
Address Mask Replies 0 0
Router Solicitations 0 0
Router Advertisements 0 0

ICMPv6 Statistics

Received Sent
Messages 21 27
Errors 0 0
Destination Unreachable 0 0
Packet Too Big 0 0
Time Exceeded 0 0
Parameter Problems 0 0
Echos 0 0
Echo Replies 0 0
MLD Queries 0 0
MLD Reports 0 0
MLD Dones 0 0
Router Solicitations 0 23
Router Advertisements 11 0
Neighbor Solicitations 0 2
Neighbor Advertisements 10 2
Redirects 0 0
Router Renumberings 0 0

TCP Statistics for IPv4

Active Opens = 12373
Passive Opens = 64
Failed Connection Attempts = 36
Reset Connections = 382
Current Connections = 71
Segments Received = 291570
Segments Sent = 208460
Segments Retransmitted = 9623

TCP Statistics for IPv6

Active Opens = 30
Passive Opens = 30
Failed Connection Attempts = 0
Reset Connections = 2
Current Connections = 2
Segments Received = 22190
Segments Sent = 21017
Segments Retransmitted = 1173

UDP Statistics for IPv4

Datagrams Received = 17556
No Ports = 2082
Receive Errors = 21
Datagrams Sent = 21799

UDP Statistics for IPv6

Datagrams Received = 6650
No Ports = 2482
Receive Errors = 0
Datagrams Sent = 9549

C:\Users\Mark>
 
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Oh I feel for you, the ironically named Virgin Superhub is the biggest POS I've ever had the misfortune of having to deal with (Netgear - nuff said).

After the last update - which did very similar things to XBOX Live, I promptly set the Superhub to modem only operation and put in a Cisco router, worked flawlessly since.
Click to expand...


yes had a lot of problems but thats another day lol
 
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Turn off fire wall and run scan again
display results

are you sure upnp is actully enable and set to start
 
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Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.9200]
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C:\Users\Mark>netstat -s

IPv4 Statistics

Packets Received = 304677
Received Header Errors = 0
Received Address Errors = 4
Datagrams Forwarded = 0
Unknown Protocols Received = 0
Received Packets Discarded = 2129
Received Packets Delivered = 310082
Output Requests = 235159
Routing Discards = 0
Discarded Output Packets = 23
Output Packet No Route = 4
Reassembly Required = 0
Reassembly Successful = 0
Reassembly Failures = 0
Datagrams Successfully Fragmented = 0
Datagrams Failing Fragmentation = 0
Fragments Created = 0

IPv6 Statistics

Packets Received = 61
Received Header Errors = 0
Received Address Errors = 0
Datagrams Forwarded = 0
Unknown Protocols Received = 0
Received Packets Discarded = 2482
Received Packets Delivered = 6552
Output Requests = 10970
Routing Discards = 0
Discarded Output Packets = 0
Output Packet No Route = 6
Reassembly Required = 0
Reassembly Successful = 0
Reassembly Failures = 0
Datagrams Successfully Fragmented = 0
Datagrams Failing Fragmentation = 0
Fragments Created = 0

ICMPv4 Statistics

Received Sent
Messages 68 33
Errors 0 0
Destination Unreachable 64 27
Time Exceeded 0 0
Parameter Problems 0 0
Source Quenches 0 0
Redirects 0 0
Echo Replies 4 0
Echos 0 6
Timestamps 0 0
Timestamp Replies 0 0
Address Masks 0 0
Address Mask Replies 0 0
Router Solicitations 0 0
Router Advertisements 0 0

ICMPv6 Statistics

Received Sent
Messages 21 27
Errors 0 0
Destination Unreachable 0 0
Packet Too Big 0 0
Time Exceeded 0 0
Parameter Problems 0 0
Echos 0 0
Echo Replies 0 0
MLD Queries 0 0
MLD Reports 0 0
MLD Dones 0 0
Router Solicitations 0 23
Router Advertisements 11 0
Neighbor Solicitations 0 2
Neighbor Advertisements 10 2
Redirects 0 0
Router Renumberings 0 0

TCP Statistics for IPv4

Active Opens = 12373
Passive Opens = 64
Failed Connection Attempts = 36
Reset Connections = 382
Current Connections = 71
Segments Received = 291570
Segments Sent = 208460
Segments Retransmitted = 9623

TCP Statistics for IPv6

Active Opens = 30
Passive Opens = 30
Failed Connection Attempts = 0
Reset Connections = 2
Current Connections = 2
Segments Received = 22190
Segments Sent = 21017
Segments Retransmitted = 1173

UDP Statistics for IPv4

Datagrams Received = 17556
No Ports = 2082
Receive Errors = 21
Datagrams Sent = 21799

UDP Statistics for IPv6

Datagrams Received = 6650
No Ports = 2482
Receive Errors = 0
Datagrams Sent = 9549

C:\Users\Mark>
 
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IS upnp actually started in your services to enable and started, by default it is set to manual

upnp.png
 
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ssdp - simple service discovery protocol?

i see this in the dependencies tab as ssdp discovery, so how to install- i have no option.... or start?

ok i will install now thanks

 
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OK, installed ssdp as i was still getting the problem once installed i restarted my system turned off firewall and anti-virus tested the game and still nothing. every game that's available i get a connection time out.

just got my friend to try the games as he lives down the road to me but he is on windows 7 and he could connect apart from 1.

thanks for everything but not sure where to go from here... ubisoft support seems to be non-existent and no help on their forums. :-c


i ran the game in windowed mode while watching the upnp service in task manager and it keeps on running no errors from upnp...
 
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