Setting up multiplayer games behind firewalls and routers

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Does anyone know of any good references online or books that explain how to
set up multiplayer Games behind firewalls and routers online and/or local
network????
I am having problems getting mulitplayer games to work on a local network or
over the internet...
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raptor_118 wrote:
> Does anyone know of any good references online or books that explain how to
> set up multiplayer Games behind firewalls and routers online and/or local
> network????
> I am having problems getting mulitplayer games to work on a local network or
> over the internet...

Varies with different firewalls, including those built into routers, and
different games. You will need documentation from each individual
manufacturer and or publisher.

 

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Hi Raptor,

Here's a couple of links to online documents that will help you:
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/ports.html
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/howto.html

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"raptor_118" <raptor118@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2F63EE08-EB64-49FE-887A-6B31883CAC58@microsoft.com...
| Does anyone know of any good references online or books that explain how to
| set up multiplayer Games behind firewalls and routers online and/or local
| network????
| I am having problems getting mulitplayer games to work on a local network or
| over the internet...
| --
|

 

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Reply to message from "raptor_118" <raptor118@discussions.microsoft.com>
(Sun, 05 Jun 2005 07:50:02) about "Setting up multiplayer games behind
firewalls and routers":

Varies from game to game. Different games use different ports.


r> Does anyone know of any good references online or books that explain
r> how to set up multiplayer Games behind firewalls and routers online
r> and/or local network????
r> I am having problems getting mulitplayer games to work on a local
r> network or over the internet...
r> --




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Dirk Pfeiffer <dirk@dbx501.de> Sun, 05 Jun 2005 14:06:44 +0200

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There's also www.portforward.com


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"raptor_118" <raptor118@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2F63EE08-EB64-49FE-887A-6B31883CAC58@microsoft.com...
> Does anyone know of any good references online or books that explain how
> to
> set up multiplayer Games behind firewalls and routers online and/or local
> network????
> I am having problems getting mulitplayer games to work on a local network
> or
> over the internet...
> --
>