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To setup port forwarding on this router your computer needs to have a static
ip address.. To accomplish this and the forwarding process for zone.com I
have posted a few help pages for you.. Hope they help
Setting up a Static IP Address with the Dlink DI-804:
http://www.portforward.com/dlink/di-804-dhcp.htm
How do I open ports on my DI804 router for MSN Games:
http://zonesysops.com/modules.php?name=Routers&file=711_714_804
you may also find this page of use
http://www.portforward.com/dlink/di-804.htm
Good Luck
"Anders Silven" <anders_silven@blahahotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OKJQrMacFHA.2652@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi again,
>
>> Have you forwarded any ports on the router?
>
> No, and that is what puzzles me.
> As you say and from what I have read it is nescessary to open certain
> ports in the router, still everything has worked just fine in the past on
> two computers behind the router, without any ports opened or redirected.
>
> Also, I haven't touched the XP Firewall, yet the Zone works if I bypass
> the router. I checked the XP Firewall and only MSN Messenger and Windows
> Messenger are checked as Exeptions.
>
> I have experimented with Open Ports but it makes no difference. Also, on
> the DI-804 router, for each port opened, a specific (internal) IP adress
> must be entered, which makes the setup hard to maintain with DHCP enabled.
>
> Still confused,
> Anders Silven
>
> "+_ReverendJJ" <zm@when_im_online> wrote in message
> news:uveV%23FYcFHA.2688@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Im sorry, I missed reading the part where you said the problem
>> disappears when the routers disconnected..
>> Have you forwarded any ports on the router?
>> Here's whats required by the Zone in that respect:
>>
>> Port:
>> 80 (to access MSN games website and puzzle, word, trivia and other free
>> web games)
>>
>> 443 (to use .NET Passport sign-in option)
>>
>> 6667 (to use chat, necessary for all multiplayer games)
>>
>> and the one it sounds like you could be missing:
>>
>> 28800-29100 (to access card, board, “CD-ROM” required, and other
>> multiplayer games)
>>
>> Again.. my appologies for the confusion
>>
>>
>> "Anders Silven" <anders_silven@blahahotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:Ofe293TcFHA.796@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> Thank you for your quick reply +_ReverendJJ
>>>
>>> I will look into what you suggest tomorrow, but since everything is OK
>>> if I bypass the router, and both computers dived at the same time, I
>>> think the problem is with the router.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Anders Silven
>>>
>>> "+_ReverendJJ" <zm@when_im_online> wrote in message
>>> news:%23WTw0NTcFHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>> Looking at yr symptoms and not being able to question you further about
>>>> them.. at this point my initial suggestion would be a removal and
>>>> re-installation of a very possibly corrupt Zone Heartbeat ActiveX
>>>> Control.. Detailed instructions for this can be found here:
>>>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q225041
>>>> Please pay particular attention to the section concerning conflict
>>>> folders, because if these folders are present and are not removed, the
>>>> software can be caught in a loop to where Heartbeat cannot be installed
>>>> correctly, even after you just removed the Heartbeat ActiveX Control
>>>> from View Objects.
>>>>
>>>> Once successfully done, returning to the zone game rooms will force a
>>>> re-installation of the file..
>>>> Good Luck..
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Anders Silven" <anders_silven@blahahotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:ecX6S7ScFHA.3184@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Hi again, here is a follow up/update.
>>>>>
>>>>> My problem remains. Now I know a little more, but I'm not the wiser.
>>>>>
>>>>> The problem occurs when the Zone Friends window opens. First nothing
>>>>> happens, then after a couple of minutes "Logging on" is displayed.
>>>>> Then nothing more happens exept in rare cases when I have actually
>>>>> been logged in and been able to open a Backgammon room. It has not
>>>>> been possible to play though, the communication with the game has been
>>>>> too slow. The Zone Friends window behaves the same if I go to
>>>>>
http://classic.zone.msn.com/zzzz/sysophelpmain.asp and then "Sign In".
>>>>>
>>>>> I have one Win2000 and one XP box behind a D-Link DI-804 router on a
>>>>> DSL connection. The router has more or less default settings and no
>>>>> ports opened or redirected. The XP machine has the Windows Firewall
>>>>> activated as well, and I have never even opened its settings.
>>>>>
>>>>> This setup has worked perfectly in the past and I have not made any
>>>>> changes to the router or the computers. I have even played Zone
>>>>> Backgammon between the two computers (under different identities).
>>>>> Then one day from the other I have the same problem on both machines.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I disconnect the router and connect the XP box (still with the
>>>>> Windows Firewall enabled and untouched) directly to the DSL modem
>>>>> everything works OK. Also, if i put the XP in the DMZ of the router it
>>>>> works fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> So, obviously the router is part of the problem but is it only that, I
>>>>> have not changed anything? Or is an obscure collision of small changes
>>>>> by me, my ISP or at the Zone. I'm about to give up this although I
>>>>> will miss the Backgammon games.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for your support.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards
>>>>> Anders Silven
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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