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LuftWolf · Joined: 09 May 2005 Posts: 1872 Location: Free New York

The ports that games like SC/DW use are usually fairly high up the dial and not very useful for hacking.

Opening up a hole in your SW firewall is as simple as creating a rule for SC/DW and shouldn't compromise your security.

Forwarding the SC/DW ports to your computer only exposes your computer to risk when you have them open, which you can control each time you decide to do MP or close them when you are not playing.

All in all, other than the setup time, setting up a router/SW firewall for gaming doesn't have many downsides in terms of security. The only time it does it when the games you are playing themselves have security holes.

Kapitan · Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:33 am Post subject:

1) how do i get to these ports
2) how do i open close em
3) where is the port control thingy
4) help

LuftWolf · Joined: 09 May 2005 Posts: 1872 Location: Free New York

1) SC/DW should have a section somewhere about MP setup, where the ports should be listed.

2) You need to access your router's internal configuration. Find the "Port Forwarding Table." Then you enter the ports you need into the table, and tell them to forward them to your computer's internal IP address.

3) In your router's internal configuration.

4) Send me a PM with your email. I am not a MPlayer for DW so I haven't done this myself, but I might decide to play online now that I am committing myself here more and more. :hmm: Ping

I may decide to set this up for myself in the next day or two just for the fun of it. Send me a PM, I'll get back to you soon. Thumbs Up

Bellman · Joined: 14 Feb 2004 Posts: 1724

LuftWolf & Kapitain please keep me in the loop here I am not far from strating this proceedure. Thumbs Up

Both of you (I think) have my email address. The lure of MP is drawing me back. Laughing

Its like the jungle tribes they go so long on a veg. diet then they just got to have meat. My nose is twitching the air right now. :hulk: :hulk:

LuftWolf · Joined: 09 May 2005 Posts: 1872 Location: Free New York

I PMed Kap and told him that I would work on setting it on my rig and then I would email him, and you too, about how to do it. Once I've figured it out on my system (should be more or less the same as what I had to do for Combat Mission), it should be fairly straightforward adopting the procedure for your systems. I'll let you both know in a day or so!

Kapitan · Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:46 am Post subject:

bellman send me your email kinda mislayed it lol

Kapitan · Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:48 am Post subject:

cheers luftwolf Thumbs Up

Bellman · Joined: 14 Feb 2004 Posts: 1724

Thanks Luftwolf.

Kapitain PMd em.

Just want to hang on the coat tails here with general principles - not detail. Wink

Kapitan · Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:59 am Post subject:

thanks bellman

LuftWolf · Joined: 09 May 2005 Posts: 1872 Location: Free New York

Kapitain and Bellman,

I am going to look into the MP stuff in the next day or so. I've been really busy. Thumbs Up

Kapitan · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 5:52 pm Post subject:

cheers LW no rush Thumbs Up

LuftWolf · Joined: 09 May 2005 Posts: 1872 Location: Free New York

I see you've been challenged to a fight under the ice on Saturday night, so there is rush. Wink

Kapitan · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 1:22 am Post subject:

huh when ? i dont mind a challenge under the ice but not saturday night especialy when my GF is staying over catching my drift yet ? Very Happy