Multiplayer & Firewall

[Frank Fay]

The game needs to set of ports:

1. 23085, 23086 - TCP ports. They are needed for the lobby.
2. 27323 - 27328 - UDP ports. Needed for the gameplay.

If behind a firewall you have to allow outgoing connections for the lobby ports if the client is behind the firewall and in both directions if the server is behind the firewall. For the gameplay ports you have to have them opened in both directions (in & out). Also either port forwarding or static ip address are required if behind a router.

[Webmaster]

here the settings for the gamespy arcade client:
http://www.gamespyarcade.com/support/firewalls.shtml

[Noldy]

Are those that Frank stated, the only ports i need? Or the ones of the gamespy too?

[hawk_knight]

Are those that Frank stated, the only ports i need? Or the ones of the gamespy too?

wich one do we need :)


btw THIS GAME IS THE BEST Of ALL GAMES :cheers: :cheers: :hello:

[Frank Fay]

you need all of the settings....

[Noldy]

Hey! I saw Lord Cool in the MP on Gamespy! Does that mean my settings are correct?

[Frank Fay]

not sure yet...


Everytime you see a message "xyz is dropping in y seconds" while playing and the game gets laggy then it is likely that this guys settings are not correct.

[Noldy]

EVERY TIME when i start a game i get [insert name] is going to fall in: 40 seconds, 39 seconds...

Am i wrong or the other players?

[Angryminer]

I get the same message. I believe my router doesn't handle the TCP-packets correctly.

Angryminer

[Noldy]

No. It's not the fault of your router or Firewall settings. The ploblem lies with the other players who are being dropped. Apparently, a lot of players go online without checking their settings. :D

[Le Grand Moufty]

The game needs to set of ports:

1. 23085, 23086 - TCP ports. They are needed for the lobby.
2. 27323 - 27328 - UDP ports. Needed for the gameplay.

If behind a firewall you have to allow outgoing connections for the lobby ports if the client is behind the firewall and in both directions if the server is behind the firewall. For the gameplay ports you have to have them opened in both directions (in & out). Also either port forwarding or static ip address are required if behind a router

i've done that on my routeur already and it's not working ;( ;(

Could u be more precise please ? I feel like a lot of people won't be able to play this game on the internet...

[DoS_Hunter]

i'm behind a router ad it work without opening the ports!!!

[Le Grand Moufty]

i've a belkin router.

What's yours ? :)

[Guts16]

I was wondering. How do you type messages to other players in KOH muiltiplayer?

[Webmaster]

1. check if there is a new firmware available for your router. coz the initial releases have often a buggy SPI, which can manage port settings dynamically.
2. open the ports (from the first post) or for testing put your pc in the DMZ, so all ports are open. BEWARE windows is very vunerable without any firewall (worms like sasser and co).
3. the opened ports must be directed to your PCs IP !!! take a look if this one isn't changed with every reboot by your routers DHCP function. the best is to map the MAC to a specific IP.

[sham]

Some people also play via a simple hub...and it's much harder to configurate than a router...any idea ?

I've tried through gamespy and it's not working with KOH (i've played cossacks using gamespy for 3 years now and never had any problems to join games)

[Phénix Rouge]

hub and router its not the same thing :)

two link :

http://www.gamespyarcade.com/helpers/workshop/portmagic/

http://www.gamespyarcade.com/helpers/workshop/firewalls/

[Spudster]

i can allow exceptions for firewall....all my other multipayer games work because they are checked in the windows firewall settings box....but since this game does not install to the hard drive...only memory, i cant find it in the setting boxs box to allow an exception through the firewall....

Is there a way i can install it?

[OSDSET]

i have no idea what your on about but how do i solve the [insert name here] will be dropped in...secs right at the start of the game
how can i solve it without being confused with all these strange meaningless words???

[somejoe]

Any idea on how to play MP WITHOUT Gamespy ports? GS ****s