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by **Flaxster** on Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:32 am

Okay....I have a Linksys router. I opened the 3 ports from the port forwarding instructions, turned off firewall, set internet security to low.......I still can't play. Man, this is getting frustrating. Any tips/help would be greatly appreciated.

by **canuck** on Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:53 am

Flaxster wrote:Okay....I have a Linksys router. I opened the 3 ports from the port forwarding instructions, turned off firewall, set internet security to low.......I still can't play. Man, this is getting frustrating. Any tips/help would be greatly appreciated.

as you told me, this is your router . follow the instructions on this page.

http://www.portforward.com/english/rout ... /Links.htm

it should work
chris

by **Flaxster** on Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:52 am

got rid of the router and still can't connect with firewall off....unreal

by **canuck** on Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:22 am

Flaxster wrote:got rid of the router and still can't connect with firewall off....unreal

there might be a firewall you dont know about on your computer system.....firewalls can be...
software......in router...in modem.....part of your ISP service.

by **Flaxster** on Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:35 am

how would I access them....for instance, modem.

by **Vibes** on Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:59 am

2 things I would check are that the Windows firewall is off.
Start--> run--> type control. find windows firewall and turn it off.

2 check to see if in the network properties you have a service called "Internet Gateway" if so un-install it by following these instructions
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821980/

Cheers
Vibes

by **Pa_Dawg** on Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:47 pm

Lots of ISP's are now blocking Port 80 and thats the same port Links 2k3 uses. This is the WWW port but they don't allow you to use it for anything but surfing the web.. Sounds wrong I know but I had this problem back with Zone games. My isp starting blocking port 80, It took my 2 weeks to figure it out.. I called them and they said YES!!

Seems this is the same port used a few years ago to infected lots of ISP's.. it was all over the news.. the name escapes me.. but thats what caused the ISP's to do it.

Call your isp and ask them.. Are you blocking port 80?

by **Bruce Bo** on Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:50 am

rather than just abruptly moving this thread, i'd like to issue an alert as to my intentions. i think this is a good thought for the TECH FORUM...

i'll move it by the end of the day ~

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