Re: Port forwarding for AoC?

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From: Jimmy S. (Private)
Date: 01/01/05 

Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 20:58:10 -0500

Hi Eternal,

Sounds like your ISP modem is using NAT.
Give their tech support a call and they'll configure it for you. :-) 

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"eternal" <eternal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3D9BDEFF-49E0-4501-87D6-D63B9EA2D811@microsoft.com...
>I have NAT and DHCP on my LAN. I only use one computer in my home. It has Win
> XP Pro with Sp2. I need to port forward in order that I can play Age of
> Empires 2: The Conqeurors multiplayer. I am never able to join a game or host
> one, I think because of this NAT thing. I've opened my ports through Windows
> Firewall, yet they are still blocked (I use PortDetective to tell me this).
> Is the reason they are blocked is because of NAT? I am able to use Aol
> Instant Messenger and Windows Messenger just fine, in fact, I have other
> online games (Star Wars: Jedi Knight and Age of Mythology) that do work
> multiplayer. Yet, The Conquerors does not.
>
> I do not have a router. Yet I have like a Gateway Address or something?? I
> have no idea. I have an IP address of 192.168.1.2 and a "Default Gaetway"
> address of 192.168.1.1. I have a "DNS" server and "DCHP" serves addresses:
> 192.128.1.1 for both. I have no idea what those mean. I use an Arescom 800 as
> my modem with MSN Boradband. It is directly hooked up to my computer.
>
> Can someone pleeeease help? I have been trying to fix this for hours upon
> hours upon hours, researching all kinds of stuff, and trying all kinds of
> stuff, but no luck. I've tried turning off my firewall, adding the programs
> as exceptions in the firewall, opening ports (but if they're "blocked" then
> no point in opening them, right?), turning off my Virus software, and other
> things.
>
> I am so lost. Please help! Must I port forward? If so, how do I go about
> doing it? I'm new at this, and I've gone to portforward.com, but since I
> don't have a router, I am not able to do anything. Other sites are the same
> way, or they don't list step by step instructions. They assume the readers
> are all experts at computers. Anyway, awaiting a response, thanks!

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