Has anyone got to host a multiplayer game with a firewall?

[xarst]

Yes, it is a hardware firewall. The one embedded with the router. I can make it to let certain specific ports transmit data.
I want to host a AgeofEmpires 2. Does anybody know wich ports are used for the game?
Thnx

[[Li] Brad]

I'm not sure about that, but what I did was run a software firewall and make myself a DMZ Host. This allows my coumputer to be outside of the firewall yet still be connected to other computers in my network.

I have a Linksys router so I did this:
- go to http://192.168.1.1 and enter in my credentials
- go to the DHCP tap, click the DHCP Clients Table to find out my number in the network
- clicked on the advanced tab
- clicked on the DMZ host tab
- entered my network IP address

The steps should be similar for any brand of router.

Now if you don't want to do this, I suppose in order to find out the port numbers you could open a few, try the game, close a few to see which one it is?

[Li] Brad

[mossoi]

Port 23978 both outgoing and incoming.

You could try working out which ports by trial and error but you'll most likely go mad before you find the right one!

[xarst]

I have a 3com router and the process was similar. Now when you anyone types my IP, it goes to my computer, not to the other in the network.
Thnx

[xarst]

I don't get it working still.
I've set up DMZ so that the IP that gets the router goes to my ip on the network, but I can't either host or join multiplayer games.
I've even disabled my soft firewall and my hardfirewall, but I get nothing.
Pleasss,help...