Hello all!
I'm hoping someone here can help me out with my router forwarding and/or triggering problem(s).
I've finally gotten into Horizons, created a charactor, and even played the game for a bit. I'd previously thought I couldn't get in because of my ISP (one wich is somewhat notorious for blocking ports) but it turned out the problem was in my router. (Whoops!)
I understand that I need ports 47701-47704 and 47101-47110 open to play Horizons.
My setup is as such.
My computer has a static IP addy.
My router is a Linksys BEFSR41v4 with Firmware Version 1.04.05 (the lastest available for this router, as far as I can tell at the linksys site).
I've never tried these both set up at the same time, my understanding was I need one or the other... hmm... mabye I SHOULD try them both at once!
Here are the router settings I've tried -
(and here's to hoping this formats allright!)
PORT TRIGGERING SETUP
HTML Code:
Applications & Gaming > Port Triggering >
Triggered Range Forwarded Range
Application Start Port End Port Start Port End Port
horizons 47701 to 47704 47701 to 47704
horizons 47101 to 47110 47101 to 47110[/FONT]
PORT FORWARDING SETUP
HTML Code:
Applications & Gaming > Port Range Forwarding
Port Range
Application Start End Protocol IP Address Enabled
horiz1 47701 47704 TCP & UDP (my IP addy) yes
horiz2 47101 47110 TCP & UDP (my IP addy) yes
Does any of the above look wrong?
What is confusing is, sometimes one or the other will work, sometimes neither will work.... wichever method I pick, forwarding or triggering, I seem to have a 1/3 shot of actually getting into the game.
That is to say, I will actually make it into the game between my first and sixth attempt, usually around the third.
When I don't make it in, it's because the game just stalls at the "Receiving Charactor Stats" screen, and then I get a shlew of transport errors.
Needless to say it's somewhat frustrating!
Anyhow, any advice on this would be much appreciated!
-Risla
Also, I should point out, I know this is a router problem because if I bypass my router I am in, sleezy easy. (And no, I really can't just bypass the router to play, as my husband and I share a network, and to further complicate things HE wants to play Horizons too!)