DFTFD firewall ports

[ruger autopsy]

For those who want to know, the 2 ports that you need to forward to host a game behind a firewall are 7597 and 17478. Give your computer a static internal ip address and go to the forwarding setting in your router and forward these 2 ports to the ip address that you give your computer. Works great for me and also allows you to stay behind the firewall without putting your computer in the DMZ, which leaves it unprotected. Additional note: I selected both tcp and udp for these ports because at the time I wasn't sure which protocol that the ports actually need to be on.


[Edited on 12-2-2002 by ruger autopsy]

[Edward]

DF1 and DF2- 3568 UDP
LW and TFD- 17478 UDP
BHD beta demo was 17478 UDP

[Shadowe13]

ok i understand what ur sayin but how do get into the port settins?
This port settings that u speak of might be the problem i am having.
I host a game and nobody can get in, it seems like they freeze up. They see the server name and are able to attemp to connect, but it just stays at the first screen loading.

[Charger]

Maybe your problem is your firewall. You might need to config your router to allow others to connect through the ports mentioned above.

If you have a router then it should have come with a manual that will explain exactly how to set up the ports and how to access your routers ip for the configuration. Not sure anyone can give you the exact formula for your particular router setup.

[Shadowe13]

thx i keep at it.