Posted: 4/13/2007 6:33 PM
Post subject: How do I open UDP port?
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erokky
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Joined: 4/6/2006
Posts: 462
I'm not very computer literate but I think it may have to do with my router. This computer is connected through a router. Two other computers are also connected to this router, one of which has broken down (which also happens to be the adminstrative one...I think). I need to open it to play netbattle via ZSNES. Edit: Oh, I think this router has some inbuilt firewall? Does that make sense? How do I turn off this firewall?
Posted: 4/13/2007 6:47 PM
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Tub
Joined: 6/25/2005
Posts: 1377
"firewall" is a loosely defined term. Your problem when sitting behind a router is Network address translation (which some people call a "firewall", while others don't). You can't just turn it off, because it's needed. How to configure your router's NAT to allow the UDP packets you want to reach the computer you want, find out the port numbers and read the router's manual about configuration, specifically port forwarding.
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