Moezter Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Unless I move out of college and get my own internet service. Gamespy needs a bunch of ports to be opened and my school won't open them ofcourse since they breach security all over campus. I had a 360 and I played XBOX LIVE without any issues. Microsoft did their homework and figured out the the most accessible way to connect to their server. I don't know if GRIN is responsible of this or not, maybe it UBI's fault but unless they come up with a different way to connect to the servers i'm not gonna be able to play on MP. What happened to the old way of connecting to the server through direct ips? I've waited 5 years for this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capteenix Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 do you have a router? what kind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moezter Posted May 4, 2006 Author Share Posted May 4, 2006 college lan out of my control Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB Crush Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 college lan out of my control ← Yup, woe is you. It may be out of your control, but it's not out of your influence. My Sophomore year in school, the IT department clamped down on network access and blocked several ports after a series of incidents involving out network. One of my suitemates wrote an article for the campus paper (and then did some extra work drumming up support among the students to at least read the article). While the Administration wanted us to focus on accademic uses for the accedmic network, they eventurally relented and the IT deparments opened up the ports again. Starcfraft and R6 for everyone! Oh yeah, and as an aside. One's ability to negotiate their own rent/lease conditions, their own telephone, television and internet service providers, etc....those are all good reasons to get out of the dorms and into an appartment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moezter Posted May 4, 2006 Author Share Posted May 4, 2006 (edited) hey, i just talked to the network admin and he enabled the ports for me but it still doesn't work. I looked at command prompt and it does connect with gamespy but then i get disconnected for some reason and I keep getting the firewall error message. He couldn't figure out what the problem was. He said only one of the ports listed on the readme file was blocked for security reasons. But he said gamespy should have a dynamic " " that would connect to another port. So what now? Edited May 4, 2006 by Moezter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB Crush Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 No clue, but I'm glad to see you've made some progress. I'll let the next smart-alec with an idea take over from here. Don't give up hope just yet! Someone here (or at...gah, gamespy) might have a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zulater Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 see if you can get him to open the other port to test and see if it will connect. if it does then you know that port needs to be open. if not then you know it is something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moezter Posted May 4, 2006 Author Share Posted May 4, 2006 this is what the network guy wrote on the report: it looks like his PC is set up ok (firewall settings, etc.). I also see his IP address making a successful connection to the GameSpy server. Note: there are reports of server unavailability on the Ubisoft message boards. If the game will not connect due to a port being blocked, we will not be able to open the port. However, most GameSpy users on campus are able to connect ok, as the application normally will try a number of ports if it can't find an initial opening. Will keep this request open a few days to see if someone posts a workaround. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druac_Blaise Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Sounds like you have a good admin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moezter Posted May 4, 2006 Author Share Posted May 4, 2006 question still stands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babydave Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 can we use all seeing eye or does it all have to be done via gamespy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moezter Posted May 5, 2006 Author Share Posted May 5, 2006 gamespy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Moezter Posted May 5, 2006 Author Share Posted May 5, 2006 any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moezter Posted May 5, 2006 Author Share Posted May 5, 2006 (edited) This from my campus network admin: Out of the ports listed below, the following are not open: Local Ports UDP 15250 UDP 13139 UDP 15250 Remote Ports TCP 6667 As we discussed, we will not be able to open these ports for this application. However, I'm willing to try and find a workaround with you. Can you try some tunneling or proxy service? What Is This Tunneling Or Proxy Service? How Does This Work? [Merged into your existing thread - Do not raise multiple threads for the same thing please] Edited May 5, 2006 by Pave Low Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moezter Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 (edited) I need an answer. No one has been able to help, University Firewall I called my friend who works at Geek squad along with the rest of the squad, university network admin, forums everywhere, computer science majors at my school. No one has been able to help me. I cannot play online because my university blocked the following ports for security reasons: the following are not open: Local Ports UDP 15250 UDP 13139 UDP 15250 Remote Ports TCP 6667 out of: > Local Ports > > UDP 15250 > > UDP 13139 > > UDP 15250 > > > > Remote Ports > > UDP 15250 > > TCP 80 > > TCP 6667 > > UDP 13139 > > UDP 27900 > > UDP 27901 > > TCP 28910 > > TCP 29900 > > TCP 29901 > > UDP 29910 > > TCP 29920 What now? Seriously this isn't even funny. I waited 5 years for this! [Merged into your existing thread - Do not raise multiple threads for the same thing please] Edited May 12, 2006 by Pave Low Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pave Low Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 I cannot play online because my university blocked the following ports for security reasons Bottom line is if the university are blocking the Gamespy ports there is not a lot else you are going to be able to do about it. (have you tried joining in one of the 3rd party VPN games, as they would be on different port's) Have they said why they block those ports and won’t open them like they have the others? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moezter Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 (edited) I cannot play online because my university blocked the following ports for security reasons Bottom line is if the university are blocking the Gamespy ports there is not a lot else you are going to be able to do about it. (have you tried joining in one of the 3rd party VPN games, as they would be on different port's) Have they said why they block those ports and won’t open them like they have the others? they said security reasons. Are you talking about hamachi? They told me people connect sucessfully to gamespy to play BF2 on campus. I looked at the activity on the cpromt and i actually make a connection to gamespy but then i just get dropped and get the firewall error message Edited May 12, 2006 by Moezter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moezter Posted May 24, 2006 Author Share Posted May 24, 2006 Can someone explain if the patch is gonna help me?, Can a GRIN dude explain? I still haven't been able to connect to MP. I have play Battlefield 2 through gamespy without issues. Why am I still getting the firewall error? Will the dedicated server solve this issue or are the ports are gonna remain the same regardless? [Merged into existing thread - for full problem history] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuTHlezz1 Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Are you using windows firewall, a nat router, zone alarm? Let us know maybe one us can help you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moezter Posted May 24, 2006 Author Share Posted May 24, 2006 it shouldnt matter because I can play other games online. My ISP is my campus network Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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