BoGRIN Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 A message from our Senior Engine Architect here at GRIN 1. If you experience troubles seeing some servers on Vista, it might come from Firewall issues (Vista does not automatically allow ICMP packets even for whitelisted applications) - go to control panel, Administrative tools - go to "Windows Firewall with Advanced Security" - select "Inbound Rules" on the left, and then on "New Rule" on the right - Choose "Custom", then "Next", "All Programs", "Next", protocol-type="ICMPv4", "Next", "Next", "Next", "Next", Name="ICMPv4", "Finish" - do the same with ICMPv6 Will investigate if we can do that automatically in the next patch. Bo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCO*AFZ* Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Thanks Bo for the update! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilducky Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 thanks. just did that, and now i need to wait for the game.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bota:16 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Thanks Bo. Did this as well. Just a note though it's easier to just use the search box and type in "windows firewall with" and select it from the start menu instead of going through the control panel. The search box for Vista is probably the best improvement over XP Vista has. It makes things very easy to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grin_Ichabod Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 A message from our Senior Engine Architect here at GRIN 1. If you experience troubles seeing some servers on Vista, it might come from Firewall issues (Vista does not automatically allow ICMP packets even for whitelisted applications) - go to control panel, Administrative tools - go to "Windows Firewall with Advanced Security" - select "Inbound Rules" on the left, and then on "New Rule" on the right - Choose "Custom", then "Next", "All Programs", "Next", protocol-type="ICMPv4", "Next", "Next", "Next", "Next", Name="ICMPv4", "Finish" - do the same with ICMPv6 Will investigate if we can do that automatically in the next patch. Bo Just to add, that may also apply if you have a firewall / router that is actively blocking ICMP pings. So if you think your server list looks small, make sure you're not blocking those ICMP pings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_r_a_n_k Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 By doing this (allowing ICMP to pass thru router's firewall) you're becoming visible to the whole Internet... creating a security hole. Why do the server holding the server list have to ping my PC using ICMP ? It already uses UDP (and probably a couple of TCP sessions as well)... is that not enough ? Compromising local network security to play that game online should be considered a bug, imo. I highly hope there's gonna be a work around for this as I'm not gonna open ICMP protocol on my firewall. Are these ICMP packets will always coming from the same source ? That way I could simply create a firewall rule allowing ICMP to pass thru only for a specific IP or subnet... a much secure option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyler_durden Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 thank you very much for this Bo, did this the other day before i got the game and the servers all appear to have showed up the first time i booted up the game. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrester Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 (edited) Thanks BO, but even with XP there are trouble seing servers. What are the differences between GRAW1 and GRAW2 as it comes to hosting? Now I have a spare PC, good ADSL connection I'd like to be able to host, but my knowledge of firewalls, network routers etc is very limited so it should be fool proof for me. There is a PC compatibility test for GRAW2 isn't it possible to make such a feature which allows you to see why you cannot host (test connections, ports, internet speed settings and such). Maybe tweakers can make one? I'd be glad to test it Edited July 23, 2007 by Forrester Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grin_kufa Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 We're working on removing the need of ICMP support. As Ichabod said, it's not only an issue on Vista using Windows Firewall, it's an issue for all firewalls/routers blocking icmp packets. For instance, on XP SP2 using Windows Firewall, go to Control Panel / Security Center / Manage security Settings for Windows Firewall / Advanced / ICMP Settings. Make sure that "Allow incoming echo request" is enabled (afaik you don't need more). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrester Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 We're working on removing the need of ICMP support. As Ichabod said, it's not only an issue on Vista using Windows Firewall, it's an issue for all firewalls/routers blocking icmp packets. For instance, on XP SP2 using Windows Firewall, go to Control Panel / Security Center / Manage security Settings for Windows Firewall / Advanced / ICMP Settings. Make sure that "Allow incoming echo request" is enabled (afaik you don't need more). thanks, I will try (when I'm allowed ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_r_a_n_k Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 We're working on removing the need of ICMP support. That's very good news, thanks guys ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pz3 Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 (edited) nope none of these worked for me. wanting to put a rush on killing that ruggbutt guy. Edited July 29, 2007 by pz3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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