Firewall/Router Issues (1 Viewer)

[IamBigDaddy]

Firewall/Router issues

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I just started my 9+ month project in Japan and the hotel I am staying at apparently is blocking the ports I need for EQ and Teamspeak. Below I have tried to give all the info I can think of that might help someone trying to help me. If you do not know how to fix firewall/router issues you can stop reading now as I do not want to waste anyones time. TIA to those who choose to help me...;-)

IE, Outlook Email, SlingPlayer (watch TV from home in USA) and even Limewire all work fine. Actually very fast connection.

With EQ I can get to the login screen but get this error after typing in login/passwoord-"Network Error. The server is not responding,please check your connections and try again."

With TS I get the error-"No reply from server Maybe the server is offline or maybe Teamspeak is not running on it."

I only play on the Bert server.

I have portable the uses Vista with me and both a portable and desktop that use XP pro.

I am using a Belkin wireless router (tried connecting directly with same results)

I have D-Link 10/100 Fast Ethernet Switch (DES-1005d) that I am not using but if it will help with this situation I can.

I found this iinfo on the SOE site-
"UDP datagrams are sent to/from the player's PC (using ports numbered >1023) from/to the EverQuest servers (using ports numbered >1023). Additionally, ICMP Unreachables (ICMP type 3) are sent to/from the player's PC from/to the EverQuest servers.

The EverQuest server IP addresses are on the subnets:
64.37.148.* , 64.37.149.* , 64.37.150.* , 64.37.151.* , 64.37.156.* , 64.37.157.* , 195.33.132.*, 195.33.108.*, 195.33.133.*, 199.108.1.*, 199.108.2*, 199.108.3.* ,199.108.15.*

Please note that EverQuest opens a random UDP data port from the player's PC every time EverQuest is run. Thus, the need to have all ports >1023 available. "

"Thus, the need to have all ports >1023 available." this is going to be very difficult to get them to do...All ports...

 

[Alatyami]

Welcome to Asia, I'm in Korea.

If the hotel is blocking your ports then you are S.O.L., unless you use a proxy. Thing is I don't know of a proxy that would be able to forward your EQ requests.

I had the same issue once in a hotel, and what I did was told the front desk that EQ wouldn't play, and I asked them if they were doing port blocking. They sent me to the business center, and the guy asked which room I was in and how long I would be staying. within an hour I was able to play EQ.