Guest SubSonic Posted May 2, 2007 Report Posted May 2, 2007 Hi, guys, PogoWave, my new radio-based broadband ISP, is willing to open ports for me but I need more info. They ask me: "Do you know what port requirements are being used for the subspace program? I'll need to know TCP and UDP, as well as directions such as receive, send, send then receive, receive then send." Does anyone here know the answers? Thanks, in advance!
»doc flabby Posted May 2, 2007 Report Posted May 2, 2007 All subspace servers communicate bi-directionally using UDP. However many different ports are used. In my opinion (i may be incorrect) They would need to completly unblock all the udp ports ( with numbers greater than 1024) in order for you to play every zone with out difficulty.
Guest SubSonic Posted May 2, 2007 Report Posted May 2, 2007 Thanks, Doc! I'll run this by them and let y'all know the outcome...
Confess Posted May 2, 2007 Report Posted May 2, 2007 The question is, why is your ISP blocking any ports for you, unless you signed up for 'high security' or some crap?
Shock Posted May 3, 2007 Report Posted May 3, 2007 ^No !@#$%^&*. Tell them to !@#$%^&* off and buy yourself a router.
Samapico Posted May 3, 2007 Report Posted May 3, 2007 yeah... what kind of dumb ISP would block ports?
Guest SubSonic Posted May 3, 2007 Report Posted May 3, 2007 OK, Doc, my ISP says that they use an ISA server rather than NAT and cannot unblock all the UDP ports as you suggest. They suggest that I rent a static IP address from them for $7.95 a month. I guess that would allow me to control my own port access via my router. Does anyone know how to configure an ISA server for SubSpace? Thanks, again!
»doc flabby Posted May 3, 2007 Report Posted May 3, 2007 You shouldnt even need to open any ports just to play subspace if ISA is configured correctly Are all the zones appearing red?Or are they green and you can't connect? If they are green:It may not be the ISPs fault. If they are red the following below is my opionion:OK, Doc, my ISP says that they use an ISA server rather than NAT and cannot unblock all the UDP ports as you suggest. They suggest that I rent a static IP address from them for $7.95 a month. I guess that would allow me to control my own port access via my router. Does anyone know how to configure an ISA server for SubSpace? Thanks, again!Thats a bs excuse. Either they have it configured incorrectly, or do not wish to allow udp traffic for some reason they not telling you. ISA can be configured to allows udp traffic with no issues. Its not very difficult in ISA to allow udp traffic.Its possible if they are using ISA2004 this might be a problem but it seems unlikly. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/915461 At work (which is very locked down) we use an ISA server and i can connect to subspace without issue. You will have trouble playing most other online games as well if they block udp ports in this way. I think the only alternative will be to find a new ISP
Samapico Posted May 3, 2007 Report Posted May 3, 2007 Tell them to leave your ports alone or you're changing ISP and telling everyone you know they suck
candygirl Posted May 3, 2007 Report Posted May 3, 2007 Wireless is so ez to hack this is why some ISP block some ports. But they need to let the customer control there own ports "some do some dont.
»doc flabby Posted May 3, 2007 Report Posted May 3, 2007 The thing is to PLAY subspace you shouldn't need any ports open anyway! You only need to open ports to host a server.
candygirl Posted May 3, 2007 Report Posted May 3, 2007 Looking back I remember when colleges used to block the port that the game used.
PoLiX Posted May 3, 2007 Report Posted May 3, 2007 it isn't really blocking the ports, it is just not allowing any udp traffic. And on the colleges, they just only allow traffic through ports (HTTP), 21(FTP), and the default smtp port, I forget what it is, 54? That or some block all udp traffic, and tcp ports over 1000, allowing stuff like messengers (which use tcp typically) to work.
»doc flabby Posted May 3, 2007 Report Posted May 3, 2007 port 54 is DNS (udp and tcp)port 25 is SMTP (tcp only) Most messengers get thought firewalls by using port You can setup continuum to work though a proxy i think to get around port restrictions.
Guest SubSonic Posted May 4, 2007 Report Posted May 4, 2007 Thanks, Doc and everone else, for your collective thoughts and wisdom. I've passed it on to Adam at PogoWave who promised to hobnob with fellow wizards and get back to me. Out here in the boonies of Occidental I'm afraid it's their way or the high way (satellite) when it comes to broadband. I'm sick and tired of dail-up and there's no way I could play any online shooter with satellite lag! Hopefully, I'll report back shortly with the stunning conclusion to this saga...
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