Nascar 2003: Ports required?

Just installed a wireless router at a friends house, wondering if I will need to open up some ports to allow Nascar 2003 to connect online. A Google search got me to a dead end, anyone know a site that discusses this or is it unnecessary ? Thanks G Patricks

Try the readme.txt file that's in the N2k3 directory. Ports needed varies depending on whether you are planning on just playing or hosting. III. NETWORK CONFIGURATION INFORMATION ========================================= MULTIPLAYER BEHIND A FIREWALL OR ROUTER By default the following UDP ports will be used by NASCAR® Racing 2003 Season: 32766 for the net_server_port, 32767 for ping port, and then sequentially numbered ports for each allowed client connection (max of 42) starting at 32768. (I.E. 32766-32809 ) Wag "Icer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... Just installed a wireless router at a friends house, wondering if I will need to open up some ports to allow Nascar 2003 to connect online. A Google search got me to a dead end, anyone know a site that discusses this or is it unnecessary ? Thanks G Patricks

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> Just installed a wireless router at a friends house, wondering if I > will need to open up some ports to allow Nascar 2003 to connect > online. A Google search got me to a dead end, anyone know a site that > discusses this or is it unnecessary ? > > Thanks > G Patricks

The readme.txt file that came with N2003 has all that info....

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > Just installed a wireless router at a friends house, wondering if I > will need to open up some ports to allow Nascar 2003 to connect > online. A Google search got me to a dead end, anyone know a site that > discusses this or is it unnecessary ? > Best thing is to try NR2003 and see if it connects. My Netgear router's default settings don't actually block any ports, it just allows incoming traffic on ports where a request has been made, therefore the router will accept NR2003 traffic. Your router may be set differently, to only allow traffic on certain ports as default. -- Pete Ives Remove ALL_STRESS before sending me an email

DUH.... sometimes you overlook the simple things... Thanks! GP

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>On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 12:47:45 +0100, Peter <[email hidden]> wrote: >In article <[email hidden]>, >[email hidden] says... >> Just installed a wireless router at a friends house, wondering if I >> will need to open up some ports to allow Nascar 2003 to connect >> online. A Google search got me to a dead end, anyone know a site that >> discusses this or is it unnecessary ? >> > >Best thing is to try NR2003 and see if it connects. My Netgear router's >default settings don't actually block any ports, it just allows incoming >traffic on ports where a request has been made, therefore the router >will accept NR2003 traffic. Your router may be set differently, to only >allow traffic on certain ports as default.