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Is it true that you cannot have a firewall to play eq and eq2? I dont have a fire wall, but my router kinda does the same thing. Would that stop me from playing eq2? thanks
No idea about EQ2 yet. But my firewall has no problems with EQ. Hopefully the designers did not make any changes in that are, or if they have, provided the info for port forwarding.
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I have a router, no problems at all with any game i've played including EQLive.
I once had a system with a firewall. Again i had no problems with playing EQLive on it, as the firewall was software only =) just told it to let EQ through.
I once had a system with a firewall. Again i had no problems with playing EQLive on it, as the firewall was software only =) just told it to let EQ through.
I ran multiple copies of EQ2 in beta (my girlfriend and I both played) behind a commercial grade firewall and a typical broadband router firewall with no issues or port forwarding required.
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EQ1 has issues with my belkin adsl router, always locks up private channels, sadly there is no workaround.
Seems fine for eq2 though ...)
Seems fine for eq2 though ...)
My Windows XP Firewall detected the EQ2 Patcher program but gave the the choice for it to let the patcher program to use the port. After which there were no problems.
Edited, Mon Nov 8 10:00:54 2004 by FlamebladeOne
Edited, Mon Nov 8 10:00:54 2004 by FlamebladeOne
SOE wrote:
EQ II Firewall Information
Sony Online Entertainment does not support the use of firewalls and proxies, including cable/DSL NAT routers, campus and office networks, or any type of Internet connection sharing services. However, in an effort to assist you in configuring your systems on your own, we would like to provide the following information which may help you in setting up your firewall to work with EverQuest II.
EverQuest II LaunchPad and Patch Servers
A TCP connection is initiated from the LaunchPad client port > 1023 to patch.station.sony.com at port 7000.
A UDP connection is initiated from the LaunchPad client port > 1023 to sdlaunchpad1.station.sony.com and sdlaunchpad2.station.sony.com port range 3016-3021 and 9700-9703.
EverQuest II Patch:
A TCP connection is initiated from the EverQuest II client port > 1023 to patch.everquest2.com, ablpatch.everquest2.com, abepatch.everquest2.com, or rrpatch.everquest2.com at port 7010
Everquest II Game Client
UDP connections are initiated from the EverQuest II client port >1023 to servers on UDP ports 9100, and UDP ports in the range 32800-33000
Additionally, ICMP messages type 0 (echo reply), 3 (unreachable), 8 (echo request) and 11 (expired) should be permitted bi-directionally between the client PC and the EverQuest II servers.
EverQuest II Servers Subnets
There are multiple IP addresses for the Patch and LaunchPad clusters, and they may change as the network demands, so check often using a DNS lookup tool if you provide a specific firewall rule for these services. The EverQuest II server IP addresses are currently in these subnets: 64.37.158.*, 199.108.13.*, 199.108.12.*, 199.108.202.*, 199.108.203.*, 195.33.135.*
Sony Online Entertainment does not support the use of firewalls and proxies, including cable/DSL NAT routers, campus and office networks, or any type of Internet connection sharing services. However, in an effort to assist you in configuring your systems on your own, we would like to provide the following information which may help you in setting up your firewall to work with EverQuest II.
EverQuest II LaunchPad and Patch Servers
A TCP connection is initiated from the LaunchPad client port > 1023 to patch.station.sony.com at port 7000.
A UDP connection is initiated from the LaunchPad client port > 1023 to sdlaunchpad1.station.sony.com and sdlaunchpad2.station.sony.com port range 3016-3021 and 9700-9703.
EverQuest II Patch:
A TCP connection is initiated from the EverQuest II client port > 1023 to patch.everquest2.com, ablpatch.everquest2.com, abepatch.everquest2.com, or rrpatch.everquest2.com at port 7010
Everquest II Game Client
UDP connections are initiated from the EverQuest II client port >1023 to servers on UDP ports 9100, and UDP ports in the range 32800-33000
Additionally, ICMP messages type 0 (echo reply), 3 (unreachable), 8 (echo request) and 11 (expired) should be permitted bi-directionally between the client PC and the EverQuest II servers.
EverQuest II Servers Subnets
There are multiple IP addresses for the Patch and LaunchPad clusters, and they may change as the network demands, so check often using a DNS lookup tool if you provide a specific firewall rule for these services. The EverQuest II server IP addresses are currently in these subnets: 64.37.158.*, 199.108.13.*, 199.108.12.*, 199.108.202.*, 199.108.203.*, 195.33.135.*
Here's all the info you'll need to configure your firewall for EQ2.
Good luck!
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Ok, I have been trying to follow this closely because my router has a built in Firewall. I read the post that SoE made stating it would not be supported. Then they give you all this mumbo jumbo that I dont understand to help configure my system to work w/eq2. Would someone be willing to help me make sense of all that stuff? Thanks for whoevers time! ;)
Firewalls won't be a problem if you have them configured correctly, hardware or software
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Well, thats my problem. It is an internal firewall provided by my router. I do not know if i have the ability to change settings on something that i have no software for. I dont know much on this topic so if you can assist me its a Dlink router that is just plug and play..
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