NEEEEEEED HELP

[c0lonic]

<p>i im so frustrated with this now, every time i try to zone somewhere i get sent back to login screen, i have been told that i need to open ports but not sure which ones i need to open, and i have never opened ports before so do don't no where to start my router is a netgear dgn 1000, i have tried using <a href="http://192.168.0.1/">192.168.0.1</a> to take you in to the settings, i can get to the settings but i can't find how to forward ports as there is no opening ports of forwarding port buttons, i have phoned net gear and no help there and i have tried phoning my provider and again nothing, so if some one has any other ideas please help as i really enjoy this game and i don't ever get to play it properly, could some one leave a step by step guide to opening ports using a netgear dgn 1000. many thank. </p>

[Wingrider01]

<p>you can try a couple of things -</p><p>First I would make sure that the windows firewall or your Anti-visurs firewall is configured to allow the executables through to the internet</p><p>for the ports look at page 3-10 to 3-12 in the manual, it shows how to setup services whcih is akin to port triggering</p><p>as far as the ports required -</p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">EQ II Firewall Information</span>: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.</p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">EverQuest II LaunchPad and Patch Servers</span>:A TCP connection is initiated to patch.station.sony.com at port <code>7000</code>.A UDP connection is initiated to port range <code>3016-3021</code> and <code>9700-9703</code>.</p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">EverQuest II Patch</span>:A TCP connection is initiated at port <code>7010</code>.</p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">EverQuest II Game Client</span>:UDP connections are initiated from the EverQuest II client on UDP ports <code>9100</code>, and UDP ports in the range <code>32800-33000</code>.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.</p><p>Or you can try enabling UPnP on the device - page 5-15 in the manual.</p>

[c0lonic]

<p><span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">enabling UPnP on the device???? so does that mean enabling it on my router? and i have tried opening all the oprts stated in you post  but still nothing <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> why is this so hard <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></span></p>

[TSR-DennisG]

<p>Please run the following network tests located in the knowledge base article below and post your results.</p><p><a href="https://help.station.sony.com/cgi-bin/soe.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=14357" target="_blank">[EQII] EverQuest II Connectivity Troubleshooting Guide</a></p>

[Wingrider01]

<p><cite>c0lonic wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">enabling UPnP on the device???? so does that mean enabling it on my router? and i have tried opening all the oprts stated in you post  but still nothing <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" /> why is this so hard <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" /></span></p></blockquote><p>yes on the router - look at my first post it shows what page in the manual the instructions are</p>