Re: Zonealarm.

From: David (davidwnh@adelphia.net)
Date: 11/30/02

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    From: "David" <davidwnh@adelphia.net>
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 04:35:29 GMT

    Visit the XBox Live site and also the specific game developer's site and see
    if you can find information about which ports you need to have open.

    "DanGunn" <dan__gunn@hotmail.com> wrote in message
    news:d083bb36.0211291250.13a246ff@posting.google.com...
    > I have Zone Alarm Pro 3.0 and Xbox Live. I have dual NIC setup on my
    > computer and connect the Xbox to the second NIC with a crossover
    > cable. Win2k Internet Sharing is enabled for my 1st NIC. Zonealarm
    > has detected the xbox as a new connection and I set it as a "trusted"
    > connection. I have set the security level for trusted connections to
    > the lowest level. I have opened UDP 88, UDP 3074, and TCP 3074 for my
    > connection to the internet, so Live can get through. The only problem
    > is when I play with ZoneAlarm on, Mechassult (only live game) has a
    > hard time finding games. If I manage to find a game there is no lag
    > and its not a problem. When I tested my speed in the set up screen, I
    > have a ping of like 16ms, regardless if ZA is up or not... Any ideas
    > why Zonealarm seems to be hurting my perforance in finding games? When
    > I don't have ZA running everything is fine, and I can find all the
    > games I want. Please don't tell me to buy a router I am aware of that
    > option, and think I might as well solve this problem instead.
    >
    > TIA.

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