Linksys router how-to
NOTE: This configuration
is only for those experiencing connection problems setting up a game Online in
C&C Generals behind a Linksys Router/Firewall.
These instructions show how to setup your Linksys Router to open certain ports
in the firewall when C&C Generals tries to create or connect to an Online game.
1. Goto the configuration program for your router. To do that open MS Internet
Explorer and in the address box type
http://192.168.1.1 (This is the
default IP address for Linksys router. If you did change this address at any
time you should type in the address that you entered the first time that you
configured your router). You’ll be prompted for your login and password. If you
have never changed your password use the default one. This can be found it in
your Linksys instruction manual.
2. Now you should be at the Main Menu of the Linksys setup program. Click in the
tab named Advanced settings. Then click in the tab named Forwarding. At the
bottom of that screen will be a button named Port Triggering. Click in this
button.
3. Here you have to setup one rule per computer connected to the router that
will be used to play C&C Generals.
a) In Application Name enter the name of the first connection. It can be
anything; this is just so you can differentiate them. We suggest you to use
Generals1, Generals2, etc, or the Computer name for that connection.
b) Trigger Port Range specifies which ports are used to initiate the connection.
In our case we only need one per computer; therefore we will enter the same port
number in both boxes. It is important not to use a standard port. In the picture
below you can see we used ports 27901 to 27904.
c) In Incoming Port Range you have to specify the ports that the router will
enable whenever the computer establishes a connection through the Trigger Port.
Here you will setup a range of ports. Linksys routers seem to work correctly if
you provide a range with 10 ports, however other firewalls might need wider
ranges.
Once again, do not use any standard ports or a range that might include a
standard port. In our case we defined a range of 10 ports per connection between
29901 and 29940.
d) Repeat this process for each computer connected to your router that will be
used to play C&C Generals online. We had a setup forwarding rules for 4
computers.
e) Once you are done click in the Apply button.
4. Now you have setup each of the computers so each one uses a specific port in
your firewall to initiate the connections.
a) Go to the first computer that you are going to use to play C&C Generals and
open the My Do***ents folder. Then go to the folder named Command and Conquer
Generals Data and double click in the file named Options.ini
b) Look in the file for the lines:
FirewallBehavior = XX
FirewallPortAllocationDelta = X
c) You have to add a new line FirewallPortOverride that specifies the first of
the trigger ports that you already defined when setting up your firewall. In our
example the first Trigger port was 27901 so the line will be:
FirewallPortOverride = 27901
d) The file should look now something similar to this:
FirewallBehavior = 1
FirewallPortAllocationDelta = 0
FirewallPortOverride = 27901
GameSpyIPAddress = XXX.XXX.XX.XX
Gamma = 48
IPAddress = XXX.XXX.XX.XX
IdealStaticGameLOD = High
LanguageFilter = false
MaxParticleCount = 3000
MoveScrollAnchor =
…
e) Save the file and repeat this process in the other computers, changing the
FirewallPortOverride value to the correspondent Triggering Port that you defined
while setting up the router (Point 3 of this do***ent).
5. Now start the game in each computer and go to the Options menu, then click in
the Refresh NAT option.
6. You are ready to play C&C Generals Online.
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Harvard Bonin
Producer
Command & Conquer Generals
Electronic Arts
NOTE: This configuration
is only for those experiencing connection problems setting up a game Online in
C&C Generals behind a SMC Wireless Router/Firewall, although other SMC firewalls
might work with similar setups.
These instructions show how to setup your SMC Wireless Router to open certain
ports in the firewall when C&C Generals tries to create or connect to a Online
game.
1. Goto the configuration program for your router. To do that open MS Internet
Explorer and in the address box type
http://192.168.2.1 (this is the
default IP address for the SMC Wireless router; if you did change this address
then you should type the address that you entered the first time that you
configured your router). You’ll be prompted for your login and password. If you
have never changed your password use the default one. Look for it in the SMC
instruction manual.
2. Now you should be at the Main Menu of the SMC setup program. Click in the
menu named NAT, then click in the submenu named Special Applications.
3. Here we have to setup one rule per computer connected to the Router that will
be used to play C&C Generals.
a) Add a triggering port per computer. The Trigger Port specifies which port is
used to initiate the connection. It is important not to use a standard port. We
used setup rules for 2 computers and we used port 29900 for the first computer
and 29910 for the second computer. In the Trigger Type option select UDP as this
is the protocol used by C&C Generals
b) In Incoming Port Range we have to specify the ports that the router will
enable whenever the computer establishes a connection through the Trigger Port.
Here we will setup a range of ports. SMC routers seem to work correctly if we
provide a range with 10 ports, however other firewalls might need wider ranges.
Once again, do not use any standard ports or a range that might include a
standard port. We defined a range of 10 ports per connection between 27900 and
27921. In the Public Type option select UDP as this is the protocol used by C&C
Generals
c) Repeat this process adding a new rule per computer that will be used to play
C&C Generals online. We setup forwarding rules for just 2 computers.
d) Once you are done click in the Apply button.
4. Now you have setup each of the computers so each one uses a specific port in
your firewall to initiate the connections.
a) Go to the first computer that you are going to use to play C&C Generals and
open the My Do***ents folder. Then go to the folder named Command and Conquer
Generals Data and double click in the file named Options.ini
b) Look in the file for the lines:
FirewallBehavior = XX
FirewallPortAllocationDelta = X
c) You have to add the line, FirewallPortOverride that specifies the first of
the trigger ports that you already defined when setting up your firewall. In our
example the first Trigger port was 29900 so the line will be:
FirewallPortOverride = 29900
d) The file should look now something similar to this:
FirewallBehavior = 1
FirewallPortAllocationDelta = 0
FirewallPortOverride = 29900
GameSpyIPAddress = XXX.XXX.XX.XX
Gamma = 48
IPAddress = XXX.XXX.XX.XX
IdealStaticGameLOD = High
LanguageFilter = false
MaxParticleCount = 3000
MoveScrollAnchor =
…
e) Save the file and repeat this process in the other computers, changing the
FirewallPortOverride value to the corresponding Triggering Port that you defined
while setting up the router (Point 3 of this do***ent).
5. Now start the game in each computer and go to the Options menu, then click in
the Refresh NAT option.
6. You are ready to play C&C Generals Online.
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Harvard Bonin
Producer
Command & Conquer Generals
Electronic Arts