(Setting Up a Virtual Server)

Important! If your computer already has firewall software installed: If you have third-party firewall software installed on your computer, such as the Windows XP firewall, you may need to deactivate it before opening ports by setting up a virtual server or a DMZ. If you don’t, your computer may block the ports you are trying to open.

Setting Up the X5v for Peer-to-Peer Gaming and Multiplayer Game Hosting

1Find out which ports need to be opened for gaming.

Most peer-to-peer and multiplayer game manuals will tell you exactly which port or ports need to be opened. If yours didn’t, you may be able to look up the information at:

www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/app_port_list.htm

If you have found your games port settings, we recommend that you print them out, write them down now, or keep the game manual handy.

Different games require different numbers of ports to be open. This can be a single port, or it can be a hundred ports or more.

Each required port needs to be set individually, so the more ports that your game requires, the more time it will take to do the configuration. Some games even use “dynamic” ports, meaning that the ports used by the game are constantly changing, so you can’t set the ports.

There is a setting that opens all your ports for gaming, called a DMZ. If you can’t find the port settings in your game manual or on the web site shown above, or if you have to open more than 20 ports (which is the maximum allowable), or if your game documentation says that the game uses dynamic ports, or if you don’t want to spend the time to open multiple ports, refer to the DMZ instructions on page 47.

WARNING:

Every time you open an additional port, it decreases the effectiveness of your firewall, so the less ports you open the better.

Chapter 1: Installation Instructions

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