while creating the firewall port it asks the application type, could this be a variable to it working.
my options are.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Microsoft Game (I don't think it this one :smile.gif:
H.323 Internet based Telephony
IRC (internet relay chat) server
PPTP virtual privacy network server
If you think this might be an issue, I would use some advice. I don't know enough about this, thanks for your time.
Really its none of those... It doesn't let you choose the port number you wish to allow?
A lot of people do pay people haha, to host VPS that is. But other than port forwarding the other option is usually your firewall. Especially if other laptops etc. cannot connect to the local IP then it looks like a firewall problem.
If both the router and modem are acting as routers then connect directly to the modem bypassing the router and try. However I thought you had already attempted this.
You can think of it that way. On LAN people could access the server, but it is blocked by some network element that is not your PC. This was really all just a complicated way of proving that your PC's firewall is not the problem.
Ahh, now that makes more sense. I bet his Xfire is still up and sending you those UDP packets, and since you closed Xfire that port is unreachable (just like the ICMP packets state). So I wouldn't worry about those.
The TCP connection between you and your router (I assume its your router, 192.168.2.1) appears to be started by you and I assume is not port 25565. I see nothing there that looks like someone trying to access a minecraft server so it doesn't look like it's making it past your modem/router.
Not really, I took a quick look at newegg processors and all the low wattage processors are all low speed. Pretty much the more power you use... the more powerful your processor is :tongue.gif: How low of wattage are you looking for, some of the ~45W-65W processors might be good.
Well without getting into too much detail (too late?) Xfire uses TCP to a central server for chat. So you wouldn't see those coming from his gobal IP anyways. I guess it's just the notifications for when people begin to type something are sent UDP. Chat uses TCP since its a guaranteed connection since losing a packet is a big deal and small stuff like the "so-and-so is typing..." is sent UDP since its not guaranteed to arrive at its destination. But if you miss one of those packets that say "oh btw this guy is typing" no big deal.
I was surprised to learn that minecraft used TCP for networking connections, I was under the impression that most games used UDP.
Actually a quick google search shows this for Xfire:
"Typing notification - This is a randomly negotiated port above 1024 using the UDP protocol between you and the user you are typing an IM to. This can be disabled in your Tools|Options|Chat tab."
So that is probably what you saw. I also didn't realize other traffic would be coming directly from his IP, that is fairly uncommon for applications like you said.
Not really, I took a quick look at newegg processors and all the low wattage processors are all low speed. Pretty much the more power you use... the more powerful your processor is :tongue.gif: How low of wattage are you looking for, some of the ~45W-65W processors might be good.
Okay, after officially resetting my entire modem and by some miracle restoring it, I have concluded that there is a firewall on my modem, but it is turned OFF.
Soo....now what?
Call your ISP, see if they block any ports themselves.
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Really its none of those... It doesn't let you choose the port number you wish to allow?
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The TCP connection between you and your router (I assume its your router, 192.168.2.1) appears to be started by you and I assume is not port 25565. I see nothing there that looks like someone trying to access a minecraft server so it doesn't look like it's making it past your modem/router.
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Is anything being sent to or from the 25565 port?
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Then I'm going to say no, not going to happen with anything cheap or consumer grade.
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I was surprised to learn that minecraft used TCP for networking connections, I was under the impression that most games used UDP.
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"Typing notification - This is a randomly negotiated port above 1024 using the UDP protocol between you and the user you are typing an IM to. This can be disabled in your Tools|Options|Chat tab."
So that is probably what you saw. I also didn't realize other traffic would be coming directly from his IP, that is fairly uncommon for applications like you said.
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Here is one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103698
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Call your ISP, see if they block any ports themselves.
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