Netgear router setup for fifa09 ??

[Scots7777]

I have fifa09 (pc digital download version), ive recently got a new router and since using the router i cant play fifa online (cant join or host a game), its defo the router thats causing the problem.

Can someone please tell me how to setup the router to allow inbound and outbound traffic to the fifa online games ?

Iam in the uk, The router was supplied by my cable company "virgin", and the router is a netgear WGR614 v9, and i have windows vista.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

[RamondoHernandez]

PortForward.com - Free Help Setting up Your Router or Firewall

[Scots7777]

Originally Posted by RamondoHernandez

PortForward.com - Free Help Setting up Your Router or Firewall

whats this part mean "Please enter the static ip you want to forward to" ??

is that my ip or the ip of the game server iam connecting to ?

[Scots7777]

ive tried putting in the ip address of the router which is 192.168.1.1 but it dont work, the configuration page keeps saying "Server IP address cannot be router's LAN IP address", so now iam stuck, can someone pleaseeeeeeeeeee help as iam desperate to get online and play some games.

[SmartCanuck1988]

It's the IP of your own computer under your network.

To find it, you can take a look at this: PortForward.com - Free Help Setting up Your Router or Firewall

Pick your OS.

[Scots7777]

Ok, with you guy'z help ive managed to configure the router to allow the internet traffic so that the online games work on fifa09, yipeeee, lol

EA support gave me the details of what ports exactly need to be open etc, this is what EA says >>>

QUESTION
What ports need to be open to play FIFA 09 online?

Answer

The online requirements for FIFA 09 are as follows:

Firewalls
Note: If you have a firewall and want to play online, the following TCP/IP ports must be open in the outbound direction:
HTTP 80 TCP/IP
HTTPS 443 TCP/IP
Peer Game Connection 3659 TCP/IP
Roomsvr 30440-30449 TCP/IP

The following UDP ports must be opened for game packets, for the outbound and inbound connections
Game Packets 3658 UDP
News Ticker 9570 UDP


So, I thought that was that, but now iam testing my computers internet security and its failing the test, so its not exactly 100% yipeee yet actually, lol, now i have enabled the ports etc in the router there seems to be a comprimise in my security, i use this website to test security >> https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 << , its a very good, accurate and popular site for testing security, anyway, they are able to send a "ping" to my computer and they say that is not good, this is what they say

""Ping Reply: RECEIVED (FAILED) — Your system REPLIED to our Ping (ICMP Echo) requests, making it visible on the Internet. Most personal firewalls can be configured to block, drop, and ignore such ping requests in order to better hide systems from hackers. This is highly recommended since "Ping" is among the oldest and most common methods used to locate systems prior to further exploitation.""

So now i am stuck it seems, how do i stop my computers internet security being comprimised like that and at the same time also be able to play fifa09 online ??

any advice much appreciated.

(i have zonealarms internet security suite installed)

[RamondoHernandez]

I use the free edition of zone alarm and also test my security with grc and i always pass the true stealth test. I have just entered the following ports for fifa -3659 TCP, 30440-30449 TCP and 3658 UDP and i can play online fine. Try first of all removing the other ports that you entered then try to play online then test your security again to see if this solves it. If not then it could then be down to either how you have your zone alarm or router configured or something in vista, cause i am using a different router and xp.

[Scots7777]

ok mate, tried what you says and grc security can still ping my computer, so now iam lost, can anyone help please ???

Ive even tried enabling windows firewall too so that i have two firewalls switched on, but still grc can ping my computer

for anyone wanting to try grc security checker website its here >>>

https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

[Scots7777]

Originally Posted by Scots7777

ok mate, tried what you says and grc security can still ping my computer, so now iam lost, can anyone help please ???

Ive even tried enabling windows firewall too so that i have two firewalls switched on, but still grc can ping my computer

for anyone wanting to try grc security checker website its here >>>

https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

anyone help ????

[Scots7777]

is it just port forwarding i need to do or port triggering too ??? i see on my router configuration page there is both options.

please advise.

[RamondoHernandez]

Originally Posted by Scots7777

is it just port forwarding i need to do or port triggering too ??? i see on my router configuration page there is both options.

please advise.

Port forwarding is what you need to use. And regarding what you said in a previous post about turning on the windows firewall i have that turned off and still achieve the grc true stealth.


Did you enter everything correctly into your ipv4 properties box aswell? And how is your zone alarm configured?

[Scots7777]

Originally Posted by RamondoHernandez

Port forwarding is what you need to use. And regarding what you said in a previous post about turning on the windows firewall i have that turned off and still achieve the grc true stealth.


Did you enter everything correctly into your ipv4 properties box aswell? And how is your zone alarm configured?

ipv4 ??? howd you mean, please give me directions.

i am now using norton intrnet security 2009 and i still have the same problem, shields up can still ping me.

[SmartCanuck1988]

I did the test on my home computer and at 2-3 libraries at uni, and all failed. It could be false-positives.

[Scots7777]

Originally Posted by SmartCanuck1988

I did the test on my home computer and at 2-3 libraries at uni, and all failed. It could be false-positives.

what ya mean mate ? you saying you tried shields up security check on other computers and they all failed ? that what ya mean ??

I had a mate also check, he has exactly the same router as me and he too gets a ping back/fail from the shields up test, could it be they are pinging the router and not the actual system its self ?? thats all i can think of as apart from the ping test fail everything else is stealthed.

[SmartCanuck1988]

Originally Posted by Scots7777

what ya mean mate ? you saying you tried shields up security check on other computers and they all failed ? that what ya mean ??

I had a mate also check, he has exactly the same router as me and he too gets a ping back/fail from the shields up test, could it be they are pinging the router and not the actual system its self ?? thats all i can think of as apart from the ping test fail everything else is stealthed.

Probably, although I'm not an expert in networking so I'm not really sure.

But yes, I tried that security test from the link you posted on my home computer (I have a linksys router), and at my university we have separate networks for each library/place, so I tried it at 2-3 places (can't remember) whenever I check the forums using school computers, and they fail too; I get the same "Ping Reply: RECEIVED (FAILED) — Your system REPLIED to our Ping (ICMP Echo)..etc etc" message.

[RamondoHernandez]

Originally Posted by Scots7777

ipv4 ??? howd you mean, please give me directions.

I'm just talking about checking to make sure your tcp/ip settings are all correct because Vista has support for both ipv6 and ipv4, so just make sure that you entered the settings using ipv4 and that you entered a private network ip and not your public ip address.

It should look something like the below picture. 192.168.1.1 is the address of my router and it lets me assign myself a private network ip address between 192.168.1.101 and 192.168.1.254. On vista you do this by right clicking the network icon in your task bar, hitting 'network and sharing centre', then hitting 'manage network connections', and right clicking the local area connection you are using and hitting properties.

I'm not familiar with your router so you'll need to find out what the numbers for you are by looking at the router manual.

And this is how i have set up my ports for the game. Use the port forwarding and remember to type in the network ip address you assigned yourself like on the right column of the pic so that the router knows which computer on the network it is opening these ports for.

And also go into your routers security settings and make sure the routers internal firewall is turned on.

Sorry for probably not being too much help bro as i am sure you have tried these things already but my knowledge of networking is just the basics just like SmartCanuck so this is all the advice i can offer you, but it seems to work for me. Good luck.

[Scots7777]

ramondo, what type of connection you got though ?? i suspect its adsl through a phone line, is it ??

If so, iam on cable, and when on cable you dont use the tcp/ip thing, its all set to "auto".

let me know,

[RamondoHernandez]

Yes, i have a virgin media 8mb adsl connection.

Like i said above my knowledge of networking is just the basics, but i don't think it matters what kind of connection you have, the purpose of ip addressing is so that routers and other pcs on the network know where to send their packets, so i would assume that that is no different on a cable connection and that you will need some sort of network ip address. If you try it and it does'nt work then you can just revert back to "auto".

[Scots7777]

In the router settings, should the wireless connection option be turned off if not using wireless, you know what i mean ?? my main computer connects to the router with an ethernet cable, and its only now and again i use the wireless connection for my laptop computer, so is it advisable to switch wireless radio signal off when not in use ???
Does it have any impact on my hardwired connection to my main pc if i dont turn it off ?? its just that i have been playing lots of games on fifa the past night or two and the connection speed when playing people is like rubbish, jerky picture etc, even though i have virgin cable 20mb broadband.
Maybe its my oppenents connections that suk, its hard to say.

[RamondoHernandez]

Originally Posted by Scots7777

In the router settings, should the wireless connection option be turned off if not using wireless, you know what i mean ?? my main computer connects to the router with an ethernet cable, and its only now and again i use the wireless connection for my laptop computer, so is it advisable to switch wireless radio signal off when not in use ???
Does it have any impact on my hardwired connection to my main pc if i dont turn it off ?? its just that i have been playing lots of games on fifa the past night or two and the connection speed when playing people is like rubbish, jerky picture etc, even though i have virgin cable 20mb broadband.
Maybe its my oppenents connections that suk, its hard to say.

If you never used the wireless then you'd be just as well turning the signal off as it would make no difference, but seeing as you sometimes use a laptop for the wireless you should keep it on, or else every time you want to go online with your laptop you will have to turn on your PC to access the routers console to turn the wireless on again, which would kind of defeat the purpose of having a laptop.

Just make sure that if you keep the wireless signal on that it is encrypted or else anybody can pick it up and use it. There should be some sort of security option in your routers wireless settings for this.

Either way it does'nt have any impact on your hardwired connection so there's no point in going on your PC and turning the wireless off while you play, then once you've finished playing turning it back on again. There are other reasons why the picture may be jerky.

[Scots7777]

Originally Posted by RamondoHernandez

Just make sure that if you keep the wireless signal on that it is encrypted or else anybody can pick it up and use it. There should be some sort of security option in your routers wireless settings for this.

yes mate, i have wpa encyption on and a passphrase set in my router configuration if thats what you mean.

Originally Posted by RamondoHernandez

Either way it does'nt have any impact on your hardwired connection so there's no point in going on your PC and turning the wireless off while you play, then once you've finished playing turning it back on again. There are other reasons why the picture may be jerky.

like what mate ??? you mean it could be the other persons connection that suks ??
Just seemed too much last night, played about 6 to 10 games and all were slow jerky connection/picture, some worse than others.