Hi Mavros,

No, too many open ports would not prevent your game from connecting.
Suggest to your ISP that they put you in DMZ (no firewall) to see if the
problem is being caused by NAT, in which case you can ask for a private IP.

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"mavros" <mavros@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1F304DAF-750A-4825-9E46-4D07BD564E00@microsoft.com...
| hello and tnx!
| unfortunely that didnt work. My ISP give a list with the ports that he
| opened(6667 was among them).
| It is possible if he opened to many ports to generate my
| problem?(ex.2300-2400 TCP and UDP, 6073 TCP and UDP,6667 TCP and UDP,47624,
| 9999..., and other few.)
| He also said that the ports 80, 443 and some other known ports are in a
| separate line(that he reserved for browsing) and he opened the ports for
| heroes3 in another line(80KB in share with other users)
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
| > Hi Mavros,
| >
| > 2300 - 2400 UDP should be opened instead of 2300-2400 TCP.
| > And he didn't open 6667 TCP.
| >
| > Anyways, refer him to these articles:
| > http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/PortRoute.html#ports
| > and
| > http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q240/4/29.asp
| > and
| > http://zone.msn.com/en/support/article/support3401.htm
| >
| > --
| > Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
| > Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >
| > Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
| > MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
| > My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
| > __________________________________________________ _______
| >
| > "mavros" <mavros@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:15229C30-B191-4D10-8074-1B7A9847841E@microsoft.com...
| > | hi,
| > | I have a very strange problem.
| > | Few days ago i contacted my isp(i use a cable connection) to resolve my
| > | latency problem on the zone.He opened some ports and the latency become
| > | normal(up to 300ms), but i lost the ability to join a game of heroes 3.The
| > | ports that he opened was:2300 to 2400 TCP and UDP 6073 and 47624 TCP and UDP,
| > | 6667.
| > | Before that i was able to join, not to host, even with a latency of 9000ms.
| > | tnx for any kind of help
| >
| >
| >