I have recently uprooted and moved across country, switching Internet providers in the process. Unfortunately, this has seriously impinged upon my gaming "responsibilities" (as my wife calls them).
For whatever reason, I am currently unable to access any of the TCP/IP games that I was playing (even the ones that have not kicked me out for staling).
I have tracked the problem down to my firewall. If it is on, even at a minimal setting, I am unable to connect to any of the gaming servers. If it is off, I can. The thing is, I don't want to run my computer all the time without a firewall, and I don't want to go through the hassle of turning the firewall off/on every time I submit a turn (or tweak an already submitted turn).
Anyone know how to customize a firewall so that it can be on, but still allow TCP/IP game play?