Firewall problem

PashaDawg · #1 August 1st, 2007, 10:59 AM

I have a Mac, too. I wonder about the problem you're having.

Maybe you can turn off that firewall and either use the OSX firewall or buy a firewall program. I use Intego's NetBarrier.

Is it possible that the OS modified the network settings somehow when it was reconnected in your new location?

Lazy_Perfectionist · #2 August 1st, 2007, 04:43 PM

I'm not certain what you need to do... I'm just giving you somethings to try. If I was in your area, I'd be happy to tinker with it until it works, but all I can do is see if I can find a way to break my firewall, and see if I can extrapolater from that.

Quote:

Apple Macintosh Users

1. From the Apple menu, select the "Apple System Profiler"
2. Open the "Network overview"
3. Open "TCP/IP"

Within this window the user will be able to see the computer's network information including the IP address.

Saint_Dude · #3 August 1st, 2007, 07:19 PM

Wow, thanks for all the help, especially from the not-so Lazy_Perfectionist.

I also called tech support (several times) and got essentially the same advice as LP's. I have tried both port forwarding and port triggers to no avail. Although, when I try port forwarding I get a message that indicates that I also have to open said port in my firewall (but doesn't indicate how this would be done).

I think despite all the helpful advice I have received, and the many hours that I have put into the problem, I am going to have to punt. I think I will run both the mac firewall, and the modem firewall, and just toggle off the modem firewall when I am uploading/downloading turns. Not exactly convenient. But it is secure and I can stop pounding my head against the wall trying to come up with something more elegant.

Lazy_Perfectionist · #4 August 1st, 2007, 07:31 PM

Oh.. two firewalls? At one point in time, I was behind three or four firewalls, depending on whether you counted the one that was always off.

Saint_Dude · #5 August 1st, 2007, 07:39 PM

Sounds strange doesn't it? However, if does not seem to matter if my mac firewall is on or off, I still can't run the game with my modem firewall active (despite efforts to the contrary). I figure that I will have to turn off the modem firewall to connect to the game servers, and when I do, I would like to have at least the mac firewall working as a backup. I feel naked without any firewall protection, even if it is only for a minute or two at a time.

Lazy_Perfectionist · #6 August 1st, 2007, 08:01 PM

Two firewalls isn't such a bad idea, actually, if one's software and the other's hardware.

... Unfortunately, without buttocks-based access (being on site), I really can't do anything w/o error messages.

Though I can point you towards several play by email games.

Saint_Dude · #7 August 1st, 2007, 08:15 PM

Thanks for the help.

I have played a lot of PBEM before discovering this forum and TCP/IP play. Hard to go back. While inconvenient, my current difficulties are not any more cumbersome than PBEM.

All that is likely to happen is that I will scale back the number of games that I play (1 or 2 instead of 4,5, or 6).

My wife is pleased to no end.