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| chilt | posted on 01-22-2002 @ 7:22 PM |    | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 01  | I'm looking to get firewall software and possibly a router but I dont want to screw up any on-line gaming. Does anyone have any suggestions or will I not have any problems with any new software/hardware. | ||||
| hornygoatweed I've Got A Vagina With Teeth. G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Dragoon Battalion My friends call me Weed | posted on 01-22-2002 @ 8:17 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | I currently use ZoneAlarm and there are no problems with gaming. The only thing you might get annoyed with is you cant pre-set ZoneAlarm and tell it what game to allow access - for example, I had to load up Wolfenstein multiplayer for ZoneAlarm to ask me if I want to allow it net access (to which I said yes and clicked the "remember this answer all the time" option). Sometimes this can lock up a game, but its only the first time you run it - once ZoneAlarm detects it, you can go into the settings and allow it and any other games you want to have net access, and it won't lock up ever again. I also tried a hardware router/firewall combo a year ago, but I had a hard time setting up the settings, so that didn't work out. I've been very happy with ZA so far, and it gets raves everywhere I see it reviewed.  You can reach me through AIM or email. Don't be shy, drop a line and say Hi!
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| kindredbabe | posted on 01-22-2002 @ 9:41 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Aug. 01 | OK...let me preface this with "I have no computer knowledge".... When I try to play a multiplayer game online, my firewall (I think) doesn't allow me. I believe the firewall is in my dsl thingy (does Linksys help here?). Will Zone Alarm get me around that firewall so I can play online????  Thank You, Austin | ||||
| hornygoatweed I've Got A Vagina With Teeth. G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Dragoon Battalion My friends call me Weed | posted on 01-22-2002 @ 9:43 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | It sounds like you have a router or gateway hub (if thats what you meant by Linksys). In which case you have a firewall, but you have to configure it to let you play your games online. If I had any knowledge as to how to do this I would, but I really have no clue - I couldn't even get my NetGear router to work right, let alone let me play my games. You could remove the router totally and download/install ZoneAlarm, but some people might say the hardware route is better than software. Like I said, I've never had a problem with ZA, nor have I gotten hacked or received any viruses (other than one or two I might have executed unknowingly). Maybe others here who are more familiar with hardware firewalls could shed some more light on this for you. You can reach me through AIM or email. Don't be shy, drop a line and say Hi!
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| kindredbabe | posted on 01-22-2002 @ 10:30 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Aug. 01 | Thanks, Horny. But everything you said is way above me! All I know is that I have dsl and my computer is networked with another one upstairs and there is this thing called linksys. I asked one of the computer guys in the online game I used to play, and he said it had something to do with the firewall I have. At least that was all I got out of the conversation.... Thanks for your help...:) Thank You, Austin | ||||
| FoundryMusicHummercash | posted on 01-22-2002 @ 10:35 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 00 | i have a SonicWALL Tele2 hardware firewall w/ vpn... setup was simple and all online games seem to work w/ it. don't know about software firewalls tho, sorry. GO DOWNLOAD MY WTC TRIBUTE MOVIE!!! You can also download my SCREENSAVER. | ||||
| kindredbabe | posted on 01-22-2002 @ 10:44 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Aug. 01 | quote: Sheesh! When will you people start talking down to my level!!! ;) Thank You, Austin | ||||
| chilt | posted on 01-23-2002 @ 6:39 AM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 01 | Thanks , I'll give it a try. | ||||
| ImpactRadio If Men bled, Tampons would be FREE!! | posted on 01-25-2002 @ 10:02 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Aug. 01 | For your home, not sure.... I use checkpoint firewall 1 on my LAN, and its easy as pie to open up ports for certain games... | ||||
| RonRon5477 | posted on 01-25-2002 @ 12:54 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Apr. 01 | quote:I had a problem with ZoneAlarm and Starcraft. For like 2 days, it wouldn't like some UDP ports open. But then it went away on it's own. But ZoneAlarm is good firewall software. Shane Falco in The Replacement on the last play of the game: "I wish I could say something classy and inspirational, but that just wouldn't be our style. Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory... lasts forever." Want to use the O&A EZPass lane? here's how (only for NY listeners, sorry to everyone else): The URL is: "http://oarule.homestead.com/files/OA"+previous phone screener before Stinky+previous phone screener's girlfriend's REAL name+".html" AIM: RonRon5477 | ||||
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