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Using Direct X Through Your Firewall Microsoft Age of Empires, version 1.0 1.Make sure you are running the latest DirectX it needs to be a newer version. (versions before 5.2a will not work) Upon writing this Howto DirectX is into version 8.1 and that is what I use on my boxes. To figure out what version you are running Click Start , and then click Run . In the Open box, type dxdiag , and then click OK . You will see the version on the front page of the application.
2.The problems with DirectX are that it needs several ports to flow information freely. Depending on what version of DirectX you are using these ports will vary. Here is a link directly to Microsofts page on DirectX ports http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q240429
3.As I said before the version I am using is 8.1, so here are the ports that we need to work with
Connection: Client Configuration: Host Configuration: 4.Now also make sure your firewall has these ports open. There are many different ways to setup your firewall and I am, hoping you know how to open these ports if you don't already have them open. I am using the open configuration of the standard BSD 4.4 Firewall and adding these lines: (This may be different in your configuration) #DirectX Problems ${fwcmd} add 60 allow tcp from any to any 6073 ${fwcmd} add 61 allow tcp from any to any 2302-2400 ${fwcmd} add 62 allow udp from any to any 2302-2400
5.I am assuming at this point that you already have setup natd and that you also have a line in rc.conf that looks something like this without the brackets (natd_flags="-f /etc/natd.cf"). The –f flag allows you to use a configuration file instead of putting all your natd flags on one line. (Mine is named natd.cf)
5.You will need to put these configuration parameters in the equivalent of your natd.cf file
#Some configuration Paramaters (You may or may not want these you can man #natd to find out) same_ports use_sockets dynamic
#Direct X (192.168.0.2 needs to be the machine you are trying to play a #DirectX game on; man natd and look for redirect_port if you have more #questions) redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.2:6073 6073 redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.2:2302-2400 2302-2400 redirect_port udp 192.168.0.2:2302-2400 2302-2400 6.After adding these lines to your natd.cf file, either reboot or run ( killall -9 natd && /sbin/natd -f /etc/natd.cf -n fxp0 ). With any modifactions of the command for your system (i.e. fxp0 being my internet interface).
Now your DirectX box should be able to communicate with the outside world. If it doesn't here are some URL's that helped me wade through the problem:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.ahttp://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q190900spx?scid=kb;EN-US;q240429 http://artho.com/age/faq.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q159031 |
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