Required network ports for a multiplayer Rise of Nations game (820877)

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Microsoft Windows firewall

With Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), you do not have to manually create port exceptions in the firewall. You may now create exceptions for the program itself.

To do this, follow these steps.

Note Never open a port for a program that you do not recognize.

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Click Security Center.
3. Click Windows Firewall.
4. Click the Exceptions tab.
5. Click Add Program.
6. Click Browse.
7. Locate the game's executable file, and then click Open. By default, the game is installed in one of the following locations:

   C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Rise of Nations\rise.exe

   C:\Program File\Microsoft Games\Rise of Nations\nations.exe C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Rise of Nations\patriots.exe

8. Click OK two times.

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: If you are not using the Windows firewall, you may still have to know the ports that are used by the game when you configure your network.

Port listing

To make sure that these ports are open or to open these ports, contact your network administrator or Internet service provider (ISP). If you are the administrator of the network, view the documentation that is provided with your networking software to determine how to open these ports.

Rise of Nations requires that the 34987/UDP DirectPlay port be open to play a Local Area Network (LAN) or Direct Internet multiplayer game.

In addition to this port, to play through GameSpy Internet Matchmaking the following ports must be open:

      80/TCP
    1077/UDP
    6500/UDP
    6667/TCP
   13139/UDP
   27900/UDP
   28910/UDP
   29900/TCP
   29910/UDP
   29920/TCP

To customize the Host and Client ports for your network, follow these steps:

1. Start Rise of Nations.
2. Click Options and Profiles.
3. Click the Game tab.
   
   Under Multiplayer; modify the Host Port Number or the Client Port Number box.
4. Click OK.

GameSpy Arcade client

When you install Rise of Nations you may have also installed the GameSpy Arcade client. For information about the ports that this program requires, visit the following Web site: Microsoft provides third-party contact information to help you find technical support. This contact information may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this third-party contact information.
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