A Port is only "open" if and when an application is using it.
You probably need Demigod "loaded" to check the ports ....
and if Demigod only opens the ports in multiplayer (don't really know) when needed it's going to be hard to test.

But instead you can check the log's of your firewall/router to see incoming connections.

You don't need Demigod, you need the program above, which if done properly should listen to those ports and if the incomming connection succeds it means you're ports are forwarded properly.

well a connection is made with the program through a stated port, to or from lets not quibble

Hmmm how do you know this program is legit?

Hmmm,

what you are saying is that the program works as a "server" in the PC?
that is it opens a number of ports, and the "site" tries to connect to the opened ports ?

In any case, if it fails check the Windows firewall, for a program to open ports as a "server" usually need some type of authorisation to do that.

hmmm, I thought I had this configured properly, but maybe I don't. The application is telling me my ports are unreachable. I've set my comp to use a static IP, and forwarded the ports already, but checking those ports yeilds a response that the port is unreachable. No software firewall...I'm not sure what's up.

Let me explain to you how this works.

Let's say you live in a building where people from outside are not allowed to go in, unless someone from inside allows them. Everybody from inside can exit without a problem. Someone comes to visit a person from that building and only knows the apartment number (something between 6100-6200, in this case). He will not be able to walk inside the building because, the door man does not allow him to. So, in advance, the person FROM that building tells the doorman that if someone comes to visit an apartment between 6100-6200, he should allow him and tell him where it is. END OF STORY.

This (amongst other things) is what a router/firewall does, it blocks incomming connections, so it needs to know if and what kind of incomming to allow and where to forward it to.

So, in the end, that is what the program from portforward does, it sends a signal to an outside person to come in and visit, if that person reaches the desired apartment (port number) that means that you have properly explained to the doorman who to let in.

So yeah, there's a big difference between going out and coming in a building.

To further explain why is this necesarry, well, because many people live inside buildings (read are behind routers) and to visit eachother, doormans from all the building must know what to do or some people will not be able to connect to others.

In a client/server model, everybody meets at the mall (or a public place).

Does this make any sense?

I setup port forwarding and then this thing gets it right first time, as expected. The thing is, SPI based firewall is up. Do I really need that off to play DG?

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This isn't a tech forum, not really at all bothered going into detail except to cover that it works. Enjoy the high horse, trying to look smarter than someone for just the sake of it is kinda lame.  Just trying to help people here, most don't care what it does, only that it works

Does it hurt if you have a basic idea of how things work mr. ValrRev? Then again, if you don't even have an idea of how things work, why do you give opinions in the first place?

This is your internal IP address of your PC. See my post above to give a little info on what this is.