[IDEA] Helpful for people with connectivity problems

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Is there any way that on some webpage you can provide an option to check weather we configured our routers correctly or not. (Something like the option to check if the port was forwerded correctly in uTorrent). Basicaly, something that can tell us if the problem is at our end.

(Demi)God knows how many games I've ruined trying to setup my firewall/AV/router.. and then testing it online on lots of games.

Btw. so far I haven't managed to play a single online game. Is it me or Linksys routers in general have problems with this game?

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Reply #1 from Demigod Forums Top

google 'shields up'

it can test if ports are open

if it says 'failed'..that means its opened

 

Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top

Thanks Neoauld. That's definitely proving to be very helpful.

Still, it would be nice (if this is technically feasible) for Stardock to have more specific error messages in Demigod, or just have some kind of P2P diagnostic tool. It would help to be able to tell if closed ports are the problem, or if my ISP is filtering P2P traffic (although they deny it, I suspect them of doing so), for example.

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Reply #3 from Demigod Forums Top

AFAIK, this Shields up only scans the ports, but if there is nothing on my PC that listens (opens a socket), the report is not really useful (it returns the high ports as stealth). Something must simulate the p2p connection between something on my pc (like an application)and something outside my network (like this web server for example).

If Shields UP can help, can someone explain how to check things?