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timisdaman
07-22-2008, 05:55 PM
Do games work over Firefly?

I tried Starcraft and it said it could not initiate IPX protocol.
Reilly
07-22-2008, 06:47 PM
Do games work over Firefly?

I tried Starcraft and it said it could not initiate IPX protocol.


I know Steam does. Played TF2 a few times and connection to US servers was actually pretty decent. I bet it will suck once August comes. Thats the only game I brought with me though.
timisdaman
07-22-2008, 07:50 PM
Thanks. Have you tried HL2 over the network, though?
JohnW
07-22-2008, 07:56 PM
This is just from observation, but the Firefly network seems to block all ports above a certain number. I can connect to an Internet server on port 22, but I cannot connect to the same server on port 1194. It seems to be port based, not TCP vs. UDP, or dependent on which protocol you use.

John
Coldfusion
07-22-2008, 10:08 PM
Wow , so we don't have to give up videogames to not flunk out? :-D
Closter
07-22-2008, 10:41 PM
IPx is not installed on xp and vista by default. fudge around the network setting and install the IPX protocol and it should work.
timisdaman
07-24-2008, 10:56 AM
IPx is not installed on xp and vista by default. fudge around the network setting and install the IPX protocol and it should work.

good call. I have vista and IPX is no longer supported, apparently. I'll have a look.
timisdaman
08-23-2008, 04:28 PM
Tried a UDP game. Didn't work. Will try with Hamachi.
noFlyLiat
08-23-2008, 05:24 PM
i have no trouble getting on bnet
jaywalk81
08-23-2008, 06:38 PM
after IT reads this thread..dont expect stuff to work anymore...it is best to keep these things secret
Reilly
08-23-2008, 08:01 PM
after IT reads this thread..dont expect stuff to work anymore...it is best to keep these things secret


They blocked Steam once everyone came back in August. Sucks, playing TF2 was a great stress reliever and the connections to USA servers were not to bad.
DK FTW
08-24-2008, 11:42 AM
Seriously it is a little ridiculous that games are banned from the network. They don't use up a lot of bandwidth and they really r good stress relievers. I've been trying to get Warcraft III to work with no luck. If any1 has any suggestions or advice on how to make it work please pm me.
cudasrul
08-24-2008, 11:52 AM
Seriously it is a little ridiculous that games are banned from the network. They don't use up a lot of bandwidth and they really r good stress relievers. I've been trying to get Warcraft III to work with no luck. If any1 has any suggestions or advice on how to make it work please pm me.

..i hope youre not too stressed out after the first week..:woot:
Closter
08-24-2008, 06:52 PM
Hamachi should indeed bypass everything
DK FTW
08-24-2008, 09:21 PM
Hamachi is only for direct connections to other players though WC3 is really only fun when u can play dota with like 10 kids so yeah... Lol and I'm not stressed out now but I have a feeling I probably will b somewhere down the line and wasting a couple of hours playing video games might ease that a little