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Dooby · 10-12-2003, 09:46

as i understand it, the only ports being blocked are those associated with viruses and security vulns...
and as far as the argument about 'making people pay for the gaming service'... if that was the case they would be blocking the XBox LIVE ports, not just the XBConnect type ones. If they are blocking them, the only reason i could think is because of the amount of data sent for things like XBC and XLink ( as in they are 'pretending' to the XBox that they are a 10Mb network, the xbox will chuck out loads of data )

have you looked in your router logs to check whether the PC is actually attempting to connect out? it may not be getting as far as the router.

10-12-2003, 09:46	#5
Dooby Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 285	Re: Port blocking as i understand it, the only ports being blocked are those associated with viruses and security vulns... and as far as the argument about 'making people pay for the gaming service'... if that was the case they would be blocking the XBox LIVE ports, not just the XBConnect type ones. If they are blocking them, the only reason i could think is because of the amount of data sent for things like XBC and XLink ( as in they are 'pretending' to the XBox that they are a 10Mb network, the xbox will chuck out loads of data ) have you looked in your router logs to check whether the PC is actually attempting to connect out? it may not be getting as far as the router.