Synergy Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 nothing else really does like xfire or steam and somne of the other games i play is this because they have blocked it or i have to set it up a certain way as its through a lan? any ideas ora nyone have any problems like this ebfore they have managed to sort at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 Mine lets me use IE but not Firefox, keeps saying their server timed out, but it's fine on IE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nb88 Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 They probably blocked the ports those programs use, which is gaaaaaaay, i hope i dont get that when i go to uni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic Balls Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 mine blocked p2p things nearer the end of last year...never really bothered me though...for music i used itunes adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sameer Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 Yeah, they have to block loadsa stuff by law. Turning off your university firewall (note: UNIVERSITY firewall, not your own computer one!) will often do the trick. But different uni's will have different policies regarding that stuff - mostly though you'll get bent over and raped for doing that.Just find your local computer nerd group where you're staying or in your course and they'll sort you out, no end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadChikken Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 Go to the uni IT help desk and tell them that you'd like to be able to play online games etc, so would appreciate if they unblocked the ports to allow that.Very suprised that Steam wont work, mostly its just p2p and torrent transfers that they dont allow!If the uni are that much of a bunch of ****'s that they wont unblock the ports then there aint much u can do, apart from find the local geeky computer guys who'll know a way round it, like already been mentioned!Good Luck with itM@ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 Mine lets me use IE but not Firefox, keeps saying their server timed out, but it's fine on IE.To use firefox you just need to go into tools > options > general > connection settings > auto detect proxy settings for this connection. No reason firefox shouldnt work.As for other stuff, I've no idea how you'd go about turning the university firewall off, its just not possible. So thats that out of the question..Only other way is to get an HTTP tunneler (HTTPtunnel) but it costs money.. $5 a month or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 Can't you change the ports that Steam uses to something that will be open (E.g. port 80)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spode@thinkbikes Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 Most uni's block these things.Look in to setting up Stunnel on port 443 (which won't be blocked) on a PC outside your network - perhaps at home. Then you can just tunnel all the ports you need through this, or use it as a SOCKS server.I'm not going to tell you how - that's all the info you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 To use firefox you just need to go into tools > options > general > connection settings > auto detect proxy settings for this connection. No reason firefox shouldnt work.Cheers for the help, but i tried it and still comes up with the same error message BTW, i sent you a PM yesterday about the Lanscan thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sameer Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 I've no idea how you'd go about turning the university firewall off, its just not possible. So thats that out of the question..Simple as a click of a mouse at Southampton Uni. Must be different for everyone else, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkee Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 They probably blocked the ports those programs use, which is gaaaaaaay, i hope i dont get that when i go to uni Nothing is blocked apart from very illegal stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towler Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 mike, The steam thing can be resovled this has happened to a few people at uni you just have to watch which ports you can use. This means that you will only manage to get on some servers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synergy Posted September 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 what about call of duty uo thats the main one as i might be in team uk and its a fun game lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinky Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 If you have access to a external PC your sorted basically and there is many guides out there which will take you through the process of setting this up (Look into SSL tunneling) I have never played with it myself but I know people who have used it successfuly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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