The Wii may be running into the same problem that users of the Xbox 360 Live service see. You simply need to make sure you are using a nat rule with static-port for the gaming ip.
You do not need to use miniupnp or a upnp capable router. Search for "Xbox 360" on this page for an example. OpenBSD Pf Firewall "how to" ( pf.conf ) http://calomel.org/pf_config.html -- Calomel @ http://calomel.org Open Source Research and Reference On Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 10:22:09AM -0800, Chris Cappuccio wrote: >upnp is also necessary for other multiplayer games like xbox live. it's >unfortunate, but true..... > >Lord Sporkton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> my point was that its a possibility, as upnp support is not standard, >> whether or not that is the issue at hand can be decided from game >> documentation and testing with static pat >> >> however thank you for the mention of the upnp daemons, i will have to >> check those out. >> >> On 24/12/2007, Nick Gustas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > johan beisser wrote: >> > > On Dec 24, 2007, at 12:34 AM, Lord Sporkton wrote: >> > >> >> > >> i could be wrong but here is my 2 cents: >> > >> >> > >> ive seen something like this related to upnp, i would venture to guess >> > >> your 2 friends have routers which support upnp and so far as i know >> > >> openbsd does not support upnp. >> > >> >> > >> I would suggest either consulting the guitar hero manual or a tcpdump >> > >> for the required ports for this game and try a static pat translation >> > >> to your public ip. >> > >> >> > >> upnp allows the wii to request certain ports from the nat device be >> > >> opened for it, in this case it sounds like you wii needs certain ports >> > >> open to allow the server to connect to it, normally upnp would take >> > >> care of it dynamically, but you dont have upnp, so you have to static >> > >> assign the pat. >> > > >> > > >> > > UPnPd for OpenBSD.. >> > > >> > > http://www.tateoka.org/~tate/doc/openbsd-upnp.html >> > > http://miniupnp.free.fr/ >> > > >> > > Personally, I've yet to need anything like this. >> > >> > I haven't tried it with a Wii yet, but I've used miniupnp for a year or >> > so now and it's worked great whenever I've needed upnp support on a pf >> > firewall. Make sure you follow the documentation and add the required >> > anchors to the appropriate places in your pf.conf or else you won't make >> > too much progress! >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> -Lawrence >> -Student ID 1028219 > >-- >"You were about to change the channel when God healed you" -- Benny Hinn
