Vista Port forward issue

[techguy10210]

hello, i just recieved my gigabyte EP45-UD3L from newegg, i hooked it up, installed vista, and everything seemed to go fine.....
However, i installed cod 5 and tried to host a cooperative game, but it wouldnt let me, i figured it was port related.
So, i turned off windows firewall, but still the same thing, i could not host.
I also went to http://www.whatsmyip.org/ports/ in order to test the cod5 ports, but all the ports were closed even with windows firewall off!

Also, the computer is connected directly to the cable modem, no router. I also dont have any other firewalls currently running on the system.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

[johnwill]

Apparently, you do have some other firewall or Internet security application running. :)


How about the exact make/model of the modem?

[techguy10210]

Originally Posted by johnwill

Apparently, you do have some other firewall or Internet security application running. :)


How about the exact make/model of the modem?

I just reinstalled vista, with no other software installed about an hour ago, but still the same problem.

My modem is a SURFboard cable modem, model#: SBV55120

Thanks for the reply, i was getting anxious

[techguy10210]

Also, i didnt have this problem on my previous motherboard, could it possibly be hardware related? Could the onboard lan on this board be causing the problem?

[johnwill]

Did you perhaps install nVidia network drivers? They have an option to install a firewall component that frequently screws things up.



Try these simple tests.

Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD (COMMAND for W98/WME) to open a command prompt:

In the command prompt window that opens, type type the following commands one at a time, followed by the Enter key:

NOTE: For the items below in red surrounded with < >, see comments below for the actual information content, they are value substitutions from the previous IPCONFIG command output! Do NOT type <computer_IP_address> into the command, that won't work. Also, the < and > in the text is to identify the parameters, they are also NOT used in the actual commands.

Do NOT include the <> either, they're just to identify the values for substitution.

IPCONFIG /ALL

PING <computer_IP_address>

PING <default_gateway_address>

PING <dns_servers>

PING 74.125.45.100

PING yahoo.com

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter to copy the contents to the clipboard.
Paste the results in a message here.

<computer_IP_address> - The IP Address of your computer, obtained from the IPCONFIG command above. (For Vista/Win7, the IPv4 Address)

<default_gateway_address> - The IP address of the Default Gateway, obtained from the IPCONFIG command above.

<dns_servers> - The IP address of the first (or only) address for DNS Servers, obtained from the IPCONFIG command above.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

[techguy10210]

Originally Posted by johnwill

Did you perhaps install nVidia network drivers? They have an option to install a firewall component that frequently screws things up.



Try these simple tests.

Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD (COMMAND for W98/WME) to open a command prompt:

In the command prompt window that opens, type type the following commands one at a time, followed by the Enter key:

NOTE: For the items below in red surrounded with < >, see comments below for the actual information content, they are value substitutions from the previous IPCONFIG command output! Do NOT type <computer_IP_address> into the command, that won't work. Also, the < and > in the text is to identify the parameters, they are also NOT used in the actual commands.

Do NOT include the <> either, they're just to identify the values for substitution.

IPCONFIG /ALL

PING <computer_IP_address>

PING <default_gateway_address>

PING <dns_servers>

PING 74.125.45.100

PING yahoo.com

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter to copy the contents to the clipboard.
Paste the results in a message here.

<computer_IP_address> - The IP Address of your computer, obtained from the IPCONFIG command above. (For Vista/Win7, the IPv4 Address)

<default_gateway_address> - The IP address of the Default Gateway, obtained from the IPCONFIG command above.

<dns_servers> - The IP address of the first (or only) address for DNS Servers, obtained from the IPCONFIG command above.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

I did the tests, all passed, no packet loss.
However, in ip config, i noticed it said:

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Home-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

It appears that it i have no DNS, and that ip routing is not enabled! Shouldnt ip routing be enabled?

[techguy10210]

Hi, thanks for the help, but i fixed the problem. I solved it by installing a new network driver from the realtek website instead of using the one that came on the gigabyte CD. So i guess it was the driver that was at fault! XD
Anyways, thanks for all of your help!

[johnwill]

Sure didn't look like a driver issue, but I'm glad you nailed it.

[techguy10210]

UPDATE: Hey, so i just encountered the problem again after installing the windows .net 3.5 framework update. So it appears that something in this update is causing the problems. I was able to uninstall the update and everything is working fine, but why is this happening? is there a way to fix it so i can install the update?

[johnwill]

This is apparently a known issue with many environments, check the following Google search.

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&safe=of...fc6c8799826c1f