duh. 
if your university is blocking the ports, you have to ask
them to open them.
if you are behind a router (say, one in your room) you have to enter the router's setup utility to open the ports.
one way to know if you're behind a router:
start > run
cmd
ipconfig
you'll get something like this:
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Quote:
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Windows IP Configuration
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
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if your IP Address starts off with a 192, or a 10, you're behind a router. there are other numbers too, but rarely used.
anyway, if you
are behind a router, theres some way to change ports, usually called "port fowarding". most of the newer routers have a web based application to set this up. take your ip address, change the last # to a 1, and open that link in your web browser. it will take you to the router web app. look in the manual or ask a friend to go from there.
if you're
not behind a router, you might have a firewall. depending on which firewall you use, the way to enable soem ports varies.
i'll assume (probably incorrectly) that you might have the WinXP crappy firewall turned on. start > settings > control panel > network connections.
right click on the connection you use to get to the net (hopefully a LAN connection if you want to play PTW
) and go to properties.
click the advanced tab, check if the itnernet connection firewall is on. if it is, turn it off, as i don't know how to configure it myself. other firewalls allow you to pick ports to be sueable, or applications that can use any port. check to see if you're running any firewalls (zonealarm, black ice defender, some norton thing) and find some help about your specific thing.
if neither of those are the problem, it's probably your university's fault. my friend at George Washignton University cannot host, for soem reason, even after he checked everything i listed above.
good luck, and happy civing.
question, but could give any site/link on exactly how to open these port on a WinXP machine???
