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Posted by userlain on August 6, 2004, 5:11 am
Please log in for more thread options the Motorola SB5100 modem. I can browse the net just fine but I cannot play online games like warcraft 3 or starcraft. I cannot download torrents either. Any ideas? ============== Posted through www.HowToFixComputers.com/bb - free access to hardware troubleshooting newsgroups. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by SpicaTC50 on August 6, 2004, 5:15 pm
Please log in for more thread options userlain@japan-dot-com.no-spam.invalid says... >oting newsgroups.
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Posted by Me on August 7, 2004, 3:16 am
Please log in for more thread options On 6 Aug 2004 02:11:24 -0400, userlain@japan-dot-com.no-spam.invalid
(userlain) wrote: >I got cable internet through Bresnan Communications and they gave me
>the Motorola SB5100 modem. > >I can browse the net just fine but I cannot play online games like >warcraft 3 or starcraft. I cannot download torrents either. > >Any ideas? What OS? If XP, you may have the XP Internet Connection Firewall enabled. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel, Network Connections, Local Area Connections, General tab, Properties button, Advanced tab, and uncheck the box, "Protect my computer and network....... etc", click "OK" Description of the Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320855 HOW TO: Enable or Disable Internet Connection Firewall in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=283673 HOW TO: Open Ports in the Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/ports.asp | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Ed Nielsen on August 7, 2004, 6:36 pm
Please log in for more thread options Some time ago, my wife couldn't play certain games, either. Turned out
that we had to have the pop-up blocker in our firewall disabled. CIAO! Ed N. Me wrote: > On 6 Aug 2004 02:11:24 -0400, userlain@japan-dot-com.no-spam.invalid
> (userlain) wrote: > > >>I got cable internet through Bresnan Communications and they gave me
>>the Motorola SB5100 modem. >> >>I can browse the net just fine but I cannot play online games like >>warcraft 3 or starcraft. I cannot download torrents either. >> >>Any ideas? >
> > What OS? > > If XP, you may have the XP Internet Connection Firewall enabled. > Click Start, Settings, Control Panel, Network Connections, Local Area > Connections, General tab, Properties button, Advanced tab, and uncheck the > box, "Protect my computer and network....... etc", click "OK" > > Description of the Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320855 > > HOW TO: Enable or Disable Internet Connection Firewall in Windows XP > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=283673 > > HOW TO: Open Ports in the Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall > http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/ports.asp | |||||||||||||||||||
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>I got cable internet through Bresnan Communications and they gave me
>the Motorola SB5100 modem.
>
>I can browse the net just fine but I cannot play online games like
>warcraft 3 or starcraft. I cannot download torrents either.
>
>Any ideas?
>
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