Port 14567 UDP is the only port you have to open for Battlefield 1942. If you want to have your server listed on gamespy, you might also need to open the following ports. Allow TCP and UDP Ports 12203 Allow UDP Port 14690 Allow UDP Ports: 23000-23009 Allow UDP 22000 (This is only for LAN) # GameSpy Master Server UDP Heartbeat: Allow UDP Port 27900 # GameSpy Master Server List Request: Allow TCP Port 28900 It's also important to note that EA suggests DMZing your computer for Battlefield 1942.
To configure this router's firewalling properly you should setup a static ip address on your computer. Take a look at our Static IP Address guide to setup a static ip address. When you are finished setting up a static ip address, please come back to this page and enter the ip address you setup in the Static IP Address box below.
Open a web browser like internet explorer or Netscape. Enter the ip address of your router in the address bar of your browser. In the picture above the address bar has http://www.google.com in it. Just replace all of that with the ip address of your router. By default the ip address should be set to 192.168.123.254.
You should see a box prompting you for your password. Enter your password now. By default your password is admin. Click the Login button to log in to your router.
Click the Security Setting link near the top of the page.
The menu on the left should change. In this new menu, click Packet Filter.
We will list a series of lines here that will show you exactly how to setup your router's firewall for Battlefield 1942. Go ahead and enter the settings shown below into the Inbound Packet Filter menu.
You should see another page of settings below that need to be entered into one of the blank lines on your routers Inbound Packet Filter page. Go ahead and enter those settings now.
When you're finished, click Save near the bottom of the screen to save your changes. And that's it! You're done!
