which ports to be opened for direct connect?

[hui]

hi everybody.
i wanna play a game via direct connect with a friend of mine. he has a router and therefore we cannot connect to each others game. does anyone know which ports need to be opened/forwarded for civ4 to connect successfully?
hui

 

[ChuckLe]

Hi,

If you look in the CivilizationIV.ini file there's an entry which says:

; NetComm Port
Port = 2056

So, you could try opening that and see if it works, or alternatively try altering 2056 to a port that's already open in your router(s).

I've no idea if it needs to be TCP or UDP or both, sorry.

Hope that helps?