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Setting Up Port Forwarding

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Setting Up Port Forwarding 14/05/2018 at 19:06 #107943
M1ch4el
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21 posts 		Hi all,
I want to start hosting on SimSig. Could someone please help me set up port forwarding on a Virgin Media Hub 3.0 and then also test the connection with me?
thanks
MJDM
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Setting Up Port Forwarding 14/05/2018 at 20:02 #107946
chrisdmadd
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226 posts 		A quick search on google will tell you how to port forward on that hub.

You need to open ports 50505 50507 50509 TCP and UDP i always do.

Then run a game as a server (enabled in the loader after the sim and timetable has been selected) choose port 50505 in the loader.

Once the game is up you can head to https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/ and check that it says port 50505 is open.
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Setting Up Port Forwarding 14/05/2018 at 20:20 #107948
headshot119
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4869 posts 		chrisdmadd in post 107946 said:
A quick search on google will tell you how to port forward on that hub.

You need to open ports 50505 50507 50509 TCP and UDP i always do.

Then run a game as a server (enabled in the loader after the sim and timetable has been selected) choose port 50505 in the loader.

Once the game is up you can head to https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/ and check that it says port 50505 is open.
You do not need to open UDP for SimSig. Less is better.
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Setting Up Port Forwarding 14/05/2018 at 21:25 #107950
M1ch4el
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21 posts 		Would I need to create a 'new rule' on the Virgin Media port forwarding page?
MJDM
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Setting Up Port Forwarding 14/05/2018 at 21:32 #107951
M1ch4el
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21 posts 		Also I don't understand the static IP
MJDM
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Setting Up Port Forwarding 14/05/2018 at 22:20 #107952
belly buster
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368 posts 		M1ch4el in post 107950 said:
Would I need to create a 'new rule' on the Virgin Media port forwarding page?
Almost certainly.
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Setting Up Port Forwarding 14/05/2018 at 22:21 #107953
belly buster
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368 posts 		M1ch4el in post 107951 said:
Also I don't understand the static IP
This is likely the IP address of your PC. To make your life easier you should assign a static IP to your PC that will be hosting SimSig. Then set up the port forwarding to this static IP.
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