Note: Network Port Required for hosting a Voice Conference.

SUMMARY

This article discusses the network port required to host a voice conference in PlanetSide through a router.

Note: No special configuration is necessary to join a Voice Conference. These instructions only apply if you intend to host a Voice Conference.

MORE INFORMATION

The following TCP port must be open to host a Voice Conference:

PlanetSide Voice Conferencing: 37000 TCP inbound

In addition, the computer hosting a Voice Conference must have a unique IP address (non-internal) assigned to it.

In most cases, computers connected to Cable/DSL routers are assigned an internal IP address (e.g. "192.168.xxx.xxx") via DHCP and will require Port Forwarding to be configured on the router. The following steps will configure your router to accept incoming Voice Conference traffic from PlanetSide (for specific instructions on how to do this with your router, please consult your router's manual): 

1. Determine the IP address of the computer that will host the voice conference.
2. Configure the router's Port Forwarding feature to forward port 37000 TCP to the IP address that was found in the previous step.

If these steps do not work, it may be necessary to update your router's firmware. We have found that in some cases, older firmware versions do not forward ports correctly.

REFERENCES

Linksys
D-Link
Netgear
U.S. Robotics
Microsoft

Last Updated: May 7, 2003