I had seen some of videos on the net about World of Warcraft, and I decided that I would go ahead and download it. I want to the WoW site and signed up for the 10 day free trial and continued to get the “Blizzard Downloader” – an application which downloads WoW onto your computer.
After 2 Hours of downloading I was getting nowhere and after a little research I discovered the problem.
The Blizzard Downloader needed to have the ports forwarded in order to work properly.
How do I do that I asked? I hadn’t a clue, lucky for me I came across some very helpful links and information about exactly how to go about the process.
There are two steps in the process:
1) Obtaining a static IP address.
2) Configuring your router to the specific base port and also forward the relevant ports in order to work.
I know what your thinking! “This sounds like a long, complicated, boring process”. Its not really, here is one of the most useful links that I found:
The site list instructions on how to obtain the IP address that you need and forward ports. Better still, the site goes into great detail. Everything on the site is “Product Specific”, all instructions are for your specific hardware and there is also “Software Specific” instructions for forwarding the right ports. This can come in very useful when setting up some games & applications for online abilities.
A useful one for your bookmarks!
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