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[JumperPunk]

I downloaded APUP from the link provided in the announcements forums at work, and it hangs in the first stage, before it gets to the download part. I downloaded the same file (same day) here at home, and it is working fine. I'm thinking that the difference is that we have a hardware firewall (ipcop, a linux distro specifically designed to act as a firewall) at work, whereas at home i just have a standard DSL modem and Linksys router setup, so it appears to be the firewall that is stopping APUP. The funny thing is though, at work it seems to get the scripts ok, but stops there. I was wondering what ports/ip addresses to allow in the firewall to let APUP get through. Thanks for any input!

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JumperPunk

[M2Ys4U]

I'd assume it would be autopatcher.com and download.microsoft.com, port 80. Perhaps you could try having a look at the firewall's logs?

Edited by M2Ys4U, 20 November 2007 - 11:36 PM.

[JumperPunk]

i tried it again today at work with the new beta and it worked (well, sortof, still hit bugs, but connected this time). it doesnt look to be a firewall issue after all. im trying to find out what IP addresses/ports it uses anyways just so i know, but thus far its not stayed connected long enough for me to find out (keeps bugging out). it is using port 80, and your probably right in it connecting to autopatcher.com and download.microsoft.com, but ill post as soon as i find out for sure one way or another. thanks for the reply.

edit:
ok, yes, it is connecting to download.microsoft.com (240.1.5.154). im just going to assume that its connecting to autopatcher.com also.

Edited by JumperPunk, 27 November 2007 - 03:07 AM.

[Cyrus]

To find out what your computer is connected to open a command prompt and type "netstat" without the quotes. In Vista it must be an elevated command prompt.