Playing Games

Many games today support a multi-user environment. Users may fight each other over the Internet, LAN or they can join existing game servers on the Internet. Users can also host their own game servers and allow friends, family or total strangers the excitement of playing games together.

There are many games that do not require any settings in WinRoute Lite. Prior to attempting to configure Winroute lite for a specific game, we recommend trying the game first. Unlike Proxy Servers, the basic architecture of Winroute lite supports many games directly "off the shelf."

Certain games require that specific ports be configured in WinRoute Lite in order to get them up and running. Ports are used for further identification of the player at the game server (in general).

If the game has a specific port associated with it, this is not a problem for Winroute lite! Just configure WinRoute Lite's Port Mapping to forward packets arriving at your network to the player's computer behind the firewall. This is typically only necessary when hosting games, in which random access must be granted to your local machine.

The ports used will vary from game to game. This manual contains examples of settings for the most popular games.