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on M4T forum someone wrote:Hyperlobby indeed looks for the il2.exe file, but when using the DVD IL2 Sturmovik 1946, a exe file is made called il2fb.exe

I renamed it to il2.exe and HL works now!

Ok, ok, sorry. Basically IL-2 uses some TCP (Transmission Control Protocol - this is a connection oriented protocol) and UDP (User Datagram Protocol - this is a connectionless oriented protocol) "known" ports for communications. Internet gurus will may kill me, however I have worked with this industry long enough (for Cisco Systems) to know that the theory does not work in practice 100%, no matter what the book says... and many books are wrong anyway. For IL-2, UDP is only supposed to be used in LAN communications, and TCP is supposed to be used for over the Internet communications, however I have had less problems by opening both TCP and UDP regardless of the type of game, if I am going to play MP. Beware that by opening ports you run the rist of making your PC and network open to malicious hackers, but in reality, this would seldom happen, as far as I understand it. Do not panic because this is not an isue with IL-2. Any game you play online that you host a session runs into this same issue.
So here is the solution:

Before Anything else, make sure you use Port 21000 in the IL-2 setup program. You can check that it is port 21000 by manually opening the file "conf.ini" in the IL-2 directory with a text editor and checking that you have the following lines under the [NET] section:
localPort=21000
remotePort=21000

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For Games That you Host and Provide the IP Address to your Friends, open the followng ports in your router/firewall/gateway:
- 21000 outgoing TCP
- 21000 outgoing UDP
- 21000 incoming TCP w/ Transparent Proxy to host PC IP Address
- 21000 incoming UDP w/ Transparent Proxy to host PC IP Address
- This type of connection only requires the IL-2 default port of 21000
- When you are done playing, I recommend closing them.

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