XML Socket port number?

[EON]

Does anyone know the port number flash uses for XML sockets? Or am I asking the wrong question?
Basically my network at Uni doesn't allow flash to connect with XML sockets and I want to know which port to ask my admins to open for me.
This is in preparation for Chaos Faction multiplayer btw.
Any help appreciated.

[GustTheASGuy]

Any.

[pivot11]

At 4/10/07 02:50 PM, EON wrote: Does anyone know the port number flash uses for XML sockets? Or am I asking the wrong question?
Basically my network at Uni doesn't allow flash to connect with XML sockets and I want to know which port to ask my admins to open for me.
This is in preparation for Chaos Faction multiplayer btw.
Any help appreciated.

First off. Chaos faction is good as it is. That would be way too laggy. Not saying its not a good idea, but maybe you should make a little less detailed. Not everyone has the latest and greatest computer. I know I dont.

[GustTheASGuy]

At 4/10/07 03:17 PM, pivot11 wrote: First off. Chaos faction is good as it is. That would be way too laggy.

While I have to agree that Dissolute Productions stuff is pretty laggy in general, I doubt you have any idea if going multiplayer would make it more or less laggy. It doesn't require much processing at all.

I hope you're doing this with AS3 though, there is now the opportunity and choosing the inefficient AS2 instead would be a shame.

[EON]

:Chaos faction is good as it is...

..well ok, then only the hunderds of people who have suggested it can play it. Obviously it would be a simplified version etc.
But to GustTheASGuy, I know you can select any port to connect to, so does that mean the ports used in the multiplayer games such as WoW Flash chat, Stick Arena etc. just happened to be ports blocked on my network? Surely there must be a basic port that flash player uses for sockets. Yeah ok I'm a total noob at networks so throw me a bone here.

[GustTheASGuy]

I'm saying that it doesn't have a certain port so you can choose any to unblock to your server.

I don't know much more either. :D

[authorblues]

At 4/10/07 03:25 PM, EON wrote: Yeah ok I'm a total noob at networks so throw me a bone here.

there isnt a "basic port". basically, any port above 1024 would be applicable. youre creating a socket connection on another server, not a personal one. more likely than not, a webhost will not be willing to open a port on a webserver for something like this. its a liability for portscanners.

[EON]

Ok, so any port above 1024? Do you need to set the server up to receive from that port too or do you only need to specify it with flash?
Also, if I wanted to be able to play games like Stick Arena on my network, would I just need to find out which port it used and have my admins open that specific port? there's no way to automatically allow any port flash specifies?

[GustTheASGuy]

Take a look at the link I posted.
You have to have the port open on the server in order to recieve anything at all, so there.