How to show my true ping when hosting??

Newbie Joined: Nov 20, 2003 Posts: 4 Location: Australia

hey all...i have Norton Internet Security Pro 2003 with the firewall enabled..... now how can i make the firewall let the aping through to show my true ping instead of all red??

Hyper Postman Joined: Feb 06, 2003 Posts: 479 Location: AU

Never used Nortans firewall. Aping.exe needs access to the internet and make a rule to allow incoming and outgoing ping (ICMP echo). so you see eachothers latancy.

Hope this helps.

Newbie Joined: Nov 20, 2003 Posts: 4 Location: Australia

ok but where do i find ther aping.exe ???

Hyper Postman Joined: Feb 06, 2003 Posts: 479 Location: AU

You find this small application residing in your Hyperlobby installation directory.
aping.exe is what pings other players. If I block it from the internet with my firewall all I see is all red on everyones pingmeters.

Newbie Joined: Nov 20, 2003 Posts: 4 Location: Australia

i see no aping exe

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 5:35 am

you could swap ip's and ping manually Confused

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Hyper Postman Joined: Feb 06, 2003 Posts: 479 Location: AU

This is where it should be.

You might want to ask someone who owns Norton's to guide you through the proper procedures. Better yet give Norton's support a call. And let them tell you how. I have told you what is needed by allowing aping and allowing incoming and outgoing ping (ICMP echo).
The rest is up to you sorry as I do not use Norton's.
Someone might read this who owns it and speak up but it cant hurt to ask at Hyperlobby chat too.

Also posting your complete systems specs helps as well like in Jiris sticky thread up top of tech support.
He wont answer unless you do.

Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 7:48 am

Norton Personal Firewall/Configuration/Advanced/General Rules/select the Default Inbound ICMP/ Modify/Action=Permit /Connections=Connections from other computers/Computers=Any computer/communications=ICMP/Types of communication, or ports do you want to permit?=Only the communication ports listed below/Tracking="optional"/Description=Default Inbound ICMP
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Norton Personal
Firewall/Configuration/Advanced/General Rules/select the Default Outbound ICMP/ Modify/Action=Permit /Connections=Connections to other computers/Computers=Any computer/communications=ICMP/Types of communication, or ports do you want to permit?=All types of communication ports (Local and Remote)/Tracking="optional"/Description=Default Outbound ICMP
This worked for me hope this helps S~

Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 10:43 pm

By default Windows XP does not show file extensions for known file types, and this needs to be enabled in order to see the aping.exe
To enable this option go to "Control Panel/Folder Options/View/"
and uncheck Hide extensions for known file types and Apply.
S~

Newbie Joined: Nov 20, 2003 Posts: 4 Location: Australia

ah big thank u talon... now once ive done that and let my firewall let it through...can i hide all hidden files again? or do i need to keep them up to let my firewall see aping.exe?

Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 10:59 pm

You will be ok to leave this option enabled as it only allows the end of the file types to show..but if you want to hide the "extensions from showing"
option it will most likely work fine also, although i havent tried this option myself.
S~