One of the most important things in order to get settled in a new home is a reliable internet connection. Not only is it useful to look up the next bus, it is also essential for nice online gaming enjoyment.
In my case, the game of choice is Age of Empires III. So I went to a Telus store and signed up for a Telus Highspeed Internet Account. After one week the connection was ready to use, but, unfortunately I was not able to join or host games. Pretty soon, I figured out that this is a common issue with Telus. Many people where complaining about having trouble to play various online games with Telus. So, I just want to show how I fixed the problem.
The problem with Telus is that the router does not forward all needed ports by default. So the first thing you have to do is to get a list of ports that are needed by the particular game. For AoE3, all ports are listet in a knowledge base article (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907880/EN-US/). Then, you just have to configure your router and forward the needed ports (Internet –> Address Translation –> Port Forwarding or simply http://192.168.1.254/naptcfg.htm in my case).
I hope this helps. Please let me know, if this was helpful for you.
hf+gl = gg, Tom
