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Before we can open ports for BYOND, we need to set the port that BYOND will be hosting on. Here is a brief walkthrough on how to do that. Go ahead and open up Dream Seeker.



Load the game that you want to host. Once the game is loaded the Host button in the lower right of your screen shot light up. Click that button and you should see the screen above. Enter the port you want to host on into the Port box. It doesn't really matter what port you choose, but remember it because it is the port you will need to open. Please enter the port you chose into the box below.

BYOND's Host port




Open up the McAfee Security Center. Then click Internet & Network which is located right in the middle of that window.


To the right of the Internet & Network area click the configure link.


Click the Firewall protection is enabled bar on the right side of this window.


Now click the Advanced button in the Firewall protection is enabled panel.


By default McAfee allows all traffic in and out of your computer for the programs it thinks are okay. I prefer to have McAfee tell me which programs it is allowing traffic for before it does it. So I have set the security level to Tight. I would recomind that you do the same. I have also disabled the Smart Recomindations option. The "smart" recomindation is to only allow the programs you need and use to connect the internet. Relying upon McAfee to guess which programs those are wouldn't be very smart. If you made the changes above, you would see something like the following screen pop up when you opened a newly installed program.


Go ahead and hit Apply if you have made any changes here. Then click the Program Permissions link in the menu on the left hand side of the window.


Find BYOND Dream Seeker Host in the Program Permissions list and click it to highlight it. McAfee does not allow you to determine exactly which ports BYOND Dream Seeker Host uses. So you've got a couple choices here. You can Grant Full Access, which allows all traffic in and out of your computer to this program. You should only use that option when BYOND Dream Seeker Host is acting as a server. You can Grant Outbound-Only Access which allows BYOND Dream Seeker Host to connect to the internet, but does not allow the internet to connect to BYOND Dream Seeker Host. The other choice is to prevent BYOND Dream Seeker Host from connecting to the internet by clicking the Block Access Option. All of these actions are provided in a list at the lower right of your screen. When you are done click the Ok button all the way back to the main menu.