how can you open a range of ports (service pack 2) MS firewall

> ok playstaion and service pack 2 firewall
>
> for say SOCOM II Scee say you need the following ports open
>
> tcp 10070-10080
> udp 10070 and 6000-6999
>
> so if you need to open a port over a network with MS firewall
>
> how can you open a range as it wont let you use any characters in the
> number
> field
>
> ie 6000-6999 i dont fancy setting up 999 differant ports
>
> any help from microsoft is this a bug ?
>

> Hi Five!
>
> I don't need to open ports manually with the XP firewall.
> When the application needs access, it pops up a request
> and I accept it. That's the beauty of XP UPnP Firewall! :-)
>
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> "FiveD" <FiveD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FA15FBAB-C94E-411C-8560-58475DE08C1E@microsoft.com...
> | ok playstaion and service pack 2 firewall
> |
> | for say SOCOM II Scee say you need the following ports open
> |
> | tcp 10070-10080
> | udp 10070 and 6000-6999
> |
> | so if you need to open a port over a network with MS firewall
> |
> | how can you open a range as it wont let you use any characters in the number
> | field
> |
> | ie 6000-6999 i dont fancy setting up 999 differant ports
> |
> | any help from microsoft is this a bug ?
> |
>
>
>

> I did a GOOGLE search for this and couldn't find a specific solution to your
> problem. It's possible one of the links below has an automated way of
> scripting this via a policy.
>
>
> I found the generic instructions for the firewall
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...ect/ports.mspx
>
> Here's some more specific information
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=875357
>
>
> Deployment guidelines
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
>
> Another KB article
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842242
>
>
>
> "FiveD" <FiveD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FA15FBAB-C94E-411C-8560-58475DE08C1E@microsoft.com...

> > ok playstaion and service pack 2 firewall
> >
> > for say SOCOM II Scee say you need the following ports open
> >
> > tcp 10070-10080
> > udp 10070 and 6000-6999
> >
> > so if you need to open a port over a network with MS firewall
> >
> > how can you open a range as it wont let you use any characters in the
> > number
> > field
> >
> > ie 6000-6999 i dont fancy setting up 999 differant ports
> >
> > any help from microsoft is this a bug ?
> >

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