desperate for some help with online gaming

[helpmepls]

i am realtively new to internet stuff . i am an online gamer i play age of empires : the conquerors on zonemsn.com
ever since i changed my connection i cant play anymore because it seems i am behind a firewall
i think some of the ports are being blocked
i cant take the firewall off no matter what
i might havet o try something to bypass it or maybe forward ports
how exactly would i go about solving my problem so i can play online again ?
and yes ports 80 and 9999 on tcp which are required are being blocked however 443 and 6667 are open
and port 6073 on udp which is also required is blocked. i tried downloading a few port mappers but i dun now how to use them .
. i am not behind a router i think it is just a hardware firewall . And i am not behind NAt either i check that as well ..........just the required ports being blocked.....i also read somewhere taht 28800 to 29100 and port 6073 on UDP are also used by the gaming zone . ..........thank u for reading my post

[washe]

What kind of connection you had and what you currently have?
Sound to me that your ISP has closed those ports...

Welcome to Techimo..

[butch81385]

Welcome to TechIMO!

what do you mean that you changed your connection? details will help.

[helpmepls]

i have windows xp..........the game was working fine before when i was on dialup........now i am on cable net .........i am using a webstar cable modem and no other hardware no router nuthin.......i am on a DOCSIS network i think.......when i was on dialup there were no hassles........in all probabilities it is hardware firewall at the isp end..........i even called up my isp and spoke to him about the situation and he says he cant take me off the firewall for security reasons cause his network spreads far..........how ever there are different rate plans that he offers and for a "gold rate plan" he opens all ports .but that plan is too costly.......but i am on"silver rate plan" and he will not open the ports . i tested my connecton for open ports only ports 443 and 6667 are open as far as i know.......maybe a port redirector or sumthing is a slon .........there has gotta be a solution lol

i have heard it is possible to redirect ports i could use some
information on that too and asto how it's done

[washe]

thats a bad ISP, yikes gold rate plan to get the services you already paid yuck...

Questions you have problems hosting the games or actually joining games?

[Dbest]

Hey washe YGPM.