opening ports, is it safe??

well i have a 25gb limit every month and i have ADSL2+ and im getting 200 ping in COD4

but i CAN NOT snipe casue of the lag, so is there a way to get better ping WITHOUT opening ports??
like going to Australian servers. how do i find if there australian??

if there arnt, is opening my ports safe??
my friend opened his ports for COD4 and is getting 100ping or less in most servers.

will opening ports use up my internet faster??

no

opening ports is safe

it just allows direct acess through the router without it going through the routers security stuff and such

it wont use up your internet faster

you do have to know which ports to forward

Well opening up ports on your router does take away the protection that NAT provides for your PC, but as long as you've got a firewall then that doesn't particularly matter anyway.

I personally don't see how opening ports will decrease your ping though, normally it's only if you can't connect at all.

Exactly. There shouldn't be a difference in speed and decrease in your PING.

What I do suggest is you portforward instead.

Exactly. There shouldn't be a difference in speed and decrease in your PING.

What I do suggest is you portforward instead.

SSJBen

Lag is not a function of whether or not the ports are open, but rather the time it takes for your connection to reach the server.

The best you can do is choose a server with as low a lag as you can. If you can't find one, then apart from maybe choosing another Internet provider, you're probably out of luck--your connection is simply too slow against the Internet at large.

ah ok guys, think i might just leave my ports closed or whtever you call it

dont matter, but is there any way to find Australian or Sydney dervers??
in CoD4

You shouldn't have to open any ports once UPNP is enabled on your router.Deihmos

If it worked 100% correctly... I've never had a dlink router that did good on the UPNP.

[QUOTE="Deihmos"]You shouldn't have to open any ports once UPNP is enabled on your router.guynamedbilly

If it worked 100% correctly... I've never had a dlink router that did good on the UPNP.