If this time is exceeded, your Player will tell you it cannot connect or that it has lost its connection. The Transport tab in the Preferences window allows you to customize your network connection for RealPlayer Plus. The description of these preferences assumes a basic knowledge of Internet protocols and firewalls. RealPlayer Plus will automatically configure itself to use the most efficient mode of transport for your connection. Use this setting if your computer has problems using some network transports.
Some networks have limited ports available for Internet applications.
This setting controls which port RealPlayer applications use for receiving data. The UDP port setting does not affect TCP packets, which can only be received through Port 7070. The Transport Settings dialogs allows you to select the different modes of network transport that you can receive. Select this option if you want RealPlayer Plus to use TCP for the initial connection to RealServer. Select this option if you want RealPlayer Plus to use TCP for all content.