Cant Host ... !!!

[Adeon 3]

Why cant l host, when l create a game on gamespy noone see my game, do l need to change anything to host, can anyone please help me.

[[ST]Turtle 0]

I assume you have either a Firewall or Router.

Have a look at the other posts on this subject for information on what you need to do.

For a firewall you just need to open some ports. When I used a Firewall (before I got a router) I had PC-Cillen. Within this I was able to make a specific policy which allowed me to open the ports I needed for BR. See {Dark}Kabukis post for the port numbers. You need to be a bit careful because some are TCP and some are UDP.

For a Router the best practice is to configure a static address on your PC and forward the 3 ports to this. As I've said all routers do the same thing it's just how you configure them that is different. When I have time I will write a post on how to configure a static IP Address for those who do not know. As for your router (if you have one) if you let me know the make and model I may be able to give you some advice.

[Adeon 3]

l got firewall, and l dont block in Br or lagg because of my modem.

[{Dark}KaBuKI 2]

try opening this ports in your windows firewall 7174, 7175, and 7177 UDP

[IndominusRex 13]

Yes, I remember last time.. We just have a dial-up and I can host.. I don't lag.. And I don't block even with firewall.. I like the Dial-up than this wireless.. hmm.. I never lag last time unless I got disconnected from the dial-up.. But I hate it when you when a long game and it disconnect... Grr... Waste of time..

[[ST]Turtle 0]

AS Kabuki says open those ports on your firewall. They are UDP ports which you need to open in both directions. Those ports are unique to Battlerealms. (If you are just using Windows XP Firewall see the bottom of this post for what to do).

The other ports that have been mentioned are generic ports to Gamespy Arcade, which are

6667 (IRC)

3783 (Voice Chat Port)

27900 (Master Server UDP Heartbeat)

28900 (Master Server List Request)

29900 (GP Connection Manager)

29901 (GP Search Manager)

13139 (Custom UDP Pings)

6515 (Dplay UDP)

6500 (Query Port)

If you are using Windows XP firewall, do the following.

1. Open Control Panel

2. Double-Click "Security Center"

3.Where it says "Manage Security Settins For" Click " Windows Firewall" (A new window opens Windows Firewall)

4. Click "Exceptions" tab

5. Click "Add Program" then browse to where BR is installed by default it is C drive/program files/liquid entertainment/battle realms

6. Click on Battlerealms.exe then click "open"

7. Now highlight it from the list.

8. For those ppl with more than 1 PC click change scope.

9. You can try changing the options to my subnet only, as this might enable more than 1 PC to be able to host, but as I've only got 1 I dont know. The other thing you could do is on Custom List, list all the IP Addresses in the range 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.154..... hmmm maybe not!

10. Then click OK, and thats it!!! You will now be able to host, it does work because I've tried it.

ONLY for WINDOWS though

[IndominusRex 13]

I tried it but nothing happen.. The only problem now is my router.. and I hate it! hehehe.. Anyway, thank you Viper!

[Adeon 3]

Turtle can u show me some screenshot so l know what to do, so l can host .... l got a swedish computer and l dont know all the english word. Plz Turtle can u show some screenies?

[[ST]Turtle 0]

Yes, NP.

I assume you are using windows XP.

If you have another firewall I suggest you turn it off, but some firewalls even when you turn them off still block ports. In this case then the only things you can do is to either uninstall it or try and open the ports.

GE, let me know your E-Mail address and I'll send you full instructions with diagrams

[Adeon 3]

ok, my e-mail to MSN is: [email protected] -thank u man ^^

[Adeon 3]

I open a port 7174 UDP, and then l tryed to host and it work!!! THANK U SO MUCH TURTLE AND KABUKI

[Speedy 11]

Turtle really helped me out aswell, i could never host before he helped but now i can host really well

[Adeon 3]

[IndominusRex 13]

Yes, Turtle is a great person... His post here helps my friend to host.. He NOW CAN HOST!! hehe...

[{Dark}KaBuKI 2]

have you figirute out a way to host... or to fix the problem ben?

[Jack 0]

hehe....i can host but didnt read this topic

[IndominusRex 13]

@ kabuki, I cant host because no one here know the password of our router..

@ Jack, of course you can host, just that you never tried. Now you can host.

[Adeon 3]

That´s bad ...

[{{clan}}UnablE 2]

i have adsl is it possible too host with adsl?

[Kasedo 1]

i have adsl is it possible too host with adsl?

yeah, just disable ur firewall on ur modem and u can host

[{{clan}}UnablE 2]

just turn it off?

[[LOT]diablo 1]

guys i cant host. i have windows vista i dont know if that changes anything. i went to port forward and i put in the numbers but it still doesnt work. if you cna help me that would be great.

[epoX{L} 0]

guys i cant host. i have windows vista i dont know if that changes anything. i went to port forward and i put in the numbers but it still doesnt work. if you cna help me that would be great.

Can you post screenshots of the router config? Maybe you opened the ports wrong...

Probably i can help you, if you post screens of the config...

[Speedy 11]

Vista is pretty obsessive with security. It probably is that you did something wrong with the router setup, but you could also have a firewall active, which will stop BR in most cases. Have you disabled the Windows Firewall in Vista? Also it would be helpful if you posted screens like poX asked.

If you have Vista you'll probably be aware of the annoying security feature that asks you to confirm with a dialog box every time you open something. If you want to get rid of this (It has no effect on BR it's just very annoying):

1.

Open Control Panel.

2.

Under User Account and Family settings click on the "Add or remove user account".

3.

Click on one of the user accounts, for example you can use the Guest account.

4.

Under the user account click on the "Go to the main User Account page" link.

5.

Under "Make changes to your user account" click on the "Change security settings" link.

6.

In the "Turn on User Account Control (UAC) to make your computer more secure" click to unselect the "Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer". Click on the ok button.

7.

You will be prompted to reboot your computer. Do so when ready.

In order to re-enable UAC just select the above check box and reboot.

[[LOT]diablo 1]

um. is this what you guys mean? im not sure

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[[LOT]diablo 1]

lol sorry i forgot how to show pictures