Warcraft III Hosting Problem on Windows Vista

Skelly022782 · 02-23-2009, 08:34 AM

Hi Everyone

Was wondering if someone may be able to shed some light on a problem I'm having hosting Warcraft III The Frozen Throne Multiplayer Games on Battlenet. I'm not a computer genius but I know my way around most things. I tried hosting a game yesterday on my girlfriends laptop and my two friends were having a problem joining the game. I know it's not there PC's because we had just played the day before when I was at home. My GF has a Belkin Router that I setup so I went through all the usual steps. It was a little different than my linksys but heres what I tried:

1.) Went to my default gateway, virtual servers and changed the port settinsg to allow incoming connections into UDP and TCIP ports 6112-6119. This didn't work.
2.) I disabled the windows firewall. This also didn't work.
3.) I tried closing AVG anti virus. This didn't help.
4.) My friend suggested I try going into DMZ mode depsite the numerous warnings I've heard about doing so but this also didn't work.

I guess I feel like I'm at a loss. Those are all the things that I usually try to get the game rolling but they didn't work

I was able to join my friend dan's game after I walked him through the process of setting up his ports...but I really wish I could Host.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks

Skelly022782 · 02-24-2009, 07:27 AM

Nevermind.

I figured out the problem. There are too sections in port forwarding. Private Port and Public Port. I was treating them as minimum range and max range when they weren't. On the Belkin Router I have, you have to enter 6112-6119 in both the private port and public port section for it to work properly.

http://www.portforward.com/

Excellent site to figure how how to configure your router for any type of game.

02-23-2009, 08:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
Skelly022782 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2 OS: Vista	Warcraft III Hosting Problem on Windows Vista Hi Everyone Was wondering if someone may be able to shed some light on a problem I'm having hosting Warcraft III The Frozen Throne Multiplayer Games on Battlenet. I'm not a computer genius but I know my way around most things. I tried hosting a game yesterday on my girlfriends laptop and my two friends were having a problem joining the game. I know it's not there PC's because we had just played the day before when I was at home. My GF has a Belkin Router that I setup so I went through all the usual steps. It was a little different than my linksys but heres what I tried: 1.) Went to my default gateway, virtual servers and changed the port settinsg to allow incoming connections into UDP and TCIP ports 6112-6119. This didn't work. 2.) I disabled the windows firewall. This also didn't work. 3.) I tried closing AVG anti virus. This didn't help. 4.) My friend suggested I try going into DMZ mode depsite the numerous warnings I've heard about doing so but this also didn't work. I guess I feel like I'm at a loss. Those are all the things that I usually try to get the game rolling but they didn't work I was able to join my friend dan's game after I walked him through the process of setting up his ports...but I really wish I could Host. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks

02-24-2009, 07:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
Skelly022782 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2 OS: Vista	Re: Warcraft III Hosting Problem on Windows Vista Nevermind. I figured out the problem. There are too sections in port forwarding. Private Port and Public Port. I was treating them as minimum range and max range when they weren't. On the Belkin Router I have, you have to enter 6112-6119 in both the private port and public port section for it to work properly. http://www.portforward.com/ Excellent site to figure how how to configure your router for any type of game. Last edited by Skelly022782; 02-24-2009 at 07:31 AM.