Hosting at college

[NotTheHelper]

Is it possible to host wc3 games off a college internet?

 

[Exide]

Could be.
Ask the person in charge of the network at your school.

If the network works the way I think it does I doubt they will open a port for you just to host Wc3 games, though.

 

[rover2341]

I have used work arounds. But It runs so slow its just not worth it.

 

[DDRtists]

Chances are, no. This question has been asked here quite a bit, and most of the time the network admin says something like "This network isn't for gaming" or "The port is already taken so you can't have it"...

 

[Slapshot136]

Chances are, no. This question has been asked here quite a bit, and most of the time the network admin says something like "This network isn't for gaming" or "The port is already taken so you can't have it"...

well if they give you "the port is already taken", there are a few you can ask for.. 6112, 6113, 6114, etc. up to 6119 i think.. maybe not all of them are taken

 

[Exide]

well if they give you "the port is already taken", there are a few you can ask for.. 6112, 6113, 6114, etc. up to 6119 i think.. maybe not all of them are taken

You can actually use any port you like. Just define it in the game and forward it in the firewall.

"This network isn't for gaming" is probably the most likely response.

 

[tom_mai78101]

Maybe we should stick this thread somewhere. It's quite notable in colleges and universities, such as mine.

 

[DDRtists]

Maybe we should stick this thread somewhere. It's quite notable in colleges and universities, such as mine.

No.

 

[ReVolver]

Maybe we should stick this thread somewhere. It's quite notable in colleges and universities, such as mine.

There's a reason why they don't let you, school is for knowledge and research NOT FOR GAMES

 

[Samuraid]

On the contrary, the network administrators at the college I attended were very pro-gaming, and even had some multiplayer LAN games installed on many of the lab computers.

That said, many schools probably do have a standard set of firewall rules enforced that don't allow incoming connections on many of the ports used by popular games.

Unless the network administrators have specifically opened a port to support a game, I doubt you will be able to get such ports opened.

 

[Prometheus]

There's bound to be some standard port that's open.
http://www.petri.co.il/quickly_find_local_open_ports.htm
Quick google search gave me that.

@Samu
What was this amazing college?

 

[Samuraid]

@Samu
What was this amazing college?

It was a community college, actually, in Ventura, California.