hosting games on battlenet

[XTC_SHROOM]

My freinds and I are having problems hosting game. does it help if the game is registered

 

[Darg]

registering a blizzard game won't make a difference no. What does make a difference is if you are behind either a router or firewall. In this case there has to be some sort of configuration done to allow you to host games.

All I know is that you must have ports 6112-6119 open for both incoming and outgoing TCP/UDP packets.

Maybe another op can help you with router/firewall config, that area is out of my league.

 

[[XTC]SHROOM]

thanks

We recon'd our routers and the games are running smooth. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[Unhappyparakeet]

i'm on a college campus, could someone inform me how to check if these ports are open? thanx

 

[Darg]

I too would like to know if a program exists that can tell me if a particular port is open or blocked. Maybe wargy or logical know of something?

 

[WinterNightPhantom]

A free port scanner is here:

http://grc.com/x/ne.dll?rh1dkyd2

To see if a specific port is open, type it in the box and click "User Specified Custom Port Probe". If you're on a college campus, Warcraft III is listening on a port, you scan to see if the port is open and it isn't, most likely your college is blocking it inbound. Ask your network administrator if the port is open; if it's closed, don't expect to convince them to open it.

When it comes to hosting Warcraft III games, routers are usually what trip people up. In the case of a router, all you have to do is forward the port that Warcraft III is listening on (6112 TCP by default, you don't have to forward all those other ports) to your computer's internal IP address in the router's settings.

 

[Jovian]

I'm having problems hosting games as well. I went to the one site to check if my ports are open and they are not. How exactly do I manually open them?

 

[The Helper]

That will depend on what type of firewall is installed. Instructions for opening ports varies depending on the type of firewall.

 

[SD_Ryoko]

You need one of those port open for a firewall. Blizzard faq has you add in ALL the ports, but thats only so no matter what number warcraft uses, it will work.

Configure your options in the game. Set the game port to 6112 thru 6119 (pick one)

If your router has a firewall, visit the router via its IP in internet explorer.

Usually it will have a chart of IP adresses, and the incomming/outgoing port.

Key in the number you picked (IE: 6112) and your computers local IP adress (IE: 192.168.100.1) for both TCP and UDP.

If your using a windows XP firewall, open the properties of your DSL/CABLE connection, and configure your firewall there.

Add a service called Blizzard1 (or whatever you choose)
Add your local IP adress (192.168.100.1) and add the port (6112) for TCP.

Add another service called Blizzard2 (or whatever you choose)
Add your local IP adress (192.168.100.1) and add the port (6112) for UDP.

If your not sure what IP adress you have, open your network connections and double click on your DSL/CABLE connection. There should be an information tab present, and your IP adress is the CLIENT adress.

If your internet connection is through a colledge campus, they would have to open the port FOR you. There own equipment probobly has security options and a firewall already in place.

* You would need to ask the administrator for one port (6112 or whatever) for your ip (192.168.100.1) for both TCP and UDP ports.

Example
I have four computers. I also have cable, with a router that has a built in firewall.

Inside the warcraft options, each computer recieved one number.
6112
6113
6114
6115

Then in my router configuration, I keyed in the port numbers with the corresponding computer adresses.
192.168.100.1 = 6112
192.168.100.2 = 6113
192.168.100.3 = 6114
192.168.100.4 = 6115

What sucks? I am using DHCP though... sometimes the power goes out and the router forgets all the IP leases.... and you know the rest. LOL!

 

[Unregistered]

nice post =)

I'm having as similar problem but i know my router has port 6112 open I checked it hadn't been changed from yesterday. I was hosting games fine last night but today whenever my friend tries to connect to a game I am hosting (my game appears in the BNET list) he gets the message the game could not be found maybe the host closed the game.

any suggestions?

 

[darkassaisin]

if the internet lets u go through that port and it still doesn't work then many of us have found out that patch 1.15 has not been working wel with people with routers and cable so if that is not the case if u have linksys routers then open up internet explorer and then type ur internet gateway into the adress bar then when u get on the site type the user name as admin and the password as admin then go to advanced then go to fowarding and open the port that u r using there thats what i did to make it so i can host games

 

[Tarines]

You need one of those port open for a firewall. Blizzard faq has you add in ALL the ports, but thats only so no matter what number warcraft uses, it will work.

Configure your options in the game. Set the game port to 6112 thru 6119 (pick one)

If your router has a firewall, visit the router via its IP in internet explorer.

Usually it will have a chart of IP adresses, and the incomming/outgoing port.

Key in the number you picked (IE: 6112) and your computers local IP adress (IE: 192.168.100.1) for both TCP and UDP.

If your using a windows XP firewall, open the properties of your DSL/CABLE connection, and configure your firewall there.

Add a service called Blizzard1 (or whatever you choose)
Add your local IP adress (192.168.100.1) and add the port (6112) for TCP.

Add another service called Blizzard2 (or whatever you choose)
Add your local IP adress (192.168.100.1) and add the port (6112) for UDP.

If your not sure what IP adress you have, open your network connections and double click on your DSL/CABLE connection. There should be an information tab present, and your IP adress is the CLIENT adress.

If your internet connection is through a colledge campus, they would have to open the port FOR you. There own equipment probobly has security options and a firewall already in place.

* You would need to ask the administrator for one port (6112 or whatever) for your ip (192.168.100.1) for both TCP and UDP ports.

Example
I have four computers. I also have cable, with a router that has a built in firewall.

Inside the warcraft options, each computer recieved one number.
6112
6113
6114
6115

Then in my router configuration, I keyed in the port numbers with the corresponding computer adresses.
192.168.100.1 = 6112
192.168.100.2 = 6113
192.168.100.3 = 6114
192.168.100.4 = 6115

What sucks? I am using DHCP though... sometimes the power goes out and the router forgets all the IP leases.... and you know the rest. LOL!

i have 2 computers on a rowter and it still dose not work can you help me
i fell like a retard cuz i cant figer it out cuz i have been trying to get it to work for as long as ive been playing the game and thats like years