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ilbh
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Brazil1606 Posts
May 21 2007 01:59 GMT
#21
i have a router and i do never had any trouble playing at bnet or any other kind of game/software/etc.
you just need to configure port forwarding and you wont have any trouble.

i can host and join any game...
Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-07-13 16:27:53
May 21 2007 03:31 GMT
#22
EVERYONE has terrible information in this thread.

First of all D-Link is the shittiest company known to man. Get Lynksys.

Ok here is proper directions to open the ports needed for Battle.net.

1- Doubleclick your Loca Area Network Connection Status (It should tell you your connection speed, time logged on, etc.)

2- Click the Support tab then copy down the DEFAULT GATEWAY. It should be something like 192.168.1.1

3- Type that address into INTERNET EXPLORER not firefox.

4- It should bring up your router/internet settings. (If it brings up a name/password screen put that in. Sometimes you can leave it blank and it works, if not you're shit out of luck.)

5- Open/forward ports 6112-6119 TCP/UDP. Those are the ports required for battle.net/starcraft.
Save it or whatever and exit you might need to restart your computer, I don't know.

6- http://portforward.com/cports.htm This is a list of other programs/games ports that you can open for router shiestiness. Good Luck


PS- Avoid wireless router if possible. Cords are always better.

PPS- A lot of the time when people can't join your game its not just you. Its because both of you have routers. If you both have them with ports opened it should allow you to join each others games. So make all your friends fix their shit. I've noticed that people without routers can join my games but people with routers can't or have trouble.

edit - Port 4000? no its 6112-6119 for sc/wc on b.net. I think 4000 is for diablo2 and some other stupid shit like C&C.


7- Turn off ALL firewall/antivirus programs. Routers come with built in firewalls which is why there is so many problems associated with them. If you are that paranoid about computer attacks just scan every morning or while you sleep. Or just scan files as you download them.

There are 2 things that I hate dealing with on computers. They are Printers & Routers. They fucking suck, goodluck.

..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
siro)
Profile Joined January 2006
Australia848 Posts
May 21 2007 15:38 GMT
#23
What IP do I forward to?

local IP? default gateway? Random assigned IP?
HiddenTalent
Profile Joined July 2005
United States246 Posts
May 21 2007 15:50 GMT
#24
local IP, the ip address that is assigned to your specific computer.
AcrossFiveJulys
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
United States3612 Posts
May 21 2007 15:52 GMT
#25
On May 21 2007 10:37 Equinox_kr wrote:
DONT GET A ROUTER; YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO HOST T_T_T_T


I have a routher and I can host... you just have to open all the ports correctly. Just follow the directions on this site, as someone already mentioned:

www.portforward.com
siro)
Profile Joined January 2006
Australia848 Posts
May 21 2007 15:52 GMT
#26
On May 22 2007 00:50 HiddenTalent wrote:
local IP, the ip address that is assigned to your specific computer.


thanks, that's what I had it set to.

still no luck =(
HiddenTalent
Profile Joined July 2005
United States246 Posts
May 21 2007 15:54 GMT
#27
CharlieMurphy, everyone has their own preferences on which router they prefer. Saying that we give terrible advice just because we don't agree with what router you think is best is a bad statement.
HiddenTalent
Profile Joined July 2005
United States246 Posts
May 21 2007 15:56 GMT
#28
Did you forward ports 6112-6119 allowing UDP and TCP?
siro)
Profile Joined January 2006
Australia848 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-05-21 16:25:13
May 21 2007 15:59 GMT
#29
On May 22 2007 00:56 HiddenTalent wrote:
Did you forward ports 6112-6119 allowing UDP and TCP?


yep!

Does running through a switch (for home networking) have any bearing on this? [I have tried with and without anyways]

Likewise do static/dynamic ip's matter?
Chosi
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Germany1309 Posts
May 21 2007 16:03 GMT
#30
On May 21 2007 10:18 draeger wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 21 2007 00:56 Chosi wrote:
Set yourself DMZ, you can use the Internet as you could before without using a Router, but works only for one PC (you i presume).


BAD idea. Instead, get a smidgen of computer knowledge and forward only the ports you need to your local IP. Making yourself DMZ is just asking to be the target of random brute force attacks. The router's internal firewall diverts most of that if you allow it to.


I use direct connection DSL since there is DSL and never got any "Attacks".. Dunno where this Paranoia comes from, guess from the Firewall/AV companies. It's not like any retard that can google for "hackz" can kill your computer anymore. And those ppl that are actually able and interessted in hacking a computer will, for sure, search for some more interessting targets, since they to it to gather information or this strange kind of fame. They won't get any of it by hacking into Joe Average's computer and deleting his replays.

Portforwarding does help, but most routers cannot even save as many forward rules as you would need to get everything working as you want, icq filetransfer, bittorrent, irc dcc, bnet, other games .. Just set yourself as DMZ and *never* get *any* of those router problems at all. Check your antivirus software to be up to date and you are fine.

Firewalls and Routers blocking off "attacks" reminds me of the good old days of the "Norton Crash Guard" that should prevent your computer from freezing. It told me about 3-4 times a day it just prevented a crash and about 1-2 times a day it still crashed. If you uninstalled it you did not have any problems at all.

So unless you have interessting or valuable (for others too!) things on your computer or maybe data from your company etc, don't overprotect yourself...
Someday, you’re going to fuck up so magnificently, so ambitiously, so overwhelmingly that the sky will light up and the moons will spin and the gods themselves will shit comets with glee. And I just hope I’m still around to see it.
lokiM(gG)
Profile Joined April 2007
United States111 Posts
May 21 2007 16:13 GMT
#31
If you buy a shitty router thinking you got a good one, you can always portforward or trigger at portforward.com
Hio
ilbh
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Brazil1606 Posts
May 21 2007 16:30 GMT
#32
everyone who cant use starcraft with router has their router miss-configured

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
HiddenTalent
Profile Joined July 2005
United States246 Posts
May 21 2007 17:15 GMT
#33
On May 22 2007 01:30 ilbh wrote:
everyone who cant use starcraft with router has their router miss-configured

Agree
CubEdIn
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
Romania5359 Posts
May 21 2007 18:49 GMT
#34
DMZ > all.
Im not a n00b, I just play like one.
siro)
Profile Joined January 2006
Australia848 Posts
May 22 2007 08:10 GMT
#35
On May 22 2007 02:15 HiddenTalent wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 22 2007 01:30 ilbh wrote:
everyone who cant use starcraft with router has their router miss-configured

Agree


even when set to enable DMZ I can't host/play in my friends game.
Polemarch
Profile Joined August 2005
Canada1564 Posts
May 22 2007 08:25 GMT
#36
siro, you're not alone, and it does sound like you've set up the port forwarding correctly. i've definitely set up my port forwarding, firewall, etc. (i host some other things that require the ports to be set up), but it mostly doesn't work still.

i can generally join games, but if there's more than 1 other person (the host) in there it'll lag badly. also i can host... sometimes. i think i can only host if i haven't joined another game recently, but i'm not sure. and if more than one person joins my games, then it'll lag. i'm guessing my Belkin router is trying to be smart and limits my UDP packets over the same port to just communicate with one other IP address.

so yeah, you're probably mostly out of luck unless you want to replace the router. if so, first try connecting your computer directly to the cable modem for a few minutes to bypass the router and see if it works.
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