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Firewalls and Routers Tutorial; by The_AwaKening.
Topic Started: Feb 2 2006, 01:53 PM (1,045 Views)
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A lot of people are asking lately how to open firewalls or ports on their router to host a game. I've decided to make a tutorial. It will be long, and probably boring :huh: with a short intermission to relieve some stress and keep you focused.

These are the most common occurences I've seen at blocking game hosting on bnet. Keep in mind it is only from experience on computers I've seen.
1. Windows XP SP2 built in firewall
2. Router firewalls
3. Norton Internet Security
4. Norton Antivirus (worm protection)
5. Other firewall programs
6. Too much weed smoking which blocks much more than just your games :huh:


The basic theory here is to get port 6112 tcp open up to your computer. You could also just turn all this stuff off completely.

We'll start with Windows XP firewall. My suggestion is to just turn this shit off completely, but if you are that insecure then listen up. Go to control panel in your start menu. Click your icon that says Security Center (Service Pack 2 only). Click windows firewall. You can turn it off here or go to the tab that says exceptions. Click on add port. In here you can name it whatever you want and put 6112 as the port number. Put a check in tcp and hit ok.

If I remember correctly without Service Pack 2, you don't have exceptions, so you will just have to turn it off. Go to Control Panel and click on network connections. The one you want will most likely say either Local Area Connection or Wireless Network Connection; it will also say connected. Double click it and click on properties at the bottom. Now go to the advanced tab at top and there should be a field in there that says something about a firewall. Just uncheck that.

Router firewalls differ depending on your brand, but only in the interface for the most part. First of all you have to know your routers ip address. You can get this by double clicking on your connection in network connections and it is under the support tab listed as default gateway. The most common router ip's are:
192.168.0.1 (dlink, 2wire, actiontec, etc.)
192.168.1.1 (linksys)
192.168.2.1 (mostly belkin routers)
10.0.0.1 (cisqo routers)

You could also do it in a dos prompt. Go to start. Go to run. Type .cmd This will bring up a command prompt. Type .ipconfig This will give you all your information. Write it down.

Setting your static ip
You will want to set a static ip for your computer. I shall now reiterate what I said above. Go to Control Panel and click on network connections. The one you want will most likely will say either Local Area Connection or Wireless Network Connection; it will also say connected. Double click it and click on properties at the bottom. Now go down to Internet Protocall (TCP/IP) and double click that. Check the one that says Use the following Ip Address. Ip Address will be almost the same as your gateway. Only the last field changes ie (192.168.?.20). You can set any number USUALLY between 2 and 254. Make a note of what you choose. Subnet mask will usually fill in by itself when you click on it. Default gateway is your router address (192.168.?.?). Preferred Dns Server can just be the same as your gateway address and leave Alternate Dns Server blank. Done with that part now.

Open Internet Explorer and type your gateway ip addresses in the address bar. NOTHING but the address (no www.) This should bring you to either router login or right to your routers gui. If there is a login, just try hitting ok with the field blank; otherwise, you will need to find out what it is in the manual or who set it up. Click on settings or advanced settings if it is there. You are looking now for something called either port forwarding or anything else with the word PORT in it. Tell it to add a port and type in 6112 selecting tcp and point it to your computers ip address that you set, ie(192.168.0.20). There may also be an option to just open the port completely to every computer in the network therefore eliminating the need to set a static ip.
Another option would be to find a setting called DMZ hosting and put in your static ip that you set which would open the the entire firewall to this computer.

If you have Norton Internet Security, you're on your own because I don't use it and I absolutely despise it. My suggestion for you is to UNINSTALL THAT CRAP. Enough said here. Let the Flaming begin.

Norton Antivirus 2005 and above has a setting under options called worm protection. I've tried setting exceptions in there before, but everytime Blizzard makes a patch, it blocks it out again. I've decided to just turn off worm protection because it is just a pain in my ass. Maybe not the best thing to do, but I've tried allowing wc3 in there multiple times and it just keeps on blocking it back out.

If you have other firewall programs and would like to share your knowledge of how to open ports on them, feel free to reply to my thread.

As for the weed smokin fools that seem to rule bnet, put the doobie down for just long enough to uncloud your thought process and read this thread 2 more more times.

This tutorial was thrown together in about 15 minutes while at work, so please don't flame me too much. I realize also that there are many other ways to change these things I've listed, but I wanted it to be as universal as possible depending on your computers settings. I'll edit and add to this later when I'm not under Qwest's thumb.

EDIT: 6112 tcp has to be open instead of udp. Bnet changed it at some point.[redit][/redit]
Edited by AwaKening, Jul 27 2008, 02:02 PM.
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I've actually come across an awesome tutorial site with guides for every router you could think of.

http://www.portforward.com
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thanks awake, i can host now!
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more people should read this shit.
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Is there a way to host going around a wireless setup?
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Nov 23 2008, 07:44 PM
Is there a way to host going around a wireless setup?
what do you mean going aorund a wireless setup? You can host even if you're wireless, its just not as strong as a "wired" connection is. thats all.
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Settings for wireless are same as settings for wired. This tutorial is pretty old now, and Vista has come out since. I'll rewrite it at some point.
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Unless no one has Vista and stays on XP.
"Ignorance is bliss, why aren't people happy?"

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Vista > Xp
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Fuck yeah, it worked. Now time to see if I'm a worthy host!
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I agree, I think Vista > XP
since so many people said they having Vista problems, but to me, I think its their fault for causing problems on the Vista, because the computer is dumb bot, and we're just controlling the computer as puppeteers... Since so far, my dad has Vista and cause 0 problem in 3 months since so far, while for me I've XP on my Laptop.[redit]Stay on Topic[/redit]
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