Curse

Heartsong · May 27, 2007, 11:59 PM // 23:59

I am unable to connect to Guild Wars to create an account -- and I really want to play. I read about the Netgear problems. Here is my configuration and what i have tried so far:

Windows XP SP2, all patches applied.
Netgear RP614v3.
No firewall apps.
Cable internet service.

1. For WAN setup, I unchecked the box labeled "Enabled SPI"

2. For UPnP setup, I checked the box "Turn UPnP On" because there are multiple family members who wanted to play

3. Under Port Triggering, there are no entries

4. Under Port Forwarding, I tried the following, each time without success:

4a. No entries

4b. One entry: Enabled - Guild Wars 1 - 6112 - 192.168.0.1 (the gateway address)

4c. One entry: Enabled - Guild Wars 1 - 6112 - 192.168.0.2 (my IP address, though if that is the way to do it, how will other family members play)

4d. Two entries: Enabled - Guild Wars 1 - 6112 - 192.168.0.1
Enabled - Guild Wars 2 - 80 - 192.168.0.1

4d. Two entries: Enabled - Guild Wars 1 - 6112 - 192.168.0.2
Enabled - Guild Wars 2 - 80 - 192.168.0.2

Should I try other things? I am afraid to disable DMZ because other people at my house are playing other internet games on their computers, and I don't want to break those games.

If I decide to give up and buy a new router, what router would people recommend as easy to play Guild Wars on?

Matsumi · May 28, 2007, 10:19 AM // 10:19

for the IP address, you could set that to any for the IP being used. Slimming it down to just 2 rules, one for port 80 and one for 6112.

The main thing to play games on a netgear router from the looks of it on their web site, is that SPI needs to be disabled, and instead of using port forwarding (which leaves those ports open all the time), I would try using port triggering instead. I wouldn't use DMZ on that router though.

If you decide to give up on the netgear router, there are some pretty decent ones out there for fairly cheap prices. Either Linksys or D-Link offer pretty good standard protection.