Curse

Nuker · May 03, 2005, 10:43 PM // 22:43

ok my router sucks and for some reason i cant connect to things such as guildwars, wc3, fileshares etc.... this really blows because I CAN connect to Ultima online, internet, aim....

so what am i doing wrong??? i tried opening my ports via the info on my router's support site but no luck.... please help me....

info
wireless router netgear -WGR614
wireless card - Dlink - DWL G120
dell poweredge 400SC

thank you

Nuker · May 03, 2005, 10:43 PM // 22:43

by the way i get Err=5 when trying to connect

Disco Impulse · May 03, 2005, 11:03 PM // 23:03

The problem is your ports... it is just a matter of opening the right ones.
Did you contact arenanet to see which ports to open or did you open random ports?

Nuker · May 03, 2005, 11:24 PM // 23:24

i turned on universal plug and play. and for wc3 i had turned on my ports and still no luck

Hornet303 · May 03, 2005, 11:39 PM // 23:39

So can you even start GW? Or does it give you the error right away when you launch the executabe?

Your routers support page is here : http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/WGR614.asp

you should check to see if you have the most up to date version. I believe that GW should just require NAT, which pretty much all routers support. the only time you need to open ports are if people are joining YOU, not vice versa. Most recent network games come "nat aware" and know how to used established connections instead of requesting a connection to you (this requiring you to port forward).

You shouldnt need UPNP on. And if you have spent a decent amount of time messing with the router, maybe you should try restoring it to default. Write down all the major info you need off it and reset it so everything goes back to default. You shoultn have much issue after that.

For games like Warcraft 3, if you want to play a custom game and youre the host of it, you need to forward port 6112 (GW uses the same ports) to PC that is playing the game. But unless you are planning on hosting custom games, you wont need to forward ports, battle.net hosts the game and the players connect to it (similar to GW)

Nuker · May 03, 2005, 11:56 PM // 23:56

yeah bro actually i cant event connect to bnet(i could d/l patch though...)

i also cant get past the part where you enter in your email address and password in gw

Omega Supreme · May 04, 2005, 12:27 AM // 00:27

Open TCP port 6112 if you haven't already, as someone already suggested. Try disabling "port triggering" also. From what I've heard those Netgear routers have caused problems with both Battle.net and GW, and these two things seem to get things going.

Hornet303 · May 04, 2005, 12:49 AM // 00:49

Yeah, I read something in a different thread about the router having a port trigger setting for starcraft which uses the same settings as battle.net (as well as GW). They say to remove that. In the port fowarding section, forward port 6112 (if it gives you a range go from 6116 to 6112) and for the IP address, enter the IP address you're computer is currently using. If you dont know, do this

Click Start
Click Run
type cmd and hit enter
in the dos box, type ipconfig
the IP address there will be the IP address you need to enter into the router to port forward 6112 to. Basically what that does is tell the router, if I get any packets sent from the outside (internet) to the router that are on port 6112, automatically send them to 192.168.1.100 (if that is the IP that you have) and then your network card will acknowledge it and process the connection.

I would still consider logging into the router and comparing the firmware version to the website I posted in the pervious message. Its always "usually" a good idea to have the latest as they fix issues.

Hornet303 · May 04, 2005, 12:55 AM // 00:55

Also, if youre using Win XP with SP2, try disabling the firewall and see if that makes it work. If it does, yo ucan make an entry in the firewall exception list to allow gw.exe (or whatever the execuable is).

Nuker · May 04, 2005, 01:32 AM // 01:32

disabled port triggering for the win!!!!

thanks guys you rock!!!

Hornet303 · May 04, 2005, 01:34 AM // 01:34

Good! See you online.. My char is Hornet Three if you want to add me to your friends list in the game