Server Cant Host

[Genocidal~V*D~]

this is the problem a person wants to serve and has this router ,a dlink 604

hes opened the ports
and gave firewall permisson
and tried the dmz

but everything has failed and people still get locked up on the join screen.

wed be greatful for any help put forth to get us by this...

[Stu]

Yer i cant host on 1 of my computers (i have a network of 3 computers) It says its got an unknown error. What could it be? it could be the reason that i have Norton(R). But i just dont know. Can Anyone help me here?

< tHats what want to do when i cant host!
<Thats wat i want to do on the internet!
HELP ME

[BeBop]

check if you have windows xp (not sure if its on 2k)'s firewall enabled, that my cause the problem.

[Genocidal~V*D~]

ok we checked and his xp firewall is disengaged

this prob must be specifically with that dlink router

we now been tryin to crack this piece o junk router to no avail please anyone else can you offer up some more possible routes to take in fixin this prob....

[EDGE]

its prolly the router. Alot of my friends have had the same problem with the dlink router. They took the dlink back to the store and got a syslink, and they didn't have that problem with the syslink. So its prolly the router then.

[BeBop]

maybe a lil button that says firewall on the router case lol?

[Genocidal~V*D~]

well we finally figured it out and got him servin so thanks to all that threw down a post...

[BeBop]

well what did you have to do? that way others may be able to learn from your adventures

[§høçkêr]

yeah, thats exactly the problem I'm having, what did you do to remedy the problem?

[ßulle†]

yeap same problem here.

[Stu]

I have windows XP, i have no idea what ure on about with the firewall! LOL


I bet its this fire wall

[§høçkêr]

i have a router, but my firewall is turned off, so i dont know what to do now

[ßulle†]

i have a router....firewall on...how i turn it off?

[§høçkêr]

if you installed a program with the firewall, just go into the program and shut it off from there. also, if you're running XP, you may have the fire wall on in there. to turn that off, go to: START>CONTROL PANEL>NETWORK AND INTERNET CONNECTIONS> NETWORK CONNECTIONS, then you should see the router or symbol. you can do two things, right click on the picture, and go to properties, or single click on the LAN symbol, then go to the left pane of the control panel, and you should see the option at the bottom of the highest box "Change settings of this connection". whichever one you clicked on, (ie properties or the change settings) it will take you to the same place, a rectangular box of sorts. click on the "Advanced" tab on the top row of tabs, and there should be a check box there, next to it saying "Protect my computer and network by limiting or preventing access to this computer from the internet." if the box is checked, uncheck it, and your firewall is off, if it isn't checked, your firewall is already off. hope this was of help.

(btw, if you are in the "Classic View" of control panel, there is the option "Network Connections", just click on that, and follow the rest of the steps mentioned above.)

[ßulle†]

nope its off i bet its this router. I don't ever host so it don't matter but if i ever needed to it would help

[§høçkêr]

i found out what to do. go to your router program, look at the IP address, and then type it in on the address bar. it should ask for a username and password. dont put in anything, and just click "OK" then inside, just add the ports and IP u wish to add, and it should work.