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nathanabocca · 2002-12-30 1:51 am

So say I have a linksys router. and 2 comps behind it for WC III. WIll it kill my B.net? I"ve seen routers let you on, but not one person join the other person's game...

smd3 · 2002-12-31 4:45 pm

Should be fine. I'm willing to bet that Battle.net runs on a port higher than 1024, and thus you'll be alright.

and even my cheap CompUSA router allows for a DMZ so whatever one you get should too.

Just plug it in and it should work fine. To host games though you'll have to set up your router to do port forwarding.

Mook · 2003-01-03 11:41 am

And how does one do port forwarding?
I just bought a router to slap three computers behind, and knowing nothing of what i've done I'm sure its just a matter of time till my younger brother wants to play Starcraft or something and is unable(he hosts games and such sometimes with his friends), better to do it now while i'm still home than try to talk my pops through it when i'm back at school...
I would assume the problem comes from my computer insisting that my ip is 192.168 something instead of its typicall isp given 24. something

I bought some D-Link router from bestbuy and theres nothing in the 6 page quick start-up guide about port forwarding.
It did setup for basic web and IM with no problems though..

Edit: Ok I'm back on my routers setup 192.168.0.1, and i've got my WAN ip, should i just set the main computer up as a DMZ? it would probably be better if certain services worked for certain computers, for isntance my brother plays starcraft on one computer, i sometimes play diablo 2 on another, and my sister uses limewire on a third...is that just too much of a pain in my ass though?

smd3 · 2003-01-03 11:56 am

Ok, so now you're behind the router. It's pretending that all the computers behind it aren't there. To your ISP, only the router is a computer. To do this the router gives all it's computer's internal addresses. The router translates everything necessary to keep you on the net.

You're going to need to read the manual that came with your router. You're also going to need to figure out what port the games that you want to play are using. This may be in the manual, or maybe you could find it on the net. Then set up your router for a virtual host.

You're going to have to dig in that manual. Here's what I did though.

I found out the MAC addresses of the network cards in my computers. All network cards have them. I then set up the router to give certain MAC addresses the same IP all the time. So now that I know which computers have which addresses, and they stay that way, I set up the router to forward any incoming packets on port 12203 (Medal of Honor) to my Mac.

Mook · 2003-01-03 12:02 pm

heh, think we crossed each other there..i edited my post before your reply...I think i'm just gonna DMZ the main computer and tell everyone the old 9600 is just for internet, IMs and email

nathanabocca · 2003-01-03 3:15 pm

Well go for that if you want, but I should warn you that SC and such should be fine, the problem comes when 1 guy hosts from behind the router and another person also behind the router tries to join through Battle.net

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#1 2002-12-30 1:51 am

Router and WCIII

#2 2002-12-31 4:45 pm

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#3 2003-01-03 11:41 am

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#4 2003-01-03 11:56 am

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#5 2003-01-03 12:02 pm

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