UT 2004 online hosting

[BlueJolz]

Hi all,

I am close to curling up into a ball in a darkened room.

Can anyone run me through the process of setting up my system for hosting a game of Unreal Tournament 2004 online, please?

I have seen numerous 'port forwarding' topics and tried a few but nothing works. The server shows on the UT server list but with 'N/A' next to it so it can't be joined.

The router I'm using is the standard Sky Sagem model.

If you need any more info so you can help me, please get in touch.

Thank you.

BlueJolz.

[NewsreadeR]

Find the required port number and then follow this guide substituting the relevant numbers

Sky User - Unofficial Help and Support for Sky Broadband and everything Sky! - BitComet Port forwarding on a Sagem F@ST 2504 Router.

[BlueJolz]

Thanks very much for that.
The only thing is, I'm running a Mac system and BitComet doesn't appear to be available for it (what a surprise!).

Any more ideas would be hugely appreciated!

Look at the time! Where did Friday go!?

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[NewsreadeR]

ooops. The BitComet program is irrelevant, its the setting up of the rules that you need to follow:

Now you will need to log in to the Sagem Router by typing the following into a browser (or just click on the link):

http://192.168.0.1

Username: admin

Password: sky (unless you have already changed this for another password)

Once logged in we need to set up a rule to allow port for game to be forwarded to your PC that you are running the game on.

Click on Security

Choose Services then Add Custom Service

1) Choose a name to describe the service

2) Choose TCP/UDP

3) Enter Start Port number - Port number (or whatever number)

4) Enter Finish number - Port number (or whatever number)

5) Click Apply

Now choose Firewall Rules:

1) Under Inbound Services choose Add

2) Type a name to identify the service

3) Choose the rule we made above

4) Put in the correct IP address for the PC that is running the game

5) Click Apply

Away you go.

Is the bits I meant - hope this helps. (follow the images on the tutorial if needed)

[_lecro_]

JFYI the required ports are below

The default ports are:
Port Type Description
7777 UDP/IP (Game Port)
7778 UDP/IP (Query Port; game port + 1)
7787 UDP/IP (GameSpy Query Port; game port + 10)
28902 TCP/IP (Allows your Server to Connect to the UT2004 Master Server Browser)
xxxx TCP/IP (Port set via ListenPort that your WebAdmin will run on)

Also make sure you set the following to True

Find the [IpDrv.MasterServerUplink] part in your server's ini file, and modify the following value: ServerBehindNAT=True

If you are unable to browse webadmin using the external IP address of your server, but accessing the webadmin from inside your LAN works, then the following may help you:

Find the [UWeb.WebServer] in your server's .ini file, and modify the following value (where x.x.x.x is your public internet IP address ):

ServerName=x.x.x.x

Also, please remember due to the way NAT works, any computer within your local NAT network will have to connect and view your server (via the server browser) via the LAN IP else you will have problem's connecting and get N/A for the server details. Anyone outside your network (Internet) should see your server fine now as long as the ports are opened.

[NewsreadeR]

Did it work?

I would just make two rules

The default ports are:
Port Type Description
7777 UDP/IP (Game Port)
7778 UDP/IP (Query Port; game port + 1)
7787 UDP/IP (GameSpy Query Port; game port + 10)
28902 TCP/IP (Allows your Server to Connect to the UT2004 Master Server Browser)
xxxx TCP/IP (Port set via ListenPort that your WebAdmin will run on)

Game1 TCP/UDP Start 7777 Finish 7787
Game2 TCP/UDP Start 28902 Finish 28903

And then use 28903 instead of xxxx above.

[BlueJolz]

Eventually I got it working!

After all the problems, I was almost there, but finally got the answer at portforward.com

Follow the 'port forwarding' section and the router you use and in no time you'll be up and running!

Thanks to all of you who helped me as well!

Cheers.