games help

[SLEWIS92]

HI i jest got SKY MAX and i do a lot of gameing on the net
i play a game called black hawk down BHD short
i like to host a game for me and my m8 to go in and play but i cant get the ports open for it no one can get in to the game.

can you help me out 4 days doning it now and still no joy hope you can help.

the ports for the game are port:17479

PS//did work will aol. got my own netgear router and wos working ok on there it is jest the sky one that dont work>>>

[dholdi]

Hi, have you opened the port in the sky router ?
dave

[NewsreadeR]

Ok, go to your browser and type in 192.168.0.1 username: admin password: sky

On the left hand side, click on services,

1) Click Add Custom Service

2) Name - BHD1

3) Choose TCP/UDP in the drop down box

4) Start port 17479

5) Finish port 17479 click apply

6) Click Firewall Rules

7) Under Inbound Service, click add

8) Service - choose BHD1 Action: Allow always

9) Send to LAN Server - 192.168.0.2 (should be your PC's IP address)

10) Click Apply

11) Try serving your game and ask someone to try and connect

[SLEWIS92]

thx for geting back to me.

yes did all that but still cant get in to game ??

[dholdi]

Hi mate, if youve followed nr advice above, it should work ok, I notice that you have put .04 at the end of your address. Are you connecting wirelessly and are there other pc's on your lan (3?). If so then you will need to setup a static address for that pc and alter the services accordingly.
dave
ps if you need help doing this post back

[NewsreadeR]

thx for geting back to me.

yes did all that but still cant get in to game ??

Is your PC definitely 192.168.0.4?

Thats too high unless you have manually assigned the IP address.

Are you on XP?

btw - you don't need outbound, only inbound.

[SLEWIS92]

yes i am on XP
and i got the ip now as 192.168.0.3.
I got 3 pc on it the now. one i host the game.on and one that i play the game on .
and the kids pc on connecting wirelessly

on the Ruuter the pc i got to host the game is in 1.

the pc i play the game on is in 2.

[NewsreadeR]

You need to change the IP in this step:

9) Send to LAN Server - 192.168.0.2 (should be your PC's IP address)

to the PC that you want to host the game.

So if your PC is 192.168.0.3 then that's the IP that you would use.

[SLEWIS92]

still not working ??????





doing all but still dont work ...


gaming is my host pc.

[NewsreadeR]

Have you got a software firewall on your pc 192.168.0.4?

If so turn it off.