Hosting on Warcraft III for Windows

Archimonde · #1 12-15-2007, 01:27 AM

Hosting for Warcraft III RoC and TFT on Windows
By Archimonde

Difference Between TCP and UDP.

TCP is for ports where your connection receives an answer from the other computer that the package was completely sent. UDP is for connections where the programs are just fire out one after each other with no need of receiving a response. For warcraft 3 you will have to open UDP ports. However if you keep getting lags I recommend you to open the port UDP and TCP.

Note: all of these hosting apply for wireless and non-wireless, and are easy to access and use. For other Router applicants use cheapcomputerparts.us. (its just titled computer parts, but is portforward.com) Click "guides", then "Port forwarding guides by router", then select your modem, and after, click "warcraft III", and you will be taken to the correct guide.

Direct Cable
Router
Support System

Direct Cable [No Router/Modem]

If you are at direct cable, you will be able to host by simply turning off your firewall or allowing wc3 through, as shown:
This Window can be accessed by going from Start -> To Control Panel -> then Firewall.

For Router
If you haven't already tried hosting, that means your router is buff. First, ask the network administrator to set a password so someone else on your wireless/internet isn't able to access your router settings. (You need to be connected to your router to access it.) The following below shows my D-LINK modem being programmed to be able to host.

[1] First, Find your Default Gateway:

[2] Second, enter your Default gateway IP in the browser and you will come up to some access screen. For my D-LINK, it is an orange screen:
Type "admin" as the user and password is usually left blank.

[3] Third, Click "advanced" and type as shown:

Remember to type your IP, I just left it blank to not give out information. and enable it. If you want to be able to host custom AND invite, be sure to use ports 6112-6119, otherwise it is 6113-6119, which isn't much of a difference. Please realize if you have bad connection as it is, you will not be able to host custom games very well and it WILL lag.

hendricius · #2 12-15-2007, 02:57 AM

Good guide. You should include portforward.com :-).

Archimonde · #3 12-15-2007, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hendricius

Good guide. You should include portforward.com :-).

First Paragraph ^_^

Zyphrus · #4 12-15-2007, 01:36 PM

Nice guide, although I can host already

+Rep.

Archimonde · #5 12-15-2007, 01:49 PM

Thank you.

hendricius · #6 12-15-2007, 09:38 PM

Thanks very much man

. This is a great contribution

SharkMe · #7 12-16-2007, 12:37 PM

an ask, we must pust TCP and UDP ports or just TCP?

hendricius · #8 12-16-2007, 01:27 PM

TCP is for ports where your connection receives an answer from the other computer that the package was completely sent. UDP is for connections where the programs are just fire out one after each other with no need of receiving a response. For warcraft 3 you will have to open UDP ports. However if you keep getting lags I recommend you to open the port UDP and TCP.

Nice updates on the guide :-). You might want to use my above written text to explain the difference between UDP and TCP ports ^^.

PitLorD · #9 12-17-2007, 10:56 PM

Great Guide, Thanks Arch.

acidJUNKY · #10 12-20-2007, 02:03 PM

thanks for posting up the guide. i followed it up to the point of entering my IP into the address bar and being taken to that site

at that site (D-link for me) i went to the advanced option. this is where it went wrong

there was no windo or layout like in your guide where i could put in ports etc.. just a bunch of letters mixed wth numbers

eg
Pvc0 -- they then had a check box next to them.

the only different 1 was at the start; it was a check box with 'enable UPnP' next to it

not known what these did i didnt check anything. i was wondering if you could help me?

thanks very much dude.

"in the depth of every dark corner lerks an acidJUNKY"