Warcraft III Hosting -- Ultimate version

[Mr.Olsen]

Sure i tought i'd spend some of my sunday free-time to write a guide for you all...

#Summary#

• This MIGHT help you being able to host on Warcraft III
• I will try to include a way to host WITH and WITHOUT direct access to your router/modem. By without i mean i.e let's say your dad won't let you get into the router and have password protected it because hes a caveman and believe letting you host will ruin your pc.
• Thanks to: Portforward.com, Blizzard.com

#Let's Get started#

If you got the password to your router:

Open a web browser like internet explorer or mozilla firefox. Enter the ip address of your router in the address bar of your browser. In the picture above the address bar has Google in it. Just replace all of that with the ip address of your router. By default the ip address should be set to 192.168.1.1.

If that's not the ip address you are looking for, Go Start => Run => write "Cmd" without the ". and write ipconfig /all then you should see the ip address to your router.

Then when you click the address (pressing "go to" or enter). It will ask you for a username or password, Write in your username or password there. If you don't have your password you could try to reset the router and hope that the username goes blank (meaning you will not have to write a username) and password will be set to default. (mostly admin) So then you write "admin" without the ". in the password field. If it works it will take you inside of your router.



Then (depending on your router) Click Security link near the top of the page.



Remove the checkmark from the Block Anonymous Internet Requests checkbox.
Click the Save Settings button near the bottom of the page.
Click the Applications & Gaming link near the top of the page.
You should now see a new menu. In this new menu, click Port Range Forward.






Application: Warcraft III Start : 6112 End: 6119 Protocol: Both IP Address: 192.168.1.1 Enable: Checkmark this.



When you're finished, click Save Settings near the bottom of the screen to save your changes.

And that's it! You're done!

For more information visit this page
For more routers visit here (then and select the game you wish to forward afterwards).select it



#Oh this is just a pure copy off portforward#


Well, This was just the way for thoose who have the password, should work without any problem. Now i get to my own deal.

Let's say you do not have the password for your router:

• Start off by downloading this tool: Portforwardtool
• Then shut down all of your firewalls which migh block the program.
• Make sure you have winrar installed so you can unpack the program.
• Read below.

#Requirements for UPnP#

• To be able to remotely configure a router over a network from a local machine, you need the following:

UPnP on the local machine: Basically, you must have Windows® XP, any service pack. Older versions of Windows, including the very-popular Windows® 2000, will not work, as they do not have UPnP capability. It might also be necessary to enable UPnP, since a UPnP-capable OS does not necessarily have it turned on by default.

• UPnP on your router: Most routers manufactured since 2002 will have UPnP capability. Again, it might be necessary to enable UPnP on the router, since it might not be turned on by default.

In addition, if there is a firewall on the local machine, it must be configured to allow the underlying TCP and UDP communications on which UPnP relies. Specifically, it must be configured to pass TCP port 2869 and UDP port 1900.

So yeah double click the .exe and install the program (portforwardtool). After the install make sure that your firewalls are off so they will not block it!

• Run the program.
• Give it some time to search for your router/modem.
• Once it's ready it usually displays the name of your router in the middle of the upper toolbar. But it might not reckon the name of the router, So don't panic if it says "no name found". there's still hope.
• Try to click "add new entry".
  
• Write in friendly name: War1
• Internal IP Address, Should have found it itself, but might be wrong, doublecheck my going into Start=>Run=> write "CMD" without the ". write ipconfig /all
  
• And then look if it displays the same address there.
• External port number for this service: 6112
• Internal port number: 6112

Leave the rest as they are. Hit "Save changes and exit".

Leave the rest as they are. Hit "Save changes and exit".

Then do the same action for every port between 6112-6119. (6113, 6114,6115,6116,6117,6118,6119) Sometimes it works fine with 6112 only. But it's up to you.

After your done, hit "Update list now" too see if there were any changes in the router. Also try to go to Open Port Check Tool to see if the port is opened. And try to host a game on Wc3.

Tips: 1. Turn firewalls off - 2. Remove checkpoint from "Automatically listen for changes in the router" So you don't have to confirm each step you do and be annoyed by long search time for confirmation etc. - 3. Make sure the port in Warcraft III matches the one you forward. (Run wc3, go in options, gameplay => and you will see it there). I recommend 6112 or 6117.

Source: Portforwardtool
Sourcecode: Portforwardcode

Virusscan of the portforwardtool:

Antivirus Version Last Update Result AhnLab-V32007.12.15.102007.12.14-AntiVir7.6.0.452007.12.14-Authentium4.93.82007.12.16-Avast4.7.1098.02007.12.16-AVG7.5.0.5032007.12.16-BitDefender7.22007.12.16-CAT-QuickHeal9.002007.12.15-ClamAV0.91.22007.12.16-DrWeb4.44.0.091702007.12.16-eSafe7.0.15.02007.12.13-eTrust-Vet31.3.53772007.12.15-Ewido4.02007.12.15-FileAdvisor12007.12.16-Fortinet3.14.0.02007.12.16-F-Prot4.4.2.542007.12.16-F-Secure6.70.13030.02007.12.16-IkarusT3.1.1.152007.12.16-Kaspersky7.0.0.1252007.12.16-McAfee51862007.12.14-Microsoft1.31092007.12.16-NOD32v227232007.12.14-Norman5.80.022007.12.13-Panda9.0.0.42007.12.16-Prevx1V22007.12.16Heuristic: Suspicious Self Modifying FileRising20.22.41.002007.12.14-Sophos4.24.02007.12.15-Sunbelt2.2.907.02007.12.15-Symantec102007.12.15-TheHacker6.2.9.1602007.12.14-VBA323.12.2.52007.12.15-VirusBuster4.3.26:92007.12.16-Webwasher-Gateway6.6.22007.12.16-

Additional information File size: 473667 bytesMD5: a9c62db6d655f983a9e1d130b1beafabSHA1: 8eb508f38b15c7c89bf517393a46223e1effa119PEiD: -Prevx info: PORTFORWARD100-SETUP.EXE - Prevx[/quote]

Regards, Tony

£: Sorry for clumsy writing sizes and stuff, i suddenly got in a rush.. will fix it later unless a moderator does it before me.. :p

[kwoxer]

ahh nice Tut but second dont work by me

could u plz tell me what to do when my ports are closed (Damn SIEMENS Router)

how can i use other than 2869 and 1900?

plz tell me thx man

[hendricius]

Check portforward.com .

[kwoxer]

lol?

i know how to host with router passwort und make these steps to host


but my brother changed password and now i must use the 2. described way, but he well my that error "unable to add mapping"

so i asked how to make a tunnel or to get the problems away

plz help, or how shall portforward help me?

[PitLorD]

Originally Posted by kwoxer

lol?

i know how to host with router passwort und make these steps to host


but my brother changed password and now i must use the 2. described way, but he well my that error "unable to add mapping"

so i asked how to make a tunnel or to get the problems away

plz help, or how shall portforward help me?

There are steps to use portforward in Hosting on Warcraft III for Windows.

[Mr.Olsen]

Originally Posted by kwoxer

ahh nice Tut but second dont work by me

could u plz tell me what to do when my ports are closed (Damn SIEMENS Router)

how can i use other than 2869 and 1900?

plz tell me thx man

Go to the place where your router is located. And press (and hold) the tiny reset button for five seconds. Then go back to your pc and access your router manually. It's password will be set to the default one.

(Most likely admin).

£: Digged it.

[kwoxer]

so when i do so my brother will do same and to parent and say blabla, so i can't change passwort by resetting

is there another way?

[Zyphrus]

Yes, crack the 'real' password.

[kwoxer]

and how to get the router password?

i tryso many ways last way will be a grabber but didn't one and dont know how to usw one to the password out

[PitLorD]

Usually on most routers, the username/password is on the map. Other wise it's just Admin and leave password field blank.