Port forwarding for Halo PC

DECOY · Post by **DECOY** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 9:57 am

I am trying to halp a friend get his pc hooked up for hosting
Halo pc games. He has had the usual external IP to Internal
ip problem with his router. Obviously, we don't want to resort to DMZ.
I have forwarded the standard halo ports 2302 and 2303.

But, I have conflicting info as to whether I also need to forward
port 80 to enable online update checking. I dont want to open
anything I dont need to.

Can anyone confirm this? Also, if there are any others that
he needs for Gamespy lobby in the 6000-7000 range, and why.

FYI, his router is an old D-Link DI 713P ( dont laugh, he
bought it off me.... and he might read this!

)

DECOY

Phenomena · Post by **Phenomena** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 10:50 am

oooo you live in toronto , i live 45 minutes from there

lol

DECOY · Post by **DECOY** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:53 am

I see the little green flag and I think "Excellent! an answer to my porting question already!!!!"

But Noooo.......

(45 mins which way?)

DECOY

Phenomena · Post by **Phenomena** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:13 pm

north i believe

i live in barrie

well your post was too long, i started to read buy got tired

DECOY · Post by **DECOY** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:36 pm

I'm right downtown next to the Skydome (sorry, Rogers centre now).
Pretty good set up, the buildings wired fibreoptic for internet. and I'm in the same building as the Telus Server distro for the whole Cityplace Development. So I got Loadsa bandwith & its FAST!

If anyone jumps in and sez this is off-topic, they better have an answer for my Port 80 question!

I can't help the long posts, I run the service desk for an AV company, and I spend all day explaining tech stuff to non-tech people in micro detail!!

DECOY

Katarn · Post by **Katarn** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 2:56 pm

i used to live in milton, a town 20 minutes or so away from toronto.

Phenomena · Post by **Phenomena** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 4:10 pm

Katarn wrote:i used to live in milton, a town 20 minutes or so away from toronto.

hehe milton i love that name

i used to pass threw milton all the time >_<

W00T! CANADIANS UNITE!!

*starts singing O'Canada*

Katarn · Post by **Katarn** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 4:11 pm

i live in phoenix arizona now, that was a long time ago.

Phenomena · Post by **Phenomena** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 8:47 pm

boo! lol

DECOY · Post by **DECOY** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 4:02 am

Katarn wrote:i live in phoenix arizona now, that was a long time ago.

Don't suppose you met anyone here, or there who knows if I need to forward port 80 through the router for updates?

DECOY
formerly of Cardiff, London, Oranjestad, Halifax(NS), Lake Louise(AB) and now Toronto(ON).

MetalPie · Post by **MetalPie** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 1:16 pm

I need help on how to port forward @___@. All of the sudden My Halo games I hosted weren't Public! Anyone?

DECOY · Post by **DECOY** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 6:13 am

What make and model is your router?

MetalPie · Post by **MetalPie** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 1:38 pm

Mine is a Arris Touchstone CM450

DECOY · Post by **DECOY** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:17 pm

MetalPie wrote:Mine is a Arris Touchstone CM450

Ok, this is a cable service modem, not a subnet IP router.

Worst case scenario.... Well, most Cable companies will not permit
domestic accounts to run an online server.
They consider this to be a security risk to the rest of the local network. It
is possible that they have restricted your ability to host (act as a server)
online, without determining what you are doing.

This is unfortunately a lot more common that you might think. Of course,
this might not be the case, you will need to ask.

*EDIT*

I found the info I needed to set up and host. I posted it in a new topic in
this forum.

http://www.halomods.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=22764

If you're having similar problems, I hope there's something in there that
can help you out.

DECOY