Hosting on PC trial

[LeroyJoeBob]

When i try hosting noone can join my games. Can anyone help me figure how to fix this.

[BEEF!!!]

You probably have a firewall blocking the ports needed. If you're running a router with a firewall then you need to log on and open up the port. I think the ports are 2302 and 2303.
This is also in the wrong section. Should be in tech questions forum. *Moves*

[SuperCommando]

I can't host games either, and those ports are unblocked, it has to be something else

[G.I.R.]

http://portforward.com/ ?

[BEEF!!!]

Also something to check is the Windows XP Firewall. Unblock the ports on that as well.

[SuperCommando]

http://portforward.com/ ?

neat

[LeroyJoeBob]

Ok thanks for the help ill try that then.
Also how can i check to see if they are unblocked, sry im kinda new at this.

[BEEF!!!]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_scanner

[[cc]z@nd!]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_scanner

if you want to check to see what ports are visible to the internet (like if they want to play halo on your server) and you're going to use a port scanner, here's how to do it:

1: go to ipchicken.com to get your external ip. it'll be the big blue number with a few decimals thrown in. write this down on some paper or in a text document, you'll need to remember it

2: download nmap for windows (probably somewhere on insecure.org, but i suggest googling it). once you have that installed, you'll need to navigate to the directory you installed it to in a command prompt. just write down the directory in something, then type this into your command prompt

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cd "<insert the directory you just wrote down here>"

those quotes are there in case any of the folders have spaces.

3: now type this into the command prompt:

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nmap -p 2000-2060 <your external ip address you got from ipchicken.com>

i might have the syntax wrong for the port numbers switch (the -p thing followed by the port #'s to scan) but that should do it. if you see any ports open, then that means both the router is correctly forwarding those ports, and the halo server is running.

if it doesn't work, tell us because doing exactly what i said there, there might be a syntax issue or something. also, a virus or spyware scanner might pick up nmap as malicious and delete it, if that happens, turn off the virus scanner or whatever for a bit.

[BEEF!!!]

Thanks z@nd. I was too busy to write up a tutorial.

[LeroyJoeBob]

Thank you i will try that.