help when ever i try hosting a game on muliplayer it allways says something like can`t connect to server make sure like some portt is open or something like that please help and noboby better give me a link to the FAQ becuase it did not help or the the link the FAQ gives you beacuase that site did not help at all so please help me
I am an IT admin so i can help you, but since you say that the FAQ did not help you, it would be nice to know how geeky you are before i give you a long winded explanation.
brakenfur 54 wrote: can`t connect to server make sure like some portt is open
1. Do you have a router?
2. Did you manage to open the port like the FAQ said?
3. If you can't find your exact router (assuming you have one) look for a similar model (also skip the ad for software if that comes up) .
4. Some anti-virus/firewall software will blocks ports, see if you can an add an exception if required.
5. Your ISP may also block certain ports. You can call them and ask if the port is blocked but this is fairly rare.
Also make sure you try hosting a few times in game sometimes it can just fail to connect the first time but will work the second time.
3 for geeky becuase i am still a tween but i have a rounter and i can not get the IP address for the port to open like the site from the FAQ gave u and have tried hosting about 20 times
ok, non geeky explanation: in windows xp, go to control panel, open network connections, click on the connection that is connected and click details, click on the support tab and you should see a label marked either router or gateway (something to the effect of that). that is the routers ip address usually it is "192.168.1.1" so take that and paste it into your web browser's address bar and hit enter. it will ask for your username and pasword if you havent changed it it should be by default username:"admin" or "administrator" and pass:"admin" or "password". Once in look for a tab marked port forwarding or aplications and gaming - something to that effect. once in, in the first slot type the ip address of YOUR MACHINE you can find that in the network connections too - if onle one computer is on the network most likely it would be 192.168.1.100. then input the tcp and udp port numbers to forward - in this case both would be 2100. then hit apply and all done .
NOTE: you may have to add wz2100 to the allow list on any firewall and antivirus programs you have too
So I'm new to this, yet not so new to the game. Played it quite a bit when I was younger. Anyhow, glad to be able to play it again. I had downloaded a copy here a while ago, and didnt have any problems playing it online. I've recently tried again and had to get an upgraded version. Now I keep getting the message "connection timed out", and that port 2100 blocked. I've read the the other posts here and followed the instructions, (port forwarding and the such) but to no avail. I'm pretty sure that I've crossed all my T's and dotted the i's (so to speak), so what options do I have left?
sorry anon but to tell the truth i got it to work for about a day but it got back the way it was before so ya i need help too does anyone know what to do!
help when ever i try hosting a game on muliplayer it allways says something like can`t connect to server make sure like some portt is open or something like that please help and noboby better give me a link to the FAQ becuase it did not help or the the link the FAQ gives you beacuase that site did not help at all so please help me
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