chimaira Posted October 3, 2006 CID Share Posted October 3, 2006 hi, i have been playing warcraft 3 for some time now and i have never been able to host anything because of my router, im guessing i havent done something that i need to do, but my router is connected to 2 computers and i needed to know if there was a way to link the 2 computers to play wc3. ive tried using lan and when i or someone on the other comp tries to host a game, it doesnt show that the game has been created, so is there a way to link the 2 computers together so we can play? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted October 8, 2006 CID Share Posted October 8, 2006 damn... i guess this post was lost.. Here is the basic run down.. You should be able to host on a network with any problems.. Just make sure that you have your firewall setup, if you have one on the computer, to allow the traffic though. Also I have seen where the in-game multiplayer will not show the other computer hosting.. the only way to connect is a direct connect with ip.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimaira Posted October 9, 2006 Author CID Share Posted October 9, 2006 well, yesterday i got it working and we were able to host through lan, but for some reason today..it just stopped working. I have tried everything, forwarding the ports by typing my ip address in the browser and all that, and i turned of my firewall...what else could possibly be wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted October 10, 2006 CID Share Posted October 10, 2006 Are you checking the IP address each time that you try and play? The will change every 12-24 hours depending on the router.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimaira Posted October 10, 2006 Author CID Share Posted October 10, 2006 the 2 ip's have always been the same, and i saw somewhere that when a computer reboots, the router throws it another ip address...and my computer was rebooted before we played the second time (when it stopped working). but i checked to make sure thats not what the problem wa and the ip was still what it was before...my router is goin on strike and imma throw it out the window! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted October 10, 2006 CID Share Posted October 10, 2006 I would power cycle the router then, unplug the router for 10-20 seconds then plug it back in.. This will clear all the ip leases.. Reboot the computers and try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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