If you dont find the exceptions dialog for your product, look into the manual or contact the support. Most firewalls ask for permission to allow or block a application after it tries to connect/get connected. (The pic is from WinXP and the Win7 firewall looks a bit different but basically its the same procedure) If you have set up NAT and still cant host games, a blocking firewall could be the problem.Ĭlick Start -> Control Panel -> Windows Security Center -> Windows FirewallĬlick on exceptions and add Warzones port. The Website connects to the external IP on the given Port and tells you if its either closed (bad!) open but filtered (good) or open (very good ,and most likely your hosting a game right now). Visit and type in the Warzone Port (2100). There you can set Port-forwarding Options, for warzone the external and internal port must be '2100', the ip address you forward to is the local ip of your pc where you plan to host warzone games.Īfter you've set up and saved it, the router should be restarted, that can be done from the admin menu of your router. When youre logged in to the routers Web Interface (User/Pass should be known, or at least in the manual), search for a option NAT, Port Forwarding or Port Re-direction. its mostly the standart www port (80), after that you should try 8080 and if that doesent work, check your routers manual. Open a Browser and connect to Because there are many different vendors, you maybe have to fiddle around which port is used for the web interface, in general. Most routers use a web interface for admninistration, some of them require a cable connection for that purpose. Look for the active network adapter and get the addresses from the 'IP Address' and 'Local Gateway' Lines. On Windows its a bit easier because the command 'cmd /k ipconfig /all' shows you both addresses in a single output. So, your routers IP address is 192.168.1.1
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