Tournament Port Forwarding/NAT error help

This is a dedicated thread for those in the tourney who need more in-depth help with their port-forwarding and router configurations.

Yeah i have the NAt problem can you help?  :(

the ports thad need to be openent are
6112
30260
9100

greetings firefox

maby a stupid question  :-[
but how do i open them

You need to know how to get to your router's configuration options. So you have to find the default gateway address. Mine for instance is 10.0.0.138. Google your router's name + default gateway address to find this. Type it into your web browser (IE or firefox etc), then log in, which by default is probably:
Username: admin
Password: admin

Find either firewall or address translation options and add the ports you need, remembering to specify UDP or TCP. Do this for YOUR COMPUTER's IP address, which you can also probably find in the router settings somewhere, perhaps under devices. You may need to set up a static IP address. Google "setting up a static IP address" to find out how. Adding your OS to the search parameters may help.

Last edited March 16, 2011 at 3:15 AM by GodlikeDennis

well i also got still a problem.
port 6112 wont open.
the rest is alreayd openend. i did put those 3 ports in a game named COH.
and every ports is open but 6112 is still closed.
i am from the netherlands. provider is online. and i got a thomson tg712 router.

i realy need some advanced. relic doenst support my question.
they keep saying thad i did it wrong .... but if i did open the rest. and only 6112 then its a big problem.
cause now port 6112 inst open i cant play at all.
it keep saying thad my profile is busy.
and i got thad with every account i login. if i am behind my router.
i cant reset the router cause the tel and wireless is also on thad router.

meeh i hate this, had many problems with things blokaded or not working.
i use a Linksys

anyone knows what i must add?

In the port range just add 6112 to 6112, 30260 to 30260 and 9100 to 9100 and tick enable. You shouldn't need to put anything in application and leave protocol how it is. In IP Address, type in the address of YOUR MACHINE on the network. If you don't know what it is, you may have to set up a static one. Google "setting up a static IP" to find how.

@ firefox
If your port won't open, try turning on a DMZ or turning on NAT address translation. NAT will allow you to specify your IP address and opens all ports to it but will disable other machines on the network from accessing the net. NAT will certainly allow you to play but other people in your house might get angry :P.

Last edited March 17, 2011 at 6:17 AM by GodlikeDennis

WHOEHOE it works ty


EDIT:
NOOOOOO just tried and i get the NAT Error again  :'( :'(

Last edited March 17, 2011 at 6:15 PM by Troynl

Crap, you could of said that earlier Dennis ;D

If you don't set a static IP for your machine, it will get a new IP address every time you turn it on.

but i made a static IP

You may have to reapply the settings since DMZs have a time limit I believe, since it's basically a hole in the firewall, which turn off to keep security up.

This is my router what should i put on those spaces?
http://alojaimagens.com/images/8lkyaxoiuk8i03le2e.png

icanfish wrote:
This is my router what should i put on those spaces?
http://alojaimagens.com/images/8lkyaxoiuk8i03le2e.png

You have a similar model than mine ;D!

http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Thomson-Alcatel/TG784/Company_of_Heroes.htm

Hey um I seem to be getting a NAT error for every game I try to join in the lobby. Weird thing is most games show a ping value not a red X, but all of them give a NAT error.

It used to work too, but one day it randomly stopped working so I presumed the tech guys must have changed some router settings (I'm living at university at the moment)
So I asked some tech savvy people, and they told me this about the uni network:

" you have an unfirewalled internet addess, real, to the internet"
"every port aside from 443, 135, a few udp ports (dns, dhcp, etc) and icmp is open"
"NAT error could just mean that the game doesn't believe that you have a normal open IP, and is trying to negotiate with your non-existant adsl modem"
" the game is going to have difficulty talking to your adsl modem to setup forwarding.... because you don't have one"

So looks like port forwarding isn't the issue (or is it? Not sure whether there's a difference between an open port and a forwarded port), and like they said I have no modem, just got a cable running from my computer into the data port in the wall. And the uni doesn't have a main firewall set up, it just uses the individual ones on the computers. This computer is my own personal one though and I'm able to change firewall settings, so I've given all the CoH ports and the program itself unrestricted access, but the problem still persists.

Anyone got any ideas?

EDIT: Some additional info I forgot.
- Sometimes it takes many attempts to set up a single player skirmish. I keep getting an error message saying it couldn't set up the game.
- It also (sometimes) takes many attempts to log in. I keep getting a "this profile is currently busy" message.

Last edited August 30, 2011 at 5:17 AM by grimper12341

Is there a particular reason by post is getting ignored on 3 different forums xD

No One Knows the Answer. Its weird.

Yeah I asked my friend who is at college with what sounds to be a similar set up to your and he has no problems so I honestly don't know.

Ok well that's all I needed to know. Thanks ^^

Note that activating DMZ effectively forwards all ports, which is generally not a great idea if you value your computers security. It can be a good idea to just test if using DMZ even fixes the problem, then turn it off and set up your port forwarding correctly. If DMZ doesnt help, the problem is probably somewhere else and port forwarding wont do anything either.

Even if that's a bot, it is a very good piece of advice, so I'll leave it here XD.