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When I make a multipalyer game in halo no one can join

  • 02.01.2006 6:42 PM PDT
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Are they just not joining, or can't join? It might be your internet connection.

  • 02.01.2006 6:44 PM PDT

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Maybe no one wants to join...

Or you just selected LAN instead of Internet.

  • 02.01.2006 6:45 PM PDT
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You need to open ports if you're using a router and make sure your firewall isn't blocking Halo.

  • 02.01.2006 7:20 PM PDT
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first off darthbob I am not that stupid

and i went to a friends house and tried to join a server on my other computer and I couldn't join and also I have tried to get my friends to join and they couldn't

  • 02.01.2006 7:22 PM PDT
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and I can play on other peoples games

  • 02.01.2006 7:28 PM PDT
Subject: Multiplayer issues need help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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What ISP do you have?

And what kind of router, if any, do you use?

BTW: Don't be flamebait and make statements like that, directed towards other members.

[Edited on 2/1/2006]

  • 02.01.2006 9:07 PM PDT
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Open/forward ports 2302 and 2303 in/to your firewall/router.

  • 02.01.2006 10:46 PM PDT
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don't need to it isn't that kind of firewall in the router

the router is a linksys wrt54g wireless router

and the internet serevice provider is cox hiigh speed cable

  • 02.02.2006 4:23 AM PDT

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Go to google and type in "Linksys wrt54g manual". Download the manual and look in it for "port forwarding" or opening ports for applications" It should tell you how to do it.

  • 02.02.2006 8:26 AM PDT
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Linksys is easy to forward ports to.

Go to your router's config page and click on "Applications and gaming"

Then "Port Range Forwarding"

It's pretty obvious from there on.

  • 02.02.2006 8:55 AM PDT
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turn off firewall

  • 02.02.2006 4:24 PM PDT
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the port forwarding worked

and Before I did turn off the firewall and it still didn't work

  • 02.02.2006 5:34 PM PDT

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When you start a server, what is the IP Address at the bottom of the screen?

If it is a 192.168.xxx.xxx then it won't work, sorry.

http://www.whatismyip.com

  • 02.02.2006 6:14 PM PDT
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its very much advised to NOT turn off your firewall.

why wont a server of 192.168.xxx.xxx work? *i cant think of a reason. 255.255.255.xxx is your computer, 0.0.0.0 is null *so is a port of 0* and 127.???.???.??? is your computer also*

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it is a 192.168.x.xxx

and it does work

  • 02.02.2006 8:13 PM PDT
Subject: Multiplayer issues need help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I just added a router to my home network so that I can print to an ethernet laser printer. Since adding the router I can't host games.

I've got a gigafast router. In the configuration software I have to enter a trigger port, choose a trigger type, (TCP or UDP), enter the public port, (this seems like it could be a range of numbers or individual numbers seperated by commas, or both) and then choose a public type, (again either TCP or UDP).

Do I choose TCP or UDP for the trigger and public types? Do the ports you mentioned, (2302 and 2303), go in the trigger port or public port fields, or both?

  • 02.02.2006 9:13 PM PDT
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I just added a router to my home network so that I can print to an ethernet laser printer. Since adding the router I can't host games.

I've got a gigafast router. In the configuration software I have to enter a trigger port, choose a trigger type, (TCP or UDP), enter the public port, (this seems like it could be a range of numbers or individual numbers seperated by commas, or both) and then choose a public type, (again either TCP or UDP).

Do I choose TCP or UDP for the trigger and public types? Do the ports you mentioned, (2302 and 2303), go in the trigger port or public port fields, or both?


is there a way to forward instead of trigger? triggering works by opening the port to your computer when it senses outward activity on a specified port. there may not be constant traffic outward through halo, so if the server goes idle, it may not allow people to join. triggering is not recommended for games.

forwarding permanently opens a port to a specific computer.

192.168.xxx.xxx will work if and ONLY if the client is inside your private network. if the client is outside the private network, then the public ip must be used to join your game. halo always lists the private ip in the scoreboard

  • 02.03.2006 12:42 PM PDT

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I don't think so, but I just bought the router used on eBay and don't recall seeing a paper manual. I'll poke around and see if I can download one.

I'd consider shutting off all firewall functions on the router, since I've got firewall software on my Mac and there are no other computers on my "network", just my laser printer– not a big target for hackers.

  • 02.03.2006 8:11 PM PDT
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port forwarding has nothing to do with a firewall.

think of it as kinda like mail addresses. all data sent to any computer behind the router is addressed to the router. the router has to decide which computer to send that mail to. port forwarding basically says all mail that comes to mailbox 2302 send to my address. if you didnt do this, the router would have no idea what to do with the data that is sent to it. you can join servers because your computer requests a connection to the server's ip. the router then knows that you want to connect to that ip, and it will send data from that ip to your computer. if you never requested anything from an ip, the router does not know to send the data to you.

even without a firewall, there is no way to host a server behind a router without forwarding ports.

  • 02.03.2006 9:48 PM PDT
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new problem I am trying to run a dedicated server but I can't see it on my other computer

  • 02.05.2006 12:53 PM PDT