Hosting online problems. Any answers?

[under_score]

Hi there only me.
Right i am having trouble hosting games due to an problem with my firewall or router blocking the UDP or whatever its called. As i don't want to turn my firewalll of but do what to host games i changed my norton internet thing to permit all on both options where dark crusade was present however i still had a problem hosting. Any ideas?
Thanks in advanceP.S.
is impf-disp anything to do with it?

[KalFalnal]

Is your computer hooked up to a router? They have hardware firewalls. If so you can google your router's model number and manufacturer and find instructions on opening the proper port.

[under_score]

Sorry but What is a router. I don't know :'(
Also i can host games on mark of chaos fine, however it's no go on dark crusade.

[Question]

Check the tech support forum, they have some threads there that deal with firewalls.

[Adonis]

Technical Assistance. You want to ask technical problems in Technical Assistance.

Moving.

[under_score]

Sorry i thought it was solely a DC problem plus this place scares me but thanbks for the move

[GroundZero]

Hey there, first things first... if you could run this tool (http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=63593) and then copy + paste the results please.
This will establish if you have a router and if it is properly configured.

[under_score]

lots of UDP pass and TCP pass it wont let me copy them but that's what it said

[GroundZero]

You can copy and paste by highlighting it all then pressing control + C, then returning to the forums and pressing control + V to paste it.

[under_score]

Sending udp packet from 6112 to 6112
Received from /66.134.89.225:6112 to 6112 "udp pass"
Received from /66.134.89.225:6500 to 6500 "udp pass"
Received from /66.134.89.225:27900 to 27900 "udp pass"
Received from /66.134.89.225:27901 to 27901 "udp pass"
Received from /66.134.89.225:29910 to 29910 "udp pass"
Received from /66.134.89.225:51535 to 6667 "tcp pass"
Received from /66.134.89.225:51536 to 28910 "tcp pass"
Received from /66.134.89.225:51537 to 29900 "tcp pass"
Received from /66.134.89.225:51538 to 29901 "tcp pass"
Received from /66.134.89.225:51539 to 29920 "tcp pass"

[GroundZero]

OK, that seems clean - do you run Norton Anti-Virus, or any software Firewalls lke Zone Alarm (Windows Firewall too - for Service Pack 2)?

[under_score]

Norton antivirus and i went 'permit all' to all DC applications but if i turn firewall offf wont my pc fall to virus attack? And aol but i don't know whether that has its own firewall.

[GroundZero]

As an experiment, see if by turning either/both of these off/closing them down changes your ability to host games online.