Star Trek Armada II: Fleet Operations

Hi all,

i'm behind a wireless router and I forwarded all the ports, however I still cant connect to internet games,

does anyone know if i have to alter any ingame options or something?

have u tired gamespy or manual ip ? or both ?

both, neither work

Maybe a Firewall blocks the traffic. Check that  

have no firewall, just the router

But u can browse throw the i-net?

have u the same problem with other games?

which ports have you forwarded?

I forwarded a port for warcraft 3, else I couldn't join or host either,

I forwarded all the ports that are in the help file

only those are required if you'd like to have direct ip games
DirectPlay 8 Ports

2300..2400 UDP inbound and outbound
6073           TCP inbound and outbound

make sure you have 2300-2400 defined as udp portrange.
a friend of mine who should have enough knowledge about networks did exactly as stated in the help file but he couldn't host either. maybe thats related cause i have a tool installed called dxport which reduces and restricts port usuage to only a few ports of ten.
Link (http://www.puffinsoft.com/)
Even if it isn't stated in the compatibility list. This tool is also compatible with dxport. they have a nice forum just for port forwarding with routers over there. maybe you can get better help over there with experienced ppl in this matter.

DOCa Cola

i have only forwarded 2300 and port 2400, if i have to forward everyport between it i would need to manually input 100 ports  :sweatdrop:  

yea, thats the point, so dxdiag would save you some work. or your could try to adress a port range to forward. that should be possible on most routers. what kind of router are u using?

DOCa Cola

I have a MEDION Wlan router 801.9g (europe standard)

it's a really f*cked up router since I had alot ot troubles with it I dont know if you guys know it?

i don't know that router. but i know medion and i assume that this router wasn't that expensive :)
maybe it's the router i can't say, some routers have problems with many connections or much traffic, but theoretically it should be no problem to host a game with it BUT if you have other problems with it anyway, why don't invest some money in a better router and sell your old one via ebay?

DOCa Cola

because it's not mine but my dads

what are the other problems with your router?

DOCa Cola

Suckers, dont mess up my topic, i need help with this and DOH i rebooted and DOH i rebooted fleetops, i'm not an idiot you know, and I dont bother the rest of you since if you dont want to read it then don't

but anyway anymore idea's doca cola?

got an idea...

maybe its just a no-cd patch? or otherwise altered executable? maybe that NAT in the router config is enabled(the firewall of the router or stuff like that), that f***ed up my games in the past, so i couldnt host games and so on.

have no no-cd patch so thats not it, no firewall is enabled, i guess i'll have to put 2300 to 2400 manually in my port forwarding

read trough my recommandations, try dxport so you don't have 100 ports to forward but ten

btw. no need to open a new thread. topics merged

DOCa Cola

all i know is that gamespy always send that message about the ip change and that it might be caused by a router but that is absolutely crap as i layed online FO games without any problems. so don't take that too serious

direct ip games should be no problem with the two port forwardings (or 10 + 1 port forwardings) stated in nethelp.txt (or see above in my post) with dxport. but i'am sure your router supports port ranges too...

DOCa Cola

sorry for opening a new thread but the other one was closed  ^_^

allright i will try some things i just need someone to test it with and has the patience to try it a couple of times  :D  

it was actually never closed, but whatever. just come to the chat sometimes and check for someone who like to test/has knowledge with routers/wants to play a match with you or against you :)

DOCa Cola

werid, I couldn't reply since it said closed,

anyway will do  ^_^  

k then maybe only by accident i closed it down :)