Halo hosting problems

[oscaryu1]

Nobody can connect to my server ! I modded it... They say that they get an "Retrying Server" and then it just cant connect... why?? Its my computer to my Linksys router to my DSL...

 

[brian]

do you have port forwarding?

 

[oscaryu1]

Erm... What?

 

[brian]

do you have a port on you router open to let the game play?

 

[brian]

you need 2302 and 2303 ports open. if you need help ask.

 

[oscaryu1]

I dunno.. its an regular Linksys Wirleless router.. and I dunno much about networking. Please help

 

[daisymtc]

http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/routerindex.htm
check out this website, see if it helps

 

[oscaryu1]

Well I DID say that the game I opened was modded.. could that be the problem?

 

[oscaryu1]

Done it... now all I have to do is find somebody to try it out

PS - This cmoputer just crashed today, (the one im typing on)... I'm going to reformat it soon, when I reformat does it reset the settings in the routeR?

 

[ceewi1]

PS - This cmoputer just crashed today, (the one im typing on)... I'm going to reformat it soon, when I reformat does it reset the settings in the routeR?

No

 

[brian]

but you need to re set it to a static ip like you have now

 

[oscaryu1]

umm... What?