playing games online with router/modem

i am not too good with pc technical stuff and need help
i bought virtual pool 3 and want to play online but cant connect to server
when i try and join a game

ive had help and all my firewalls were disabled and vp3 and gamespy were
given access to use net

we went into port forwarding in my router config as i share a broadband
connection with my brother and opened ports required and forwarded them to
my ip addressbut still no luck

anyone help me or point me in right direction

cheers

"garyrob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> i am not too good with pc technical stuff and need help
> i bought virtual pool 3 and want to play online but cant connect to server
> when i try and join a game
>
> ive had help and all my firewalls were disabled and vp3 and gamespy were
> given access to use net
>
> we went into port forwarding in my router config as i share a broadband
> connection with my brother and opened ports required and forwarded them to
> my ip addressbut still no luck
>
> anyone help me or point me in right direction
>
> cheers
>
Sounds like you are doing the right thing.

Did you restart the router after setting up the port forwarding?
Is the firewall running, and does VP3 require server rights?

"Nat Stott" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "garyrob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:Q2pzb.16353$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > i am not too good with pc technical stuff and need help
> > i bought virtual pool 3 and want to play online but cant connect to
server
> > when i try and join a game
> >
> > ive had help and all my firewalls were disabled and vp3 and gamespy were
> > given access to use net
> >
> > we went into port forwarding in my router config as i share a broadband
> > connection with my brother and opened ports required and forwarded them
to
> > my ip addressbut still no luck
> >
> > anyone help me or point me in right direction
> >
> > cheers
> >
> Sounds like you are doing the right thing.
>
> Did you restart the router after setting up the port forwarding?
> Is the firewall running, and does VP3 require server rights?
>
>
yes the router rebooted after saving settings , all firewalls were disabled
and i dont know what you mean by vp3 requiring server rights

cheers

"garyrob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Nat Stott" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:ZCqzb.16416$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > "garyrob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:Q2pzb.16353$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > i am not too good with pc technical stuff and need help
> > > i bought virtual pool 3 and want to play online but cant connect to
> server
> > > when i try and join a game
> > >
> > > ive had help and all my firewalls were disabled and vp3 and gamespy
were
> > > given access to use net
> > >
> > > we went into port forwarding in my router config as i share a
broadband
> > > connection with my brother and opened ports required and forwarded
them
> to
> > > my ip addressbut still no luck
> > >
> > > anyone help me or point me in right direction
> > >
> > > cheers
> > >
> > Sounds like you are doing the right thing.
> >
> > Did you restart the router after setting up the port forwarding?
> > Is the firewall running, and does VP3 require server rights?
> >
> >
> yes the router rebooted after saving settings , all firewalls were
disabled
> and i dont know what you mean by vp3 requiring server rights
>
> cheers
>
>

You may have got the wrong ports?...you could always try putting it in the
DMZ to make sure of that, or perhaps 'half-bridging' would be of use here?

i got the right ports and router hant got dmz
"Philip Harding" <(E-Mail Removed). uk> wrote
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> "garyrob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:U4Izb.16719$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > "Nat Stott" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:ZCqzb.16416$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > "garyrob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:Q2pzb.16353$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > i am not too good with pc technical stuff and need help
> > > > i bought virtual pool 3 and want to play online but cant connect to
> > server
> > > > when i try and join a game
> > > >
> > > > ive had help and all my firewalls were disabled and vp3 and gamespy
> were
> > > > given access to use net
> > > >
> > > > we went into port forwarding in my router config as i share a
> broadband
> > > > connection with my brother and opened ports required and forwarded
> them
> > to
> > > > my ip addressbut still no luck
> > > >
> > > > anyone help me or point me in right direction
> > > >
> > > > cheers
> > > >
> > > Sounds like you are doing the right thing.
> > >
> > > Did you restart the router after setting up the port forwarding?
> > > Is the firewall running, and does VP3 require server rights?
> > >
> > >
> > yes the router rebooted after saving settings , all firewalls were
> disabled
> > and i dont know what you mean by vp3 requiring server rights
> >
> > cheers
> >
> >
>
> You may have got the wrong ports?...you could always try putting it in the
> DMZ to make sure of that, or perhaps 'half-bridging' would be of use here?
>
>

"garyrob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> i got the right ports and router hant got dmz

You could always try half bridging, where you set the router to half
bridging, turn of NAT, then set the pc to obtain its IP address
automatically, then AFAIK the pc gets assigned the external IP....someone
will have to correct me if I'm wrong but I think that's how it works.

how do i set it to half bridging im not very good at this sort of stuff


"Philip Harding" <(E-Mail Removed). uk> wrote
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> "garyrob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > i got the right ports and router hant got dmz
>
> You could always try half bridging, where you set the router to half
> bridging, turn of NAT, then set the pc to obtain its IP address
> automatically, then AFAIK the pc gets assigned the external IP....someone
> will have to correct me if I'm wrong but I think that's how it works.
>
>

"garyrob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> how do i set it to half bridging im not very good at this sort of stuff
>
What chipset does the modem use? (mine uses conexant for example)

my router is a binatone 2100 modem/router
"garyrob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> how do i set it to half bridging im not very good at this sort of stuff
>
>
> "Philip Harding" <(E-Mail Removed). uk>
wrote
> in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > "garyrob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:S2Kzb.16763$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > i got the right ports and router hant got dmz
> >
> > You could always try half bridging, where you set the router to half
> > bridging, turn of NAT, then set the pc to obtain its IP address
> > automatically, then AFAIK the pc gets assigned the external
IP....someone
> > will have to correct me if I'm wrong but I think that's how it works.
> >
> >
>
>