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Lamvao
02-19-2008, 6:49 PM
Ok, I have a problem. I'm not sure if this is the correct place, but I don't see any other. Anyway, I play Starcraft and love it but there is a slight problem. I can't host a game people can join.

I finally found the problem in the form of friend telling me that when he tried to join, it said the ping was too high.

Do I have to deal with it or is there anything I can do?
SilverCrusader
02-19-2008, 8:28 PM
Do you have wireless?
Lamvao
02-19-2008, 9:09 PM
No wireless.
SilverCrusader
02-19-2008, 9:37 PM
Well than I don't think we can do much to help you :/ Unless your friend has wireless.
deadkat
02-19-2008, 9:44 PM
Can you join games?

If you can, this may be a problem with your firewall rejecting foreign IP's from port 6112 (in other words, IP's from the players wanting to join your game).

Open port 6112, both TCP and UDP, in any and every firewall you have running.
Add Starcraft to your firewall's trust policy.

If that doesn't work, try port forwarding (http://www.portforward.com/).

If you can't join games, then your connection is just plain crappy.
Hydralisk1337
02-21-2008, 1:50 PM
Hmmm. Would this work out if your latency is too high?
deadkat
02-21-2008, 6:58 PM
Well, if you can join games and they won't lag horribly, this usually means that your connection is good enough for Starcraft.

Which means that it isn't a connection problem.
Lamvao
02-21-2008, 7:30 PM
I can join games fine. No lag once so ever. I put Starcraft as an exception on my firewall and I don't have a router to port forward with. Any other suggestions? :(
Polkaman
02-21-2008, 11:07 PM
Take DOWN your firewall?
If its a game just for like 1 friend, join a game, have your friend join a game, then both exit. Then your lat SHOULD go down just fro your friend.
Lamvao
02-21-2008, 11:59 PM
Take DOWN your firewall?
If its a game just for like 1 friend, join a game, have your friend join a game, then both exit. Then your lat SHOULD go down just fro your friend.

I'll try the firewall, but I don't understand anything below that.
deadkat
02-23-2008, 1:19 PM
If its a game just for like 1 friend, join a game, have your friend join a game, then both exit. Then your lat SHOULD go down just fro your friend.I'll try the firewall, but I don't understand anything below that.

It's a temporary workaround for the high latency.

1. You and your friends all join one game, any random game will do.
2. You all leave that game.
3. Now you can host a game, but only your friends that joined that game with you in (1) can join your game, no one else can.

This is for if you just want to host a game to play with a few friends or something.
Lamvao
02-24-2008, 9:26 PM
It's a temporary workaround for the high latency.

1. You and your friends all join one game, any random game will do.
2. You all leave that game.
3. Now you can host a game, but only your friends that joined that game with you in (1) can join your game, no one else can.

This is for if you just want to host a game to play with a few friends or something.

Oh I see.
SolidSamurai
02-26-2008, 3:22 PM
EASY STEPS:

Start; Run; type 'cmd' which takes you to the command prompt; type 'ipconfig', which gives you the gateway ip; type the gateway ip into your url; figure out the admin password somehow (username is 'admin'); port forward teh proxy; host teh game; win teh game.

Can't believe no one else said that yet.

Also, figure out if you have a router or not, tell us the router website (like d-link, ie.; just for the hell of it).