
3) A black box called the command prompt should come up.

1) Start by clicking start, then click on run. 16) Try hosting now, if you can still not host, the problem is probably in either your router or modem (if you have one). 15) OK out of all this, and then disable windows firewall (assuming you have another firewall such as AVG, McAffee, Norton, or others on your computer)

14) Select the box that says "Allow Incoming Router Request" and make sure it is enabled. Select "Settings" in the ICMP box (some computers do not have this, but you can still access this by clicking settings, and going to the ICMP tab) 13) You should see a screen similar to Figure 1. 12) Click ok out of that back into the tabs, then move to the Advanced tab. 11) Do steps 7-9 again, then check the UDP box. 6) Ok out of that back into the Exceptions tab. 5) Scroll down to make sure Warcraft III is on the list, if it is not, hit Add Program and select it from the list. Disabling and allowing exceptions in Windows Firewall. This is the port you will need to make sure your Firewall is not blocking incoming or outgoing. Halfway down the screen you'll see Game Port. You can check the port your version of Warcraft III uses by following these steps:

*If you are using vista, make sure you are running the program as administrator*ġ) By default Warcraft III uses port 6112. There are a couple of common reasons for this:ġ) Your Warcraft III may not be configured to properly forward data to the port the game is checking.Ģ) A firewall in the router or modem may prevent port forwarding.ģ) Windows firewall (or security center on Vista) may prevent the proper ports from being forwarded. This is a guide to hosting for Warcraft III on Windows XP, however, most of the information in this guide works for vista too and may help vista users as well.Īre other people not able to join your custom games, or accept your arranged teams invitations?
