Port 3453 not the problem? - I opened Port 3453, no dice

[William Wallet McCl]

I have opened port 3453 and still I can't host games. What the fuh? Anyone know why this is so?

[Doobie]

opened it on what? A software firewall? Or an NAT router? Or a dedicated firewall? If it was an NAT router, are you sure you forwarded port 3453 to the right local address?

[William Wallet]

Ah... ok.

I have D-Link router. As you probably know, when I put in my IP (10.x.x.x, whatever) to the address bar in netscape/explorer/whatever, it comes up with a name and password thingy.

I go into that, and following the instructions there I go to the port forwarding part. When I try this on my PC it doesn't work. I tried it on a Mac and it said it worked (the new Port rule thing showed up in the list).

HOWEVER, I think somethings dodgy because when I checked earlier, it wasn't there anymore.
So sorry Doobie - I guess I didn't open port 3453. something is rotten in the state of Myth and I think it's me.

Any advice?

[Doobie]

That's unusual, sounds like a problem with the router..

perhaps try power cycling it to give it a fresh start? Maybe upgrade firmware?

[qwerty2]

try setting yourself as the DMZ, that works for me with my D-link

[William Wallet]

YEEEEEEEEEEEAH! I can host! YAY!!!!!!!!!!

Gee, I hope setting it DMZ doesn't do anything bad that I don't know about... oh well. I'd rather be able to host anyway.