im talking about the Demo trying having someone join because i still can get anyone on my servers

Are ports 2302 and 2303 open?

server port: 2302
client port: 2303

No, I meant on your router.

how do i acess the ports on my router then?

Jesus Shadow, you're still here! Haha, how you been!

What do you do if your on panther?

im pretty sure its the sam interface as leopard and tiger (do so searching or play around with things)

I'm behind a symmetric NAT Router and can't configure it (and I don't want to try again)

Go to www.portforward.com and try to find how to configure it there. It has most of the routers listed.

[2/14/09] Update:

• Added a few mostly untested tidbits like allowing Halo Demo through the Firewall on 10.3/10.4. Don't know if they work or not, though. I'm just making a rather wild guess.

It didn't work for 10.4, but I think my problem is a router one.

Personally, I prefer Apple+R.

Omg I just had this wild idea and it fixed my hosting. O_O OK now that you people know how to port forward, I assume you know how to access your router here.

1. Now, somewhere, probably under maintenance, there should be a subsection titled "Connected Devices", or something along those lines. Click it.
2. Look for the name of your computer. It will replace space with a hyphen.
3. Once you have found your computer's name, look for the IP address beside your computer's name. E.g. 192.168.0.x
4. REMEMBER THIS NUMBER!
5. Go back to port forwarding, and make the ports 2302, 2303, 8871, and 80 open and where it asks for the server IP, enter the number you remembered. NOT 192.168.0.1, as all that will do is redirect toward your router.

I realize some of you have different routers, but mine just happens to be that way. If you have a different one, go to portforward.com and find your model, and do pretty much the same thing. I think. So yea.

hmmmm, these are all good but is it possible to host without a router? i do not have one and have never been able to host. any ideas?