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Unable to Host a Game Troubleshooting Checklist

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Unable to Host a Game Troubleshooting Checklist

How to configure your computer and network gear to host games online

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If you are having problems hosting a game here are a couple things you want to verify your networking and Windows configuration.

If your network has a router that connects to you to your ISP equipment verify these 2 things.

1. UPnP has to be enabled on your router.
2. Port 6112 has been redirected to your IP address for TCP/UDP traffic.

Windows XP has 2 services that are required for UPnP that are set to manual by default.
1. Verify that the service "SSDP Discovery Service" is started and set to automatic.
2. Verify that the service "Universal Plug and Play Device Host" is started and set to automatic.

Additional Resources:

Microsoft’s information about of UPnP

D-Link walk thru enabling UPnP services for Windows XP
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Reply #51 from Sins Forums Top

here where it will solve everthing make a patch for sin of empire and we wont hav e this debate

 

Reply #52 from Sins Forums Top

Tryed the lot

was working fine for a few weeks

 

an then one day Sin no more

I have payed god maney to have same fun

All othe games works

Why should I bother when there are plenty of serious developers out there.

One thing is shure If any one ask me about this game I will say dont waste your money.

PS trade standards be in touch soon for breach in the trade description act as the game does not do what It says on the "TIN"

Sins of a Solar Empire II
Reply #53 from Sins Forums Top

1. UPnP has to be enabled on your router.
2. Port 6112 has been redirected to your IP address for TCP/UDP traffic.

I am in a peculiar situation where I am behind a double NAT.

The reason for that is because my modem (Gigaset 201A) is running on an older firmware. There is a newer version, but there are reports that it locks up on heavy loads such as bittorrent. And the older version has a problem with bridge mode, it doesn't work.

So, I am stuck with a NAT on the modem, which supports UPnP, and another NAT on the router, which also supports UPnP. I believe the UPnP requests stop at the router and IP visibility is not possible because of that.

The host test tells me my IP is not visible, and recommends me to use Alloy. I have hosted 2 games succesfully, but in one of them I was disconnected from the server.

Is there anything I can do to improve this situation?