Hi guys,
My friend is having this problem with his port.
The IP belongs to the relay on the first page of this thread.
He also got Timeout while trying option 7. Is hamachi the only way to go?
Any suggestions?
Oh shit, I know this problem quite well. It's a bitch to fix, and it really requires a bit of research depending on the equipment you have, so the below may or may not work.
The solution to this problem is...
Forwarding your ports. I think there is a universal way to fix this... It took me an hour to figure this out, as I had the same problem but let me give it a shot in helping you out.
Go to your Network folder somewhere hidden in your comp, not sure exactly where it is, but look for it. (I have Vista btw, so unno where it is in other Operating Systems)
If you're using a router, it should be listed there in that folder. Click it, and wait as it loads...
Unno about you, but with my router, it opens up a window in Firefox for me with, and its like a personal site for my router. It also asks for a password and username to use the router. If you haven't put some personal thing on it, the username's probably just admin, and password's nothing.
From there, there should be a tab or something, (in my case "Advanced") which gives you options on how to forward a port for LAN stuff like MBAC and XBC for Halo.
Name your port, it really doesn't matter what it is, it's for you to know its use.
Afterwards, it asks for your private IP, that is something you'll have to research yourself. Private IP is something different from your normal IP, and is more like the IP of the private network you have set up at home. You have to use command prompt or something to figure it out yourself. I'm not sure quite how myself, since my friend found it out for me before, but if you get stuck here, I'll ask my friend to help out. Note that this is the hardest part of the opening port thing, if everything else works smoothly.
Pick protocol type to UDP, and Private and Public port should have 7500 typed in.
There should be an enable option availiable, make sure that's coloured in. If there's a schedule option, pick always. Afterwards, click an ok, or accept, or whatever you have on that screen.
When you've done this, go to MBCaster and press 8, put in your private IP and Port 7500, and it'll test to see if ur port really is opened.
Yea, I think you would be bound to have problems, so post back on anything that doesn't work.