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i am trying to connect to my friend, but ironclad online wont let us join each others games. we have turned off the firewalls, but we continue to get the message that most people wont be able to join our games. Has anyone else had this problem and if you have how can i fix it??!!
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
You need to forward the port 6112 on your router.

If this fails you can enable DMZ.
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
how would one forward a port such as this, im not much of an expert on the matter
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
What kind of firewall/router/thingy you have?
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
You need to forward the port 6112 on your router.



I keep seeing this reply....and I am experiencing the same problem. I have a 2wire 2701HG-B Gateway router....how does one foreward anything to it?
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
You need to login to the router with your web browser... the 2wire I had was 172.16.0.1... but Im not sure what the IP of yours is... Inside there should be an option for firewall and/or port forwarding...

From here most web router/firewall interfaces are similar... they'll ask you for what you want to call the service... this is whatever you want to name it... I used "sins". Then most have a port range. Here you want 6112-6112. It will need an IP address to forward the port to, that's the IP address of the machine you want to play SINS on. Pretty much those three fields.

I don't know the interface of the 2wire off the top of my head, so you may need to hit up 2wire.com for documentation.
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
You need to forward the port 6112 on your router.


Most Home routers have a Web Based Admin Page.
To know your routers address right click on Network Neighborhood
Select Properties
The network adapters page shows.
Right click on your Ethernet adapter.
Select Status.
Select the Support Tab.
Write down your gateway address and your IP Address.

Or do, Start>>Run
Type CMD on the box.
Select ok

On the dos window type ipconfig
The gateway address will show up on the information presented as well as your ip address.

The gateway is your router.

On a web browser type : http:://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Where xxx = Your router addy (DOH!)

Your admin page should show up.

Based on your router you should be able to login and go to the Port Forwarding section.
Add port 6112 and when you add it you should see a box for the address that it will be forwarded to. Write your IP Address in it and save the changes.

If you live on an area where you dont control your router.

Try this.
Enable UPNP ( Universal Plug And Play )

Go to control panel.
Add Remove applications.
Select the Add remove windows components.
Go through the network components and check the box for UPNP.
You might or most of the time will need your Windows Disk.
Once installed reboot and the port should be opened automatically upon application requests and close when not needed by the router.

Caveats.
If more than one person is playing from the same house , port forwarding might not be your best answer.

Luck.