I have a Linksys BEFSR41v3, and i play Warcraft3 Frozen Throne. I cannot create games because of the ports that need to be opened. (6112-6119) I set my DMZ settings correctly but i still cannot create. I dont know how to make a static ip address. Is there a way any of you can help me. Oh yeah, i also opened the ports under "applications and gaming." Thank you for your help.

NAT routers are not really very good for running game servers: They require all incoming packets be REPLIES to packets originating on the LAN. You can manually open ports but only to specific client IP addresses. Unless you're using "fixed" IP addresses the router assigns these in the order the clients are booted up. Under TCP/IP settings uncheck, "Assign IP Address automatically" and manually input the address you pick - it has to be somewhere in the range 192.168.0.1 through 192.168.255.255. Because the router assigns addresses sequentially you want to pick one that is well outside the range the router normally picks, like 192.168.20.20 or something like that.

Subnet masks determine which network you're on. He's using a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 which indicates everything in the first three octets is his network address. The fourth octet is his host's address. Orion, look what you told him to do again. "manually input the address you pick - it has to be somewhere in the range 192.168.0.1 through 192.168.255.255." the first three octets must be the same for the router's LAN address and all its clients. So, if his router's LAN IP is 192.168.1.1 (I think that's the default), then his network address is 192.168.1.0. He MUST, therefore, have an IP address between 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254. You cannot use 255 because that's a broadcast address for the entire LAN. Look at what you recommended... "Because the router assigns addresses sequentially you want to pick one that is well outside the range the router normally picks, like 192.168.20.20 or something like that." If you did that, the network adress is 192.168.20.0. Your router is 192.168.1.1 on the LAN side. They're now in two different networks, and no router between them to route the packets correctly. In other words, DON'T DO THIS! MCSE, MCSA Messaging, baby!

Wow...you guys know alot, now explain it to me in a way i can understand lol. Thank you for your help.