I did everything... I enabled UPnP, port forwarded correctly, and disabled firewall from blocking the connection, BUT I STILL CAN'T JOIN IT JUST SAYS THAT THE HOST HAS NO REMOTE ACCESS! please help I'm getting frustrated but I really want to figure this out, I made this account just to ask for help!

Have you tried replacing your ip with "localhost"(keep the port the same)? When i had trouble connecting to myself, it worked for me. Not sure if it will help you though, because, i think, i had a different kind of error. But still, it might be worth a try.

Are you trying to join the server from the same computer you're hosting on? If so, you should not use the external IP (= the IP you see when you use something like https://www.whatismyip.com/), but "127.0.0.1" or "localhost". If you're trying to join a computer that's in the same local network, you should use the local address which is something like "192.168.0.xxx" - you can check it by opening the command prompt (Windows key -> cmd) and entering "ipconfig".

I'll try this hopefully it works... I have a nighthawk r8000 and there are no good tutorials or anything for it.

Okay, so I don't know how to find localhost iI don't have a folder named HOSTS but I have been using an internal ip.... I really don't understand this at all I wish I could just host a game without port forwarding. I have UPnP but for some reason nothing is on the portmap table when enabled!


Maybe this picture of the Netgear Nighthawk r8000 port forwarding tab can help you understand what I'm using: http://screenshots.portforward.com/rout ... ng_Add.htm

Are you trying to join the server from the same computer or from the same local network? If so, you don't need to set up port forwarding. If you're playing on the same machine, just enter "localhost" into the server IP box.

I’m trying to join my own server from the same computer, and I’m also trying to make it so others can join.

Connect to 127.0.0.1 if you are connecting to yourself.

If you are port forwarding:

Protocol: UDP
External port: 14242 (default port)
Internal IP: IP of your PC (ipconfig in cmd, look for "IPv4 address")

BlueTheKing wrote: Connect to 127.0.0.1 if you are connecting to yourself.

If you are port forwarding:

Protocol: UDP
External port: 14242 (default port)
Internal IP: IP of your PC (ipconfig in cmd, look for "IPv4 address")

Is there a Netgear video you know of that can help me understand this? I don't know how to connect to 127.0.01 but I have made a port forward that I know is right, I just need to figure out why the port forward isn't connecting to my computer (even though I put in the correct internal ip)


Thank you for the help so far though, I really hope I can get to the point that it works

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=netgear+port+forwarding

Ingame you can set the IP you are connecting to, so set it to 127.0.0.1 to connect to yourself if you are hosting on the same computer.