Hi all, I'm having a bit of a hard time understanding what the purpose of this "Start a new Host" option is. I wanted to create a private host, using the LFS host option, so me & my friend could practice without people seeing us on the master server. Now I'm assuming you don't need a server to "Host" a private online race? I can connect fine to the master server and all, but either myself or my friend try and create a private host we both get the message "Connect time out". I've allowed LFS through my firewall, and I have automatic uPnP which takes care of port forwarding. I haven't touched the default port, so how can I "host" a private online race so that me & my friend can play privately and not have to worry about other people joining unless we give them the host name & password.

All help appreciated.

-BkS.

UPnP doesn't take care of the forwarding, it allows applications to take care of it, which LFS does not. Manually configure the forwarding, both UDP and TCP, to the relevant port (default is 63392 IIRC) and you should be good to go

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UPnP doesn't take care of the forwarding, it allows applications to take care of it, which LFS does not. Manually configure the forwarding, both UDP and TCP, to the relevant port (default is 63392 IIRC) and you should be good to go

I can't :/ My router doesn't have the option for that. I have Sky Broadband (UK), and they gave me a crappy Sagem router. I've been through the config page but there is not option to set UDP or TCP :/. Or I would have a long time ago...

Hard to believe, no NAT settings page? Perhaps via telnet/ssh?
What about your friend's router?

Quote from morpha :

Hard to believe, no NAT settings page? Perhaps via telnet/ssh?
What about your friend's router?

nope not at all. I have open NAT though, well according to my Xbox anway :L. I'm not sure about my friends router, but I know he has open NAT aswell.