when people need help with servers evryone says to forward ports.


HOW DO YOU FORWARD PORTS???
and what ports do you forward?

http://www.portforward.com/eng ... orwarding/routerindex.htm
Choose your Router, then "Live for Speed Server"

If u don't a broadbandrouter it's ok to forwarding. Every1e uses xp is strongly recomended to turn on "UPnP" in the routers configuration site, accessed on internet.
You could type "http://xxx.xxx.x.x" Whereas "x"'s is the routers ip address
Linksys uses "192.168.1.1" D-Link "192.168.1.100" SMC "192.168.2.1"
Linksys psw is "admin" same for the d-link I think. SMC uses "smcadmin"

can any one explain how to host a server? and do they cost??

Quote from Captain Slow :

can any one explain how to host a server? and do they cost??

free if you do it on your pc, if you need a guide search the forum

read the sticky at the top of this section.

Quote from mrbogeyman :

read the sticky at the top of this section.

i dont understand it

Quote from anbiddulph :

i dont understand it

If you let me know which bits are too tricky, or which bits aren't clear, I'll try and tidy it up as soon as I can

Port forwarding is a very tricky business, and depends very much on your setup and equipment you use. The base line to remember is, if you directly connect to the internet you won't need to port forward. But you may need to open the ports in your firewall.