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PortForward Warcraft III Garena Lan Gaming Network Setup

Warcraft III - Garena - LAN gaming, hosting and ‘mass X ping’

This setup has the following characteristics:

2 PC within same LAN
Both can play in each other’s hosted games
Both can host games
Solves ‘mass X ping in Garena’

Hardware and specs:

XP Pro 32bit
Vista Basic 32bit
Aztech High Speed USB/Ethernet Modem Router DSL906EU : 1 USB & 1 Ethernet port (modem/router)
Belkin Wireless G Plus MIMO Router F5D9230-4 : 1 Modem port & 4 Computer port (wireless router)

Step 1 : Hardware setup

Connect a PC - HUB Ethernet cable from modem/router to router‘s modem port.
Connect PC to router using PC - HUB Ethernet cables
Plug in the phone line and power source
Switch on the modem followed by router and PC with 30 seconds interval
Check that all PC are able to connect to the internet at factory default settings

Step 2 : Modem setup

Login to modem (192.168.1.1)
Set DHCP range (modem’s router range) to exclude 192.168.1.255 (Router static IP) e.g 192.168.1.2 - 192.168.1.254
Port forward 192.168.1.255 (Router static IP), TCP 6112 - 6113 (1 port for each PC playing Warcraft III)
Port forward 192.168.1.255, TCP & UDP 1513 - 1514 (1 port for each PC connecting to Garena)

Step 3 : Router setup

Login to router (192.168.2.1)
Set WAN IP to be Static IP, 192.168.1.255
Set DHCP range to exclude 192.168.2.254 - 192.168.2.255 (PC static IP)
Port forward 192.168.2.254 (PC 1), TCP 6112, TCP & UDP 1513
Port forward 192.168.2.255 (PC 2), TCP 6113, TCP & UDP 1514

Step 4 : PC setup

At PC 1:
- set Static IP to be 192.168.2.254, gateway to be 192.168.2.1, subnet mask and DNS as per usual setting
- Set Warcraft III game port to be 6112 (at Warcraft III, click settings > gameplay)
- Set Garena to connect via port TCP/UDP 1513 (at Garena login page, click advanced)
- Setup windows firewall to allow:
  - Programs Garena and Warcraft III
  - Port TCP/UDP 1513
At PC 2:
- set Static IP to be 192.168.2.255, gateway to be 192.168.2.1, subnet mask and DNS as per usual setting
- Set Warcraft III game port to be 6113 (at Warcraft III, click settings > gameplay)
- Set Garena to connect via port TCP/UDP 1514 (at Garena login page, click advanced)
- Setup windows firewall to allow:
  - Programs Garena and Warcraft III
  - Port TCP/UDP 1514

Step 5 : Have some faith

Pray and hope it works for you like it did for me = )
If it doesn't, do post your feedbacks here, maybe the mods could help improve on this guide

Notes :

IP addresses are configurable, just abide by the rules of the settings, static IP to be outside of DHCP range
Configurability of Gateway IP is modem or router dependent
Warcraft III game ports to be within 6112 - 6119
For Garena game ports, recommended by its website FAQ is 1513.
I’m not sure if opening up and port forwarding 1514 would cause any security vulnerability.
For my personal usage, I’ve replaced 1514 with a port from the dynamic port range (49152 - 65535)
At each login of Garena, you’ll need to click advanced settings to enable logging in via the above game ports setup
Please try at your own risk, feedbacks are welcomed to improve on this guide.
A possible side effect is during and after playing in either's hosted game, there seems to be problem accessing websites, which could be resolved by Repairing the connection.

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