others can't join my multiplayer game when i host?

we are playing sins for the first time and while my friend can host and we can join, when my friends try to join my multiplayer game, they get disconnected.

any ideas?

thanks.

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It may be a problem with their router/firewall settings.

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ah hah! they are gone now that it is 2am, but i am glad to hear it was them and not me. we are having a lan party this friday again so i hope we can figure it out. any ideas you might have for us to go after when we run into the same problem again this friday would be greatly appreciated. i just put together a brand new righ last week so i definitely want to host.

thanks for any ideas.

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kryo

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More likely, the issue is on your end. In order to host sins, your firewall needs to allow/forward traffic on port 6112. Joining games does not generally require any special configuration.

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Read The Monk's guide - even if you host your rig won't effect the game since it is the lowest common denominator that determines if the game lags or not...

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