Can you host? People ask in the lobby, the most common answer from people: No
This is the reason why i write this guide. Lets begin:
1. Open your router and/or firewall configuration page. In most routers you simply need type your router IP (in most cases is 192.168.0.1) then the setup menu will appear. In most cases you need a password, if you didnt change it before you will found it in the user manual.
2. Find the "Portforward" or "Virtual server" in the router configuration page, or "open port" in firewalls.
3. Now open the port 7575 UDP pointing to your computer's ip (in my case its 192.168.0.6).
4. Now download the PopNetFix (aka Network Hosting Patch), here is a direct link to our downloads page where you can download it.
5. Now log out from PopMM, close all active network connections and reboot your router (simply plug out, wait 5 sec then plug in again, or click on the reboot button if your router has).
6. Win XP Service pack 2 users must disable the Windows Firewall, go to the control panel -] Security Center to do it.
7. Start the PopMM, log in and try host, if you fail then you did it improperly or you have multiple firewalls installed. You must do it in EVERY firewall installed, if still fail, check if you installed the netfix properly. You need to install in populous directory to work. If fail again, check if other program using the port 7575 UDP then close it.
Here are some screenshots from my router configuration page, they may help you:
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