Any firewall on the PC? Is Windows Firewall off or UPnP enabled on the router to allow it to set up the ports itself?

Edit: If you're in the DMZ and your Window's Firewall is disabled then you're as naked as can be.

yes... no firewall, but I don't care... I just want to game dammit, lol... I spend more time trying to get a MP game working, then I do actually gaming. lol

disabled UPnP... still no ports found... getting tired of all this BS.

Oh well... now I connect to XBL and what once was a open NAT is now a moderate NAT... here I am TRYING to expose myself to the world and i can't, lol... think I'll just reset the router and go back to a working XBL account, and forget PC MP... theres no way this should be so hard and confusing... but thx for everyones attempted help.

Why using a DMZ? You should be able to open static routeing from behind the firewall by adding the relevant entries (2300-2400 TCP/UDP, 47624 UDP, with a route between the Gateway IP and your PC's local IP within the same address range and network mask).

The DMZ is essentially 'outside' the router firewalls, so static routeing shouldn't be necessary and may not make any difference at all.

I'd go back to doing the old-fashioned way of being inside the FW, and opening the required ports.

What Lieste wrote. It really isn't that hard to get it to work, usually. Of course, that there's no standardized user interface for the different routers etc. doesn't exactly help, but then again there's still the option to use IP tunneling for a virtual private network (like Hamachi).

thanks all, got it working!

just wondering... is there a way to see who has SB Pro PE games up? Because while waiting for Gunny to connect for test, someone else joined in, then left.

Well what was the solution?? Remember those ONLINE port checkers you need to have the Sim running in ONLINE Mode.. Best to use PFPort checker..or have the game you want to test running as a host or join a game online

No, we haven't got around to setting up some sort of a game broker institution. Then again, Steel Beasts multiplayer is ALL about coordinated team effort, so it makes sense to organize game sessions as scheduled events (like the weekly "Tank God it's Friday" TGIF sessions, or the near-daily sessions of the German community, etc.).
Typically you meet in the TeamSpeak chat room, then start the session as soon as enough players are around.

You may also want to visit the Multiplayer board at the SteelBeasts.com forum, or check out the current "Red Tide" campaign (I'm sure, additional players will be accepted at least on the Friday battles).

I don't know Nep... resetted the router to default, assigned a static IP, and no DMZ, just opened the ports and working... go figure.