Help with mah Internets

[Lord of Joshelplex]

Okay, I am having some trouble. It seems, that in games liek Starcraft, I cannot join games, but I can host. Specifically, with SC, it says my latency is too high. I have a router, which may be the cause, and I have MTS DSL, as well as Norton Internet Security active. What might be the cause?

[synkr0nized]

The first thing that I would do is make sure that the ports used for Battle.net, for example, are being allowed through your router and/or firewall(s).

[Demetrius]

Either that or place your IP in the router's DMZ, that is the simplest way to do it. Just remeber to set yourself back behind the firewall when you are done.

[Lord of Joshelplex]

How do I go about doing this?