Strange issue hosting a server

[joshbaz87]

I'm experienceing a very peculiar issue hosting a server, and can't pin-point the cause.  I started by completely shutting down all my firewalls, including the one in my router, which negates the need to port forward, and still no luck.  I'm able to host a server occasionally, but 90% of the time, it shows up dead.  I also checked my TCP/IP properties, and everything checks out fine.  My ISP is also ruled out with thourough ping testing and line checks.  Any ideas?

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[Chrono]

Even if you shut off the firewalls, you still need to port forward.

[joshbaz87]

By shutting off my router's firewalls, i have no ports to forward.....

[joshbaz87]

Well, I forwarded the ports anyways, even though they didn't exist anymore, and it worked.  Strange, but effective.  Thanks.