Server Help

Solid_Fire · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:29 am Post subject: Ip..

Ok, i'v just opened my ports to run my brothers test zone. I Got it in the zone list, but it is red. Im not really sure what to put in the server.ini

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Misc=ServerIp: <-- (what IP do i put here?)

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Do i put in my routers ip? (198.168.2.1..?) Or My Computers IP? (www.whatismyip.com..?)

Since im not really familiar with setting up zones using a router, can somebody please help me out. Yes, i'v read the router how-to, but i got stuck. Thanks.

And yes, i agree this is a noobie post.
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Solo Ace · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:03 am Post subject:

Put your WAN IP (found on http://whatismyip.com indeed) in Misc:ServerIP.

Dr Brain · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 9:52 am Post subject:

It'll always be red on machines inside your LAN. Add a custom zone in Continuum with the computer's inside IP. But do get a friend to check to make sure that the zone works outside the router.
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Solid_Fire · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:40 pm Post subject:

Okies I'll try it. Thanks.

edit: Ok, i added the custom zone.. i changed the zone description just to make sure i was doing it right, and it worked. But...now i cannot enter it. it has a ping of 0...

(Deactived B l a h e r) · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:03 pm Post subject:

Solo Ace · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:12 pm Post subject:

Go away, you idiot.

(Deactived B l a h e r) · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:15 pm Post subject:

Solid_Fire · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:16 pm Post subject:

blah-er thanks, and im also pretty sure he knew that already..i already knew that, but never thought of it. Maybe he called you an idiot for some other topic? Dunno and don't care..

Solo Ace · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:23 pm Post subject:

When I call someone an idiot, I do it for a good reason.

In most cases, like in Solid's, ipconfig does not show the WAN IP address.

The ipconfig command displays the IP address of the internal NIC, which is on a LAN (behind a router or any other NAT device) not the WAN IP address.
Since the WAN (or also called "public" or "internet" IP address) is required in the ini setting, using ipconfig is useless.

Browsing to a website is easier and faster than actually typing that command.
And, the command is useless in this case.

Maybe you should learn before trying to smart someone out, blah-er, fucking troll.

Mine GO BOOM · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:25 pm Post subject:

Solo Ace · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:29 pm Post subject:

He probably just upgraded from 9x to XP.

(Deactived B l a h e r) · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:32 pm Post subject:

Solid_Fire · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:48 pm Post subject:

Isnt WinXP an OS On Windows? Um..yea....

Ok...So i got it to run on that little IP from ipconfig, but ya know...it has nothing from the server.ini, and what i mean by that is. It doesn't have a descprition of the zone (which is in server.ini), it doesnt have the zone's settings. (aka ship settings, etc etc) At the moment im really confused......

Solo Ace · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:38 pm Post subject:

Windows XP is an OS.

Just don't listen to blah-er, he has no idea what he's talking about.

In server.ini, put the IP address shown on http://whatismyip.com/ in Misc:ServerIP.
Do not run ipconfig for this.

As for what Dr Brain said about adding a custom zone...
This is just so that you can enter your own zone. You cannot use the entry people get from the directory servers in their zone list.
Just add a custom zone, pick a name you'd like for it.
Then as IP address pick "127.0.0.1" or the one ipconfig gave you.

And if you really don't know what IP address to pick from ipconfig, type (exactly) this in cmd window, and hit Enter:

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for /f "delims=: tokens=2" %i in ('ipconfig ^| find "IP"') do @echo %i

But that shouldn't be necessary.

(Deactived B l a h e r) · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:55 pm Post subject:

Mine GO BOOM · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:07 pm Post subject:

Here, how about this instead? Want to tell someone what to put in their ServerIP address? Fill it in with 216.73.216.32, aka [userip]

Solid_Fire · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:07 pm Post subject:

Solo Ace · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:23 pm Post subject:

The custom entry is for you to enter your zone.
Other people from the internet use what they see in their zone lis.

Both are pointed at the same zone, you just have to enter it differently, because you're the one hosting it.

Contempt+ · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:28 pm Post subject:

Whoa, for a second there, I thought that MGB was posting my IP address, lol.

It's not nessacessary (sp) to have the Misc:IP configured, is it?
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Solid_Fire · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:38 pm Post subject:

D1st0rt · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 10:10 pm Post subject:

The only reason to use command is when the admins at your high school blocked the use of cmd and you're too lazy to deal entirely in batch files
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Contempt+ · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 12:11 am Post subject:

And if they blocked everything on the start menu except Shutdown, Logoff, Documents, and Programs?

I've tried just about everything as a student to get into a DOS prompt, but still no luck.

Mine GO BOOM · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 12:23 am Post subject:

Word allows you to run VB scripts. Can find random scripts online to have word open anything for you.

Ori Klein · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 2:14 am Post subject:

After looking at this thread, I feel like shooting myself.
Trash talk section must be on an expanding paradigm.
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Solid_Fire · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:02 am Post subject:

It went off topic....someone please help me with my last post?