Server Help

[Guest]

I am trying to run a zone on my own computer on windows.
How do i find out which ports to expose?

Whats this fowarding ports i have been hearing about?

Help would be brilliant
Thanks

[Bak]

the exact port should be in server.ini. You actually need to expose two ports, one for pinging and for users to connect to (and maybe another one for the directory server?). Look for Misc:Port. Unlock that port and that port + 1 for pining. Both ports are UDP, not TCP. For the billing unblock Directory::Port UDP again.

You only need to use port forwarding if you connect to the internet through a router which uses network address translation (NAT). If you're not sure, check if the ip address reported by ipconfig matches the one from whatismyip.com . If they don't match you're behind a NAT layer and need to do port forwarding.
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[Guest]

does the port have to be a certain number or my choice?

[Bak]

it can't be one that's in use already. Anything over 1024 is pretty safe, although if you do have a conflict it should tell you when you run the server. The maximum is 65535.