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ggtm - Wed Feb 19, 2003 1:23 am
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How do i get people outside of my lan to play on my LAN server?

ExplodyThingy - Wed Feb 19, 2003 2:23 am
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id suppose just give them the name:IP:PORT of the zone
I guess it works just like normaol zones, minus the directory server.

Mine GO BOOM - Wed Feb 19, 2003 10:04 am
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You will also need to make sure your computer is seen from the outside world. If your behind a router, forward your zone's port AND that port + 1 to your computer. For more help, this whole forum has a bunch of router-related questions you can look over.

wEaViL - Wed Feb 19, 2003 11:08 am
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if i ever get the entire router problem figured out i will post a big topic telling everyone how i did it to help out.... i tell ya that routers a big PAIN.. sometimes i wish i had only 1 comp instead of 3

ggtm - Wed Feb 19, 2003 3:51 pm
Post subject: THis should Work for Routers

ALL RIGHT!!!
ok I got everything figured out

1st find the router's ip address(the address coming into your router. (go to http://www.whatismyip.com/ to find out you ip)
ex- 64.34.187.36

then somehow log into your router
find the ip of the server your hosting it on.
ex. 192.168.1.30.
Set that ip address and open up your server ports
ex 5000 AND! 5001 (port+1) BOTH IN UDP!!!!
If there is a DMZ setting somewhere in your router set the server's host to that
ex. enable DMZ host 192.168.1.30
Make sure you disabble firewall if you can

Now open up the server.ini file
set your ip address to the one you found on that website. (NOT the 192.168.1.30 because that is private and they won't be able to access that.)

Now open up zone.dat

For computers connecting to servers within routers do the private ip address (192.168.1.30)
so it should look something like this:
MY Server, 192.168.1.30,5000,,0
#MY Server

For computers connecting from outside of router use ip address fond in first set
it should look something like this

MY Server,64.34.187.36,5000,,0
#My Server

***(ip addresses and ports will ber different for you)

Let me know if this helps anyone or if anything is unclear

Mine GO BOOM - Wed Feb 19, 2003 6:55 pm
Post subject: Re: THis should Work for Routers

ggtm wrote:

If there is a DMZ setting somewhere in your router set the server's host to that

Just a warning. DMZ opens up EVERY port to your computer. If you happen to be running some insecure app, people can easily hack your computer and use it as a warez machine, or used in DoS attacks. If you ever set yourself as the DMZ for longer than a day, check netstat -a OFTEN. I recommend leaving a cmd window open of just "netstat -a 5", or getting a firewall (i use Tiny Personal Firewall 2.0, 100% free). If you don't do either of these steps, except your upload/download speeds to die within a week. If your running IIS (microsoft's free webserver), i give you 6 hours, tops, before your machine is compromised unless you keep your machine patched very well.

ggtm - Wed Feb 19, 2003 7:33 pm
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so do i actually need this setting?

Mine GO BOOM - Wed Feb 19, 2003 8:03 pm
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If your forwarding the correct two ports with the UDP protocol, no, you don't need DMZ.

wEaViL - Thu Feb 20, 2003 5:56 am
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then somehow log into your router
find the ip of the server your hosting it on.
ex. 192.168.1.30.
Set that ip address and open up your server ports
ex 5000 AND! 5001 (port+1) BOTH IN UDP!!!!

you mean the ip addy the router gives your computer right... not the ip of the router its self

wEaViL - Thu Feb 20, 2003 8:15 am
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what router are you using becuase these settings seem not to work for mine... if your running a linksys then i must of misunderstood something

ggtm - Thu Feb 20, 2003 2:13 pm
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***you mean the ip addy the router gives your computer right... not the ip of the router its self ***
yes set it to computers IP, 192.168.X.X is normally a private ip address used for home routers

I am using a SMC Barricade 7008ABR Router

Are you tring to connect to my server?
Cuz those examples were just random IP addresses

*Just a note, You won't be able to try your server with the Routers IP address when your inside the router. You have to use the ip address of the Computer to connect. I you need to see if your server works outside, someone outside of your router needs to check to see if it works

wEaViL - Thu Feb 20, 2003 2:20 pm
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no i was just a lil confussed but i found the prob with the linksys thanks to you. going to post a topic with everything i did to get it to work for anyone else using a linksys router

ggtm - Thu Feb 20, 2003 2:24 pm
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COOL!