drunkenfool
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yeah, but the 192.168.x.x is a machine on your LAN which isnt viewable to people outside, If you want soemne off the intenret to connect, you would need your router to set up port forwarding (as said) so it would be YOURIPADDRESS ORTTOBEFORWARDEDTO. You can find out your public IP address by going to www.whatismyipaddress.com, but you might have to do this every time you reconnect unless you have a static IP.
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drunkenfool
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 @ corsasport making a smiley out of what i wanted to say!
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chris_uk
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lol.
so my ip address is 80.229.18.212 and this is the machine i want to host on,
sooooo.
looking at that pic i posted earlier what would i do to find out the port?
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Nismo
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right so on your router config setup your start port as 26000 and your end port as 26000
and the local IP as the DS and then your mate pionts to 80.229.18.212:26000
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drunkenfool
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what version of windows are you on? As nismo said, you also need the IP of the local machine that is hosting the server. Probably the 192.168.x.x, or 10.0.x.x
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chris_uk
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im running on xp Pro.
ok
say i was hosting on this machine
its local Ip address is 192.168.0.2
its ip address from whatsmyip is 80.229.18.212
and the port number for the game is 26000
so if i host on this and i get my mate to join, all he has to do is join to the ip 80.229.18.212 and it should work...once i have enabled on the router.
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drunkenfool
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i think he will need to type 80.229.18.212:26000
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chris_uk
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rite its just normally when you type in the :xxxxx number on the end it doesnt work. but hey ill try it redagrdless.
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drunkenfool
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thats cos that is trying to connect to that port on your router, not on your PC. After setting up Port frwarding, it shoiuld recognise there was an attempt to connect on that port, and send the information on as it has been instructed to.
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Nismo
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quote:
Originally posted by drunkenfool
i think he will need to type 80.229.18.212:26000
yes will need to specify port as wont know what to do, you could be FTP'ing, VNC'ing HTTP'ing
so point to 26000 and game away.
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chris_uk
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ill go give it a try now....so ill let you know how it goes and really thank you for all your help!
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drunkenfool
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thats 50p a minute technical support, for an hour. £30 please.
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chris_uk
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chris_uk
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originally posted at 12 5 so...its now 13:55 thats 2 hours of your time at 50 p a minute so that is £60 lol expencive!
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chris_uk
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IT WORKS!!!! YES!!!
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Nismo
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I and DF rock , i thank you please.
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drunkenfool
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Nismo, u coming 2 th national meet? I wanna see your car!
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