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XyZspineZyX
12-23-2003, 05:49 PM
This is not my area of expertise. For the first time, I configured a GR MP server and got another client to connect. WOOT! It was a PC in the next room that connects to my LAN and the internet via a wireless router. When I clicked on the internet tab to find the server and join, nothing was there. I accidentally clicked on the LAN tab and lo and behold, there it was and I joined the game successfully. I know it makes more sense to connect via the LAN but I do not have the boxes formally networked except for file sharing and thought that the client would have to go out through the internet to connect.
My question is, will someone outside my house be able to join this same game via external IP? I will provide him with my WAN IP (64...etc.) My feeling is that this should work without any problems.
XyZspineZyX
12-23-2003, 05:49 PM
This is not my area of expertise. For the first time, I configured a GR MP server and got another client to connect. WOOT! It was a PC in the next room that connects to my LAN and the internet via a wireless router. When I clicked on the internet tab to find the server and join, nothing was there. I accidentally clicked on the LAN tab and lo and behold, there it was and I joined the game successfully. I know it makes more sense to connect via the LAN but I do not have the boxes formally networked except for file sharing and thought that the client would have to go out through the internet to connect.
My question is, will someone outside my house be able to join this same game via external IP? I will provide him with my WAN IP (64...etc.) My feeling is that this should work without any problems.
XyZspineZyX
12-23-2003, 07:53 PM
Sure Chiles, as long as the router is set up correctly with port forwarding for the "outsider".
Fyi I've got one PC as a server, 2 others connect via router and LAN, I don't have configured any other network sharing. 3rd persons connect to the "host PC" via external IP. I suggest you assign static internal IP at least to the host PC. My experience is that the router changes the internal IP once in a while and when you've forwarded the ports to internal IP ending, say, with a "1", and the router during next start up assigns one ending with "2", the "outsiders" cannot connect. Or at least you do the "command >ipconfig" on the host PC to make sure the internal IP corresponds to the one in the router setup.
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