Hosting Games with Cable Modem and Router

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Jul 10 2004, 7:12 am
My brother and I are both on a router, my Mom has checked and there is no firewall (that she knows of) and we want to host my brother's game. My Mom also has a domain that she can host his game on. But we need help doing this. We would like to host from our computers, but if not Mom said we can use her domain. Can you help? Give us instructions for hosting a game from a router or Mom's domain. She hosts domains by the way. Or at least direct us to the right place for instructions. Thanks.
Jul 10 2004, 9:05 am
A domain is just a name that points a person's computer to a server of some sort.

You cannot host a game from a domain name.


~Kujila
Jul 10 2004, 10:29 am
In response to Kujila
She hosts domains, can she put the server on her domain server and run the games from there?
Jul 10 2004, 3:44 pm
In response to FireHairFawn
If it's a computer and it has access to the internet, and you can install and run programs on there freely, then it can be used as a server.

What kind of computer is it? What operating system is it running?
Jul 12 2004, 12:44 pm
In response to Crispy
Does anyone know how I can host with a cabel modem and router?
Jul 12 2004, 1:24 pm
In response to FireHairFawn
Here's what you do.

Look at your Router manual, access the control panel within your router. Open the port you wish to host the game on. And boom, there you go. Host the game under that port number and it SHOULD work, it can work under DreamSeeker or DreamDaemon. DreamDaemon is good for dedicated, if you plan on doing that.
Jul 12 2004, 4:20 pm
In response to FireHairFawn
You answer the questions that people trying to help you are asking, that's how. -_-