I tried searching but couldnt find anything to help me solve my problem. I tried getting my computer to host a long time ago but im hoping i can finnaly get it to work now since i understand things a little better. I did the whole Static IP and Port forwarding thing on Portfoward.com but it didnt work. This did let me join the server though if i logged in on another key and opened another dream seeker(I couldnt do this before). This kind of got me excited and i thought i could finnaly host but then i realized no one other than me can join. Although my brother can join on his computer but i think its because we are connected to the same router. I have a WRT54G V.3 Linksys.The settings i set are
Application - BYONDHost1
Start - 2554
End - 2556
Protocol - Both
IP Address - I set this as the ip address i get when i do ipconfig(The same as the static ip i set). Not sure if i should reveal this incase its unsafe.
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 Jun 27 2006, 8:57 pm
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Dude, he said that he's set up a static IP and put that into the settings already. Besides, your method will cause the port forwarding to unexpectedly break after a while, when the DHCP setup gives the computer a new IP address. =P
Turles, have you made sure that you're hosting on one of ports 2554, 2555, or 2556? And for future reference, revealing your internal IP address (the 192.168.x.x one) is perfectly safe, since it's only valid for computers that access the internet through your router. | |
"DHCP setup gives the computer a new IP address"
Thats never happened to me and ive got 3 comps hooked up.. | |
My table just says None,None,None,None. I think this is cause i already set the static ip but im not sure.
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Oh well then my ip i set is 192.168.1.100 . Yeah im sure im hosting in one of those ports. Also the port must be helping something because if im not hosting on those ports than i cant login if i open another dream seeker.
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Turles9000 wrote:
Oh well then my ip i set is 192.168.1.100 I know that personally, my router wants only the last three digits of that (100, in your case). Have you tried setting it to just 100? | |
If that's your settings, then your router is setup fine. The only thing I could even think of is that those ports are being used by something else, but DreamSeeker would give you an error if that was the case.
Sounds like you've got a firewall problem. | |
To my knowledge the only firewall i have up is Windows Firewall but i put Byond down as an "Exception".
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A.T.H.K wrote:
"DHCP setup gives the computer a new IP address" Classic "anecdotal evidence" fallacy. =P Just because it hasn't happened to you doesn't mean it won't happen to someone else. DHCP is designed to give out new IP addresses; that's what it's for. Your version could be tweaked so that it tends not to change IP addresses of computers that it knows about, I don't know. My router does, though; every 2 weeks or so it can potentially give each computer a different IP address. (This is done when the computer starts up; the IP address doesn't get changed while the computer is running.) | |
That looks like it should work.
Do you have more than one router? Even if you don't think you do, it's possible that you have a router built into your modem; some DSL modems also function as routers or have built-in firewalls. If so, you'll need to set up the same port forwarding on the other router(s)/modem as well. You could try rebooting the router. There's probably a reboot button somewhere on its configuration page; or you can just yank the power plug out, wait a few seconds, and put it back in. They're generally not fussy. =) | |
If you have two routers.. I *believe* you could just dmv the one router to the other.. but I'm not sure on that.
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If you mean DMZ (De-Militarized Zone), then yes.
DMZ is basically a quicker way to say "forward ALL ports to this computer". If you put a computer in the DMZ it becomes much less secure (since the router is no longer doing any kind of firewalling). However, it is a good way of managing a double-NAT setup, you're right; set the "inner" router to be in the DMZ of the "outer" router. The inner router will still be doing firewalling, so you're just as safe, and you don't need to configure your port forwarding on both routers. So, yeah. Good call. =) | |
How would i check if my modem functions as a router or has a built-in firewall? I have a 3Com Homeconnect Cable Modem.
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I looked it up, and I can't find much useful information but I think it doesn't function as a router. You're connecting to it using an Ethernet cable from your router, I assume?
It does say, however, that it does "protocol filtering", whatever that means. And there is apparently a HTTP management interface, so if you can discover its IP address then you should be able to poke around in its settings and see if there's anything that might cause problems. I'm looking for a manual but I can't find one. I just had a thought... if it does have an IP address, we should be able to discover it using tracert: 1. Go Start->Run, type in cmd and press enter. 2. Type: tracert byond.com 3. You should see something like this: Tracing route to byond.com [66.33.192.205] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1 2 13 ms 14 ms 11 ms 10.100.100.254 <--- THIS LINE The second line (pointed to there) might be your cable modem. Or it might not. It depends how it's set up. But try entering that IP address (in my case 10.100.100.254) into your web browser and see if anything happens. | |
Yeah im using a Ethernet Cable to connect it to the router.
Ill try looking for the ip but to be honest i have no idea how i would do that :P . I tried that tracert thing but when i entered the ip in the browser it couldnt be found. | |
Turles9000 wrote:
Yeah im using a Ethernet Cable to connect it to the router. If there's a manual it should say in the manual how to configure it. I tried that tracert thing but when i entered the ip in the browser it couldnt be found. Figures, I didn't really expect it to work. I'm actually inclined to think that the modem is not the problem, but I have no idea what the problem actually is. Sorry. =( | |
BLANk is the IP of your PC to get your PCS ip goto
STATUS on the routers webpage http://192.168.1.1
LOCAL NETWORK press the button that says DHCP CLIENTS TABLE
a popup will well "pop up" look for ya comps name get the ip address
example :
laptop 192.168.1.102 00:0E:35:CE:3D:76 0 days, 23:48:11
get the last numbers in this case it will be 102 go back to the port list and put correct numbers in the IP area
192.168.1.BLANK ,BLANK now = 102 done