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More info?)
Okay thanks Chris, I am pretty sure I know what you mean, I
just need to try it out. I know my friend just dumps his
router in the DMZ and then everything is fine. I will
check to see what ports the game runs on.
Thanks
>-----Original Message-----
>You should not have to (1) place your machine in a DMZ,
that's just opening
>it all up to the Internet or (2) disable your firewall.
On the router, you
>need to forward certain ports (depending on the game) to
the machine IP
>where the game is actually being hosted.
>
>There are a couple things here. First, you need to let
the other players
>know your public IP address (the one from your ISP) to
access your router.
>Second, you need to tell the router what to do with
requests for the
>required ports. That is, which machine IP (the LAN IP of
192.168.2.*)
>actually has the game on it.
>
>From there, you need to set it up for either persistent
port forwarding or
>application triggered forwarding, depending on the
requirements of the game.
>There's a whole lot of information, including various game
ports needed,
>here:
http://www.portforward.com/cports.htm
>--
>Chris H.
>Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>Associate Expert
>Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
>
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:206301c50ad8$5bf47bd0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> That's exactly right, it was a 192.168.2 number. But my
>> wan IP changes right. So I would have to give them the ip
>> for every session? Also by giving them the wan IP should I
>> still enable the DMZ and turn off the Firewall or should it
>> work fine to connect directly to the IP?
>>
>> Thanks a lot for your help
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>That IP address that you find from ipconfig is your
>> private LAN IP address.
>>>You'll have to give them your WAN IP address, which can be
>> found by logging
>>>into the Base Station Management Tool at
http://192.168.2.1
>>>
>>>and at the main page it'll show WAN IP address: and the ip
>> address.
>>>The IP address that you were previously giving out
>> probably started off like
>>>192.168.2.X.
>>>
>>>Hope this helps.
>>>--
>>>Gary Tsang
>>>Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
>>>http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
>>>
>>><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>news:204c01c50ad6$3f56f630$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am not sure which IP I am giving them. I usually go to
>>>> the command Prompt and type ipconfig, then give them that
>>>> IP address. Yes the xp firewall is turned off. I don't
>>>> have any other firewalls installed. I do keep the router
>>>> firewall on, but I turned it off before I set up the
server.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>When you give your friend's your IP address do you give
>>>> them your 'Internet'
>>>>>IP address or your LAN one?
>>>>>Also check if you have a firewall on your computer turned
>>>> on such as the
>>>>>built-in one that's with Windows XP.
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>Gary Tsang
>>>>>Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
>>>>>http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
>>>>>
>>>>>"Neo" <nameisinuse@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>news:067701c50ad0$9a87bef0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Hello
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have the MN-700 wireless router. I want to host a
>>>>>> mutiplayer game for my friends to connect too. I gave
>> them
>>>>>> my ip, but nothing seem to work. I tried enabling
the DMZ
>>>>>> in the settings and I also turned off the firewall
in the
>>>>>> router settings. Do you need to restart for these
>> settings
>>>>>> to work?
>>>>>> Also It shows me 2 IP's. The host computer has one,
then
>>>>>> when you go to the options, it has a LAN ip as well.
Do I
>>>>>> need to open ports for this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any help would be awesome
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
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