Dedicated Server, LAN game?

[bobalobmitchell 0]

Hi all,

I think i have about exhausted every single option with Dedicated server and its still being forwarded to the LAN list instead of the Internet list where i would like it to be.

First of all heres my setup

NetGear DG814 ADSL Router connected to this computer. The Netgear gives the server an ip of 192.168.0.2

Server config.

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">passwordAdmin="12345";

hostname="BOB";

motd[]=

{

"Welcome.",

"Bla bla  - edit as u like it"

};

MaxMsgSend=128;

MaxSizeGuaranteed=512;

MaxSizeNonGuaranteed=256;

MinBandWidth=131072;

MaxBandWidth=512000;

voiceOverNet="false";

maxPlayers=6;

kickDuplicate="true";

motdInterval=3;

voteThreshold=0.33;

reportingIP="master.gamespy.com";

voteMissionPlayers=0;

class Missions {

};

Now when i run the bat file it creates the server, if i go to the other pc in the room i cannot see the server on the Internet list, it is only seen on the LAN list, not the internet. If i click remote and enter the wan ip, server is still not shown. I even created a dyndns.org static address today to see if that would help! Nope.

nslookup is giving me a dns server ok, so that isnt the problem. I have forwarded 2302, 2303, 27900, 28900 on the router and disabled windows xp firewall. Still always shows on the lan list.

So basically what its not doing is forwarding the WAN ip to the list. Its hosting the server on 192.168.2 (LAN)

Have i missed something out? Or is this not going to be possible the way i have my net setup.

Thanks for the help.

Robert.

ps, anyone have a copy of the StarLight Crime city map?

[DBR_ONIX 0]

It's proboaly thanks to the magic that is NAT.. Try it on a different connection (Neighbours open wifi, or friends house), and it'll show up on the internet list (If it's told to publish to Gamespy, if not, you hae to use the IP address, or something like www.no-ip.info )

It's showing up on the LAN because thats where it is.. It's on the same subnet as you, so it only shows up on the LAN, not both.. But, it is reacable from the internet AND you LAN, dont worry

I have the same problem with my router config stealing port 80.. I can forward port 80 to another machine, but if I access my WAN IP from inside my network, it goes to the router config page... but if I access it from outside the network, it does as it's supposed to..

- Ben

[bobalobmitchell 0]

Ok, thanks for clearing that up for me, i wasnt totally sure if there was a way to workaround this or not, but i guess there isnt. I still have my usb adsl modem i have from my isp, the only thing with that is, if my brother wants to use the net and i want to host a server, then the router has to be plugged back in and my server cant be seen on the internet list  

I only wanted to host a Crime city server anyway.. and it would have only been on for an hour or so, so really there isnt any point in hosting a dedicated server.

Thanks anyway.