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Multiplayer hosting problems 04/03/2013 at 19:50 #42027
jwsetford
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I have tryed to host on cambridge and euston but have gotten nowhere. ive read the two ip adresses (2.121.94.99 and 192.168.0.5)

I use the port 5050, 50507.

am i doing anything wrong?

Last edited: 04/03/2013 at 19:56 by jwsetford
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Multiplayer hosting problems 04/03/2013 at 19:55 #42028
Temple Meads
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Check out this link: link

If you are hosting using a router you will need to set up port forwarding.

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Last edited: 04/03/2013 at 20:30 by AndyG
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Multiplayer hosting problems 11/03/2013 at 14:06 #42267
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Port forwarding can be a pain if more than 1 computer is used therefore I use DMZ: The DMZ area allows you to set up a De-Militarized Zone (DMZ), i.e. a device on your network that is available to anyone on the Internet to access for undefined services.
Note: Running a DMZ presents a potential security risk to your network, so only do this if you're willing to risk open access.

To assign a DMZ host:
Enable the DMZ by ticking the tickbox.
Enter the last field of the IP address of your Host Address. For example if your hosts IP is 192.168.0.154, enter 154.

Note: Entering '0' in Host Address effectively disables DMZ.

I have never had any problems with DMZ and because I have nearly 20 ports to forward, this is the only way, if one uses more than 1 computer.

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Multiplayer hosting problems 11/03/2013 at 17:17 #42272
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" said:
Port forwarding can be a pain if more than 1 computer is used therefore I use DMZ: The DMZ area allows you to set up a De-Militarized Zone (DMZ), i.e. a device on your network that is available to anyone on the Internet to access for undefined services.
Note: Running a DMZ presents a potential security risk to your network, so only do this if you're willing to risk open access.

To assign a DMZ host:
Enable the DMZ by ticking the tickbox.
Enter the last field of the IP address of your Host Address. For example if your hosts IP is 192.168.0.154, enter 154.

Note: Entering '0' in Host Address effectively disables DMZ.

I have never had any problems with DMZ and because I have nearly 20 ports to forward, this is the only way, if one uses more than 1 computer.
Putting your router into DMZ is rather extreme to forward ports to more than one computer.

Assigning each machine a statistic IP Address; rather than the DHCP server giving it one at random, then permanently forwarding only the ports which are needed to the correct IP address is a much better method.

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Multiplayer hosting problems 11/03/2013 at 20:04 #42277
Albert
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It very much depends on your type of router. Could you post your router model?
Some routers (SpeedTouch, on which some BT Homehubs are based) allow assigning a preconfigured program to any computer in the network, others can assign a port to a certain IP address in which case it is often good to use a fixed IP.

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Last edited: 11/03/2013 at 20:04 by Albert
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