How to Play

[FracOMac]

I cant connect to people using their IP address, what am I doing wrong?

[budious]

Check your firewall settings on host and client. Maybe someone knows the required ports to have open. If you use Windows XP or Vista you may want to try disabling the built-in firewall temporarily to see what happens. If there is a router on either network you may want to temporarily attempt changing the DMZ host to point to the IP of the machines you are trying to connect. This will ensure all traffic is going from node A to node B. Also check out the sticky thread on using himachi as virtual private network if you are playing on a university network or other network which may block port accesses.

[FracOMac]

well, we had played earlier over LAN but now (using the same computers) we cannot connect over the internet

[budious]

Sounds like a router issue then. If either computer has a router between the cable/dsl modem try setting the DMZ option to the IP of the computer behind the router that is trying to connect out. This is not ideal from a security perspective but it will help troubleshoot this issue. If you can find connectivity we know it is a port issue and it becomes an exercise in locating the correct ports to forward.

[FracOMac]

so wait, where do i find what to put the in DMZ thing?

[budious]

Try opening these ports in your firewall or forwarding from router to your internal host IP.

 

TCP 47624

UDP 47624

TCP 2300

UDP 2234

UDP 2500

 

Original thread: - http://www.swrebellion.com/forums/postt1521.html

 

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DMZ option will be found on your router configuration interface. I hope you know how to find that... refer to your router manufacturer's documentation, it's all there.

 

You can open the Windows CMD Box:

C:\> ipconfig

 

That should tell your local IP, most likely 192.168.1.X

 

If that is the case, then most likely you can open your web browser and type in the IP 192.168.1.1 and it will goto the router interface settings. If you have a Linksys router then leave user blank and tab to password and enter admin and click enter. Find the DMZ tab and enter the IP of 192.168.1.X that you found earlier. Save settings.

[FracOMac]

ok, i had found it, i just wasnt sure what to enter in it, thanks, ill try now