Dawn of War - Direct Connect Issues - Workaround!!

zoro

I'm sure that those of you who have played this game online have come across this problem. Basically, you can't have more than 1 player in a game who is behind NAT as the developers f*cked up.

For a very detailed explanation as to what exactly is wrong, read this

For a possible workaround read this

I haven't had the chance to test this out yet, but I have reconfigured my local lan to use the ip subnet "222.222.222.x" for when I do test it.

<edit>Just tested this, and the workaround DOES work!

Pugsley

BOUT FKING TIME!!!! You sir are my idol

zoro

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And for those that don't want to read all of that text, here's the basics behind the method:

What is your LAN ip address? 192.168.0.250
What is your EXTERNAL ip address? 213.202.156.xxx

Basic maths:

public do_stuff()
{
   if(LAN_IP <= EXTERNAL_IP)
   {
      Change LAN settings to use a range > EXTERNAL_IP;
      //In my case I changed from 192.168.0.* to 222.222.222.*
   }
   Add_EXTERNAL_IP_To_NIC
      (
         Double click on your network connection in "Start > Settings > Network Settings";
         Scroll down the list and double click on TCP-IP;
         Click on "Advanced";
         Click on "Add" (the top one);
         Add your EXTERNAL_IP to the NIC;
      );
   //Note: You have to modify the address sometimes if you don't have a static IP
}

There you go
Note that if your internal IP > external IP, then you don't have to do the first step. Some English ISP's have 82.* .... whereas all irish ones (I think) have IP's > 200

Daniel