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Starting a BF server

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  • 30-05-2005 2:07am
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    Gangsta
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    I've been trying to create a server so me and my friends can play on but, i'm have no luck. I can create a server alright but they cant connect to it. Myip is constantyl 192.168.1.33 which im sure isnt correct but tbh I've no idea what to do. Anyone any ideas?


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    spooky donkey
    Registered Users Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭spooky donkey


    that sounds like youre local IP address on youre home net work. You can goto www.whatsmyip.com and that will give you then net address for youre friends to try to connect to.


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    Winters
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    Depending on your setup you may also have to setup port forwarding on your modem. This will transfer people from your WAN IP to your internet computers ip.

    Check out this website for info: http://www.portforward.com/


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    Gangsta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,603 ✭✭✭Gangsta


    I'm not using WAN but I'll try using the whatsmyip.com and let you guys know the results. Ya was thinking that ip address was wrong even though BF game me that ip in the console.


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    Rev Hellfire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,346 ✭✭✭Rev Hellfire


    You will almost certainly need to do some port forwarding and additionally create pin holes in your firewall to allow for incoming connections to your server.


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    Gangsta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,603 ✭✭✭Gangsta


    Just looked it up and it's easy stuff but about the static ip, which is 192.168.1.33. That's different to the ip which I get at whatsmyip.com but does it matter?


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    Nietzschean
    Registered Users Posts: 7,314 ✭✭✭Nietzschean


    Gangsta wrote:
    Just looked it up and it's easy stuff but about the static ip, which is 192.168.1.33. That's different to the ip which I get at whatsmyip.com but does it matter?
    that means your router is nat'n your connection, which means you need to do the forwarding as winters mention'd....


    and on your router/modem the port/ip that goes to the internet is called the WAN port, and the ones to ur pc(s) the lan ports..


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    Gangsta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,603 ✭✭✭Gangsta


    followed the url winter gave me for the zyxel exactly as it said except I used port 14567 as they do in BF http://www.portforward.com/zyxel/Prestige600-portforwarding.htm
    but when i tried to connect from my other pc it couldn't.any ideas? for the port forwarding, do i use my static ip or the ip on whatsmyip.com?


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    spooky donkey
    Registered Users Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭spooky donkey


    Yeah i think you will have to use the IP on whatsmyip. Thats the IP the internet sees you at. On my router port forwarding was called address translation so just watch out for that it might be called something else on youre router.


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