On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:47:03 +0100, Mathias wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Wednesday 22 February 2006 15:39, Detlef Faber wrote: > > My Flightgear Box lives behind a Squid Proxy Server and I am looking > > for a way to connect to a Multiplayer Server through that proxy. > > I've already tried an ssh Tunnel but it either segfaults or just > > tells me: > > netAddress::set: Resource temporarily unavailable > > > > Do i really need to set up routing on by proxy or is there another > > way around this? > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > The multiplayer packets are not sent via http or ftp or something that > could be handled by a squid connection. > > These are simple udp packets on the port you tell flightgear on the > commandline. > If you are sitting behind a firewall, you need to open that port on > that firewall. ..and you will be able to open it only to a specific set of hosts, such as a Multiplayer Server, with a single iptables line, chk the "Example usage: " section in `man iptables`. If those intimidates you, use any good iptables firewall builder script. ..I use a P166mmx with 96MB off ipcop(.org)-1.4.10 as gw to my lan, this distro is a nice entry level firewall solution, for lazy and busy people too, IME any old box over P60 with at least 64MB ram will do fine on any size pipe. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
