On Monday, April 8, 2002, at 03:05 PM, Dar Scott wrote: >> > > LOL! I often see documentation, dialog boxes or other communication > that says "See your System Administrator." But I am the system > administrator!
I am certain that if this does not kill me, it will make me stronger. > > Some routers are hard to set up. Fortunately, IPNetRouter should be > easier than most. I have never used it, but I'm aware of what it can > do. It uses a different NAT terminology than I use. To make a > connection from the outside to a computer on the LAN, use "inbound port > mapping." You should also check your filters in the IP Filter to make > sure that all kinds of TCP packets can go both directions on the ports > and IP addresses you need. > > With "inbound port mapping" the computer on the outside will then try > to connect to the router (not the inside computer) on the port that > will forward to the port used on the inside computer. It is funny you said this as I am knee deep in their .pdf manual just reading up on "inbound port mapping". This is the trick for my personal needs. > >> Now putting a server outside the firewall is probably going to be very >> important to insure that all users can communicate no matter what >> their situation is. > > Note that the above method actually does put the service on the > Internet. The service being in the trivial case one of the chat > clients. > > There are cases in which some strict firewalls will still block. Some > won't allow connections to strange ports. Some have software local to > each computer that will only allow certain applications to go through > the firewall. > > Dar Scott > The whole point of this chat program for me is to learn how to send data back and forth for network gaming. I have grand visions of creating a multi-player game that I can build on my new founded knowledge of tcp, ports, networking, routers.... and the list goes on. As time goes on, I may request support again. In fact I am sure of it. Thanks! -Mark Talluto _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
