Re: [ShareTheNet] NASCAR Racing 3 and STN

[Jeff Simpson]

> The below quote is from the readme file that came with NASCAR Racing 3
> from Papyrus. I use STN to connect my cable modem to my home network.
> I can join other folk's races quite nicely but when I host no can join
> me (seems like STN is doing just what it is supposed to,
> firewall-wise). But what if I want to defeat the firewall idea on a
> limited basis? I use STN blindly, as a sort of blind 'black-box'
> for my home network with no Linux knowledge whatsoever. I have no
> idea how to apply the below information in order to host a race.
> Anybody with STN run into this yet? What other information should I
> supply to allow someone to help me? I'm not even sure of what
> questions to ask or that make sense, such as "How much would a fix to
> my problem degrade the security of STN (if at all)"?

I don't know if you've recieved any help with this, but if not, this may help you.

> > MULTIPLAYER THROUGH A LINUX FIREWALL
> >
> > If you would like to host races on a PC that is behind a firewall,
> > you will probably need to configure your firewall in order to allow
> > remote systems to connect to your PC.
> >
> > For a Linux firewall, you may want to use the following
> > configuration with ipautofw:
> >
> > # Papyrus NASCAR� Racing 3
> > echo N3
> > /usr/local/sbin/ipautofw -A -r udp 17761 17761 -h 192.168.1.2 -v -u
> >

Using the web-based administration screen, click on "Advanced Setup". Within that section, click on "Advanced Options", then click on "Manual startup commands". Add the line:

ipautofw -A -r udp 17761 17761 -h 192.168.1.2 -v -u

to the end, replacing 192.168.1.2 with the real address of the internal computer which has nascar 3 on it. What this will do is take the incoming connections on udp port 17761 and redirect them to the internal computer at the same port.

> > NASCAR� Racing 3 also allows you to configure your game so that it
> > will use a different UDP port than the
> >
> > default port of 17761. This option is specified by adding a
> > special command to your N3.INI file:
> >
> > MULTI_PORT nnnn
> >
> > You may need to specify MULTI_PORT if you have a firewall set up
> > that uses masquerading on server-initiated
> >
> > connections, in order for remote systems to be able to locate your
> > port. If you do not specify a MULTI_PORT,
> >
> > the remote systems may try to connect to an invalid masqueraded port
> > number, but if you specify MULTI_PORT
> >
> > for your game server, remote clients will try to connect to that
> > explicit port number instead of the
> >
> > masqueraded port.
> >
>

You will also want to follow the instructions for editing N3.INI, adding in the MULTI_PORT 17761 directive by adding the line

MULTI_PORT 17761

or editing the line that already may exist .

Let me know how this turns out.
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