Firewalls and hosting a game

Alphonse · Post by **Alphonse** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 2:35 pm

I have my PC running behind a firewall router using a private IP address assigned by the router.

What do i need to do to be able to host an internet game

Post by **RCon** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 2:45 pm

Your router must be configured so it routes traffic on port 5121 (default port) to your NWN machine. The difficulty of this depends on the router. I find that it's very easy to do with Linksys routers, and quite a bit harder on DLink equipment.

Once that's working, then have people connect to your outside IP address.

Alphonse · Post by **Alphonse** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 2:46 pm

thank you.

nice and concise. will give that a go tonight

Post by **RCon** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 2:55 pm

If you have trouble, let me know. I managed to walk another person through this once before, using the online manuals for their router. If you can't get it going, send me a PM with the manufacturer and model # of your router.

Gaelyn Faerstryd · Post by **Gaelyn Faerstryd** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 9:42 pm

This should help some....

http://nwn.bioware.com/support/techfaq.html#03

Gaelyn.

Alphonse · Post by **Alphonse** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 9:47 pm

Cheers Guys.

I was going to use it to practise DMing, but its all a moot point now anyway.

Thats RCon and Gaelyn for the pointers

Post by **Nighthawk4** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 9:58 pm

Practice anyway, Alphonse

TripleAught · Post by **TripleAught** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 1:00 am

Yes, practice is always good. Especially if you have a goal.

One good place to get a starting lesson in how to work the DM client is NWConnections. They have regular training games for people interested in becoming DMs. You can also set up games there (and I think you can just pull some mods from NWVault) so you can practice your skizills.

And if you ever DM a game on a weekend and need more players.........