Forcing an IP adress through a router?

[Fanum]

I know it's possible, but I don't know how......

Trying to play AOEIII on a TCP/IP link, but as this machine is number 3 behind a wireless router, the game detects the IP as 192.168.2.4......

How do I 'force' the IP address through so I can set up a direct link ...obviously my opponent can't put in my internal IP address

What I have been doing is disconnecting the router and cabling direct to another machine..lots of pissing about and the main machine with the fancy arsed Gphx card doesn't have en ethernet card (wifi only) so I can't ebven use that and have to turn down all the graphics options to min to play it on an old machine.

PS and does anyone fancy joining in??? Could be fun

 

[Greg Masters]

I know it's possible, but I don't know how......

Trying to play AOEIII on a TCP/IP link, but as this machine is number 3 behind a wireless router, the game detects the IP as 192.168.2.4......

How do I 'force' the IP address through so I can set up a direct link ...obviously my opponent can't put in my internal IP address

What I have been doing is disconnecting the router and cabling direct to another machine..lots of pissing about and the main machine with the fancy arsed Gphx card doesn't have en ethernet card (wifi only) so I can't ebven use that and have to turn down all the graphics options to min to play it on an old machine.

PS and does anyone fancy joining in??? Could be fun

Bill

You need to by-pass the overhead do-hickey with a full circuit jiggler.

Then pass a bottle of JD through your large gizzard and Bob's your uncle!



Greg

 

[Fanum]

Thanks Greg.

What ohm jiggler, and I can only find reference to a Purple do-hickey in the manual...yet mine's blue........

I think you were fibbing sir

 

[Deleted account W]

Trying to groom on a TCP/IP link,

Fixed

 

[redcastle]

Not exactly sure but you need to manually assign you network card with a static address. that will certainly help
go into the network card properties and then the tcp/ip settings, unchekc the optain ip address automatically box
if your router ip is
192.168.2.1 for instance you would do this

ip address
192.168.2.200
subnet
255.255.255.0
default gateway
192.168.2.1

now uncheck obtain dns server automatically and

default gateway
192.168.2.1
alternate dns server
leave blank

now you should log into the router and look for the firewall rules and add a rule that allows inbound and outbound connection to 192.168.2.200

others will be better with game and port forwarding than me but it will get you on the right track.....................ish

 

[shugie]

You will need to exclude the static address you set on the machine from the DHCP pool in the wireless router, also you will need to set port forwarding up in the router to pass the port, or range of ports, onto the IP address that you allocate. You also need to know if the wireless router acts as a DNS proxy, otherwise you will need to manually enter the DNS addresses along with the static address.

What is the make/model of wireless router, I'll see if I can find you a more specific answer?

 

[Blue Sweeper]

I know it's possible, but I don't know how......

Trying to play AOEIII on a TCP/IP link, but as this machine is number 3 behind a wireless router, the game detects the IP as 192.168.2.4......

How do I 'force' the IP address through so I can set up a direct link ...obviously my opponent can't put in my internal IP address

What I have been doing is disconnecting the router and cabling direct to another machine..lots of pissing about and the main machine with the fancy arsed Gphx card doesn't have en ethernet card (wifi only) so I can't ebven use that and have to turn down all the graphics options to min to play it on an old machine.

PS and does anyone fancy joining in??? Could be fun

Bill, you need to setup the wireless firewall/router with what is called a DMZ, so that anyone who wants to connect to the PC on the inside would put the external IP address of your router.

On linksys and Netgear routers type in 192.168.2.1 on your browser bar and this will get you to the admin setup (provided you put in the password ). Then click on "Applications & Gaming" and then on DMZ. Type in 192.168.2.4 in the destination address and click enable.

Then the NAT router will know that anyone wanting to connect will be redirected to your PC.

I must warn you however that you PC is now completely open to the entire internet. On the Linksys routers you can restrict whoever connects provided you know their address, so put that in the source address.

 

[Fanum]

It's a Belkin wireless g router, on an NTL Broadband cable......

The machine I want to ply on doesn't have an ethernet card, it's got a T 2500 usb wireless lan card.......all internal....(Haven't looked but i suspect its mobo integrated)

The machine that controls (ie is hardwired) to the wireless router is the other one......if I have to boot that up, change all the settings in multiple places to play then reset them after, TBH it probably ain't worth it......all I have to do now is unplug the cable from the modem to wifi router and plug the cable from the lan port on the wifi back into the modem, then reboot......

Shame it's all so complicated isn'tit

 

[Blue Sweeper]

If I remember correctly, Belkin also have a DMZ option, or you could use port forwarding as has already been suggested. Provided you know which ports need forwarding for AOE.

 

[redcastle]

Im using a belkin that sounds similar and it does have the dmz option, ive just looked,
log into it, you may even be able to over the wireless, as mentioned just type in
192.168.2.1
theres no password just click submit,
the dmz is about halfway down on the left under firewall
up comes the box asking for the ip address that you want outside the firewall as bluesweeper says.

that shold be close now

 

[swebb]

I know it's possible, but I don't know how......

Trying to play AOEIII on a TCP/IP link, but as this machine is number 3 behind a wireless router, the game detects the IP as 192.168.2.4......

How do I 'force' the IP address through so I can set up a direct link ...obviously my opponent can't put in my internal IP address

What I have been doing is disconnecting the router and cabling direct to another machine..lots of pissing about and the main machine with the fancy arsed Gphx card doesn't have en ethernet card (wifi only) so I can't ebven use that and have to turn down all the graphics options to min to play it on an old machine.

PS and does anyone fancy joining in??? Could be fun

I wouldn't suggest using a DMZ as someone else has suggested, this will work, but it basically removes the ip address you're using from the firewall therefore leaving it completely vulnerable to the outside world!!!

What you need to do is find out what "TCP and UDP ports" the application you wish to use is using, then use your router setup for "port forwarding".

You tell the router that any given ip address on it's local side (the pc you're using) that any traffic coming in from the internet using ports "xxx" must be forwarded to your ip address.

Your router manual should show how to do this, or try Port Forward.com they have some common used ports and setup examples for you to use.

Good luck, hope this helps.