[cod] Problems with NAT (Multihomed) and COD

[Steven Hartland]

So which bit didn't work?

Here's the details so u can highlight the issue:
<quote>
Had a flash of inspiration this morning I think the following might just
work.

If we have this picture:
NAT box: internal 10.10.10.1, external 1.1.1.1
Server: internal 10.10.10.2
Client: internal 10.10.10.3

If we change this to:
NAT box: internal 10.10.10.1, external 1.1.1.1
Server: internal 10.10.10.2, fake 1.1.1.2 (alias)
Client: internal 10.10.10.3, fake 1.1.1.1 (alias)

And then force the client to connect to the server on 1.1.1.2 the ip reported
in the packet sent to the master will be the ip of the NAT (1.1.1.1) and hence
if port forwarding is setup correctly the auth packet will be forwarded
to the client on 10.10.10.3 and it will all just work.

Adding the 1.1.1.X aliases to the internal machines wont affect conectivity
as they have no routes to the outside world so all external connectivity
will be done via the NAT'ed addresses.

I cant test this here as I dont have NAT but Im pretty confident it will work.
</quote>
    Steve / K


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Boy_One (COD System Admin) 
  To: cod at icculus.org 
  Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 5:14 PM
  Subject: Re: [cod] Problems with NAT (Multihomed) and COD


  Yes i did, i tried everything that everybody gave me as advice. But no luck. My hope is now that Activision will fix this in there ne patch release.

  Greetz
  Quint
  Boy_One
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Steven Hartland 
    To: cod at icculus.org 
    Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 10:36
    Subject: Re: [cod] Problems with NAT (Multihomed) and COD


    Did you try my suggestion off the list a while back?

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