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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Technically I don’t think your going
to have any luck. You’re trying to host a game and play a game from within
a network behind NAT. You may have to get a second IP address from your provider
and setup your network with the server on one IP and your client on another.
NAT can only do so much and your asking it to do more then it’s capable.</span></font></p>
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server. Where you setup the server from within the gui and play on the same
box.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Boy_One (COD
System Admin) [mailto:cod@kaleplek.net] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, December 28, 2003
10:29 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> cod@icculus.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [cod] Problems with NAT
(Multihomed) and COD</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>A little time ago i had dropped this problem here, but there
was no strait answer to solve it. Now i tried by Activision to see if they had
a solution for this problem, but see below still no luck. I'm getting
desperate, is there a programmer here that worked on the linux binary??? And is
it possible (if he is here) to discus this with me???</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Just to let you know here is a little drawing i made of my
home network. See attached.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Regards</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Quint</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>Response (Kirk McNesby)</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>Hi,<br>
<br>
The fan community is your best bet at this point, since what you are doing is
unsupported. Sorry we were unable to help you further.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=red face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>Dear Reader,<br>
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Where could i get this kind of information then, i enjoy the game, but in
this way a can't join my own server.<br>
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Regards<br>
Quint</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=red face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>See the site i have update it.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=3
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03:58 PM </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=red face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>Hi,<br>
<br>
Unfortunately, Activision only provides support for in-game menu options. We
are also a publisher, not a developer. We do not have any information for
advanced server configurations.<br>
<br>
We also do not provide setups for modified network stacks. We do not design
or test our games for passive IP connections.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=red face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>Dear Anthony,<br>
<br>
Sorry for the late response, but I was in deep debug to give you more
information.<br>
<br>
You said go to <br>
<br>
www.codadmin.com<br>
www.callofduty.org<br>
www.codfiles.co<br>
<br>
I did already before I mailed you, also I am an active user in icculus.org
this group made also Mohaa linux. All the groups I talked to gave me some
hints, I tried out. Here my debug information below. I hope you can answer
these questions.<br>
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<br>
I am sending you a picture of my network at home. A little background of my
knowledge, I am a network/security advisor, and work at a large bank
community in the Netherlands.<br>
<br>
Here my debug information.<br>
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after i put it up and try to connect from my lan machine to the server i get
awaiting cd key authorization. I read on www.codadmin.com that you have to
put a redirect in your host file like this<br>
10.5.1.2 codauthorize.activision.com<br>
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After i did this it worked like a charm but i am not showing up in either ASE
or Gamespy or inside the game. Now i read on this forum that when you block
this Actvision is blocking you on gamespy etc. So i removed it and i can see
that i get more connections now in my logfile<br>
<br>
SV packet 212.4.59.227:28960 : getinfo<br>
SV packet 217.187.228.176:28960 : getinfo<br>
SV packet 66.171.20.41:28960 : getinfo<br>
SV packet 81.50.168.236:28960 : getinfo<br>
SV packet 213.7.84.188:28960 : getinfo<br>
SV packet 80.130.183.223:28960 : getinfo<br>
SV packet 62.15.142.49:6956 : getinfo<br>
SV packet 62.181.213.155:28960 : getinfo<br>
SV packet 194.255.159.186:-496 : getinfo<br>
SV packet 67.163.174.179:28960 : getinfo<br>
SV packet 80.142.139.40:14529 : getinfo<br>
SV packet 213.89.220.43:-1909 : getinfo<br>
SV packet 80.135.182.47:28960 : getinfo<br>
SV packet 81.189.29.89:28960 : getinfo<br>
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And it goes on and on. When i put the block again i only see this 1 or 2
times in 15 minutes.<br>
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I also see that the logfile is saying <br>
<br>
sending getIpAuthorize for 10.5.1.123:28960<br>
<br>
I understand that this won't work becuase this is a private range and
Activision can't registrate my CDKEY.<br>
<br>
<br>
Now I tried after you told me not to support the linux server a windows
server in the same network setup, but this gives me the same result.<br>
<br>
What I did then was put the linux environment back and to a tcpdump on my
network to see how the packets are send etc.<br>
<br>
I saw in the packets that my translation doesn’t work to my external
address this way both servers are trying to AUTH my internal address.<br>
<br>
I tried the to see if I could make a loop to my external address, tried proxy
port forward etc. etc. but no luck still (because my ip isn’t NAT) it
is trying to AUTH my internal ip. This due to that my server is seeing that
the external ip is local on my server and isn’t putting it to NAT.<br>
<br>
I mailed this to icculus.org but nobody knows a solution. In my eyes this is
coming due to the fact that the server is resolving my ip sends it to the
AUTH server this one Is trying to connect to my client to try to AUTH my
CD-KEY.<br>
<br>
Can’t this changed from this one to server is giving me a push to
Activision AUTH server where I registrate my CD-Key and when this is done the
AUTH server is giving the COD servers an ok.<br>
<br>
Please help me, I’m now more debugging then enjoying the game…:-(<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
Quint</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=red face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>Hi,<br>
<br>
Unfortunately, we do not provide support for the Linux server. For assistance
with setting up or running a Linux server, your best bet is to look on the
Internet at sites like:<br>
<br>
www.codadmin.com<br>
www.callofduty.org<br>
www.codfiles.com<br>
<br>
If you have any problems or questions in the future, please feel free to
email us.</span></font></p>
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game title.<br>
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Please make sure the title you are inquiring about is not listed in our
product list before proceeding. Click the Back and select the Platform the
game is for and then find and select your game from the list.<br>
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If you do not see your title listed then the product is more than likely not
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=red face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>Dear Reader,<br>
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I have a question about a COD server and NAT. I have a dedicated COD server
running on a linux enviroment, but when a connect from inside my lan to the
linux box i see in the log file that my cd-key is tried to be registered with
my internal LAN network adress. I talked to a lot of guys in mailing groups
like www.codadmin.com etc. but these guys say it is not possile to connect to
the server like this. I have also a mohaa server running and this one works.
The guys in the mailing group are saying that the client should be patched,
is this true or do you know how to help me.<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
Quint</span></font></p>
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