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<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>127.0.0.1 is internal loopback, it is the way a machine calls itself for
testing.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>if
your linux box takes this as your first IP, you may have a problem with
initializing your NIC properly.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>check
to see that the browser and other internet programs work on that
box.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>did
you launch with a command like this?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>spearhead_lnxded + set net_IP 192.168.2.26 + set dedicated 1
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>this
will force your internal IP to be the same as your NIC and not your
loopback</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>then
take your firewall router, redirect ports 12203 (minimum) gamespy and
whatever to your internal address.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>that
should guarantee your buddies will get in.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>there
are some issues with firewall routers not working well with master list servers
meaning your computer will not show up in the main list when someone browses the
internet.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>This
is an internal server problem I've already posted and fought with EA with and I
am not sure they will fix it. The problem is, the local side server can report
only 1 IP to the masterlist server.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>if you
specify your local IP (LAN side), your system will work but the masterlist
server challenges that IP to see if your really up. So it challenges 192.168.x.x
on its local side, and fails and never makes it to your wan
IP.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>if you
force your WAN IP, your local router will drop the packets because they are
invalid to your specified mask and local segment, so your Router never lets it
out to the WAN.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>What
the gameserver needs is the ability to specify 2 IPs, local IP, and WAN IP for
Nameserver.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hope
they fix this in next major release,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>good
luck</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Jake
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=531202911-31072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>(aka Bin Geladen)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> ORB
[mailto:orbman@thingysrealm.myftp.org]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 30,
2003 7:40 PM<BR><B>To:</B> mohaa@icculus.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [mohaa] router
ports?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hi</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>i have a little problem i hope, it is when i try
and host a dedicated game (MOHAA) on a linux box, everytime it starts it tells
me the ip address is 127.0.0.1 this seems to be ok though, as i can connect to
the server perfect over LAN, but when it comes to getting people to connect to
it via internet they say they just get server timed out. i have looked around
to check that i have the right ports open, but even with the ports open i
still cant get anyone to connect.....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>is this problem down to the port forwarding on my
router, or is ip address problem in the linux box causing the
problem....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>any help would be great</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>thanks in advance!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From Grant (aka
ORB)</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>