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Dedicated Server Through A Router

by Paul /*Wedge*/ DElia · in Torque Game Engine · 04/05/2004 (6:13 pm) · 3 replies

I can't run a dedicated server for Realm Wars when my cable modem is coming through a router. I also had a problem for a while where the game would get a disconnect and freeze when playing on another server through a router. So I know it's not liking the router, but I don't know much about hardware and connection setups and all, so I have no idea where to start and how I could fix this.

If I'm directly connected to the modem, everything runs fine, so I know the problem has something to do with this.
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Torque Owner Davis Ray Sickmon, Jr
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04/06/2004 (2:36 am)
You'll need to snag the manuals for your router, and look to see how to either punch a hole in the firewall, or set up a DMZ for the machine hosting the game. There's not a whole lot of ways around this issue. (And.... without knowing what router you are using, it's pretty hard for anyone to tell you how to set it up. But, your manual should do the job nicely anyway.)

Torque Owner Stefan Lundmark
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04/06/2004 (2:54 am)
Not the correct forum area but.. you need to activate NAT, or Port Forwarding. Port 28000 is the default one.

Torque Owner Paul /*Wedge*/ DElia
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04/06/2004 (9:08 pm)
Yay, I dug up the manual and got it working now! Thanks for giving me an idea what I was looking for.