Already over

[raptor331]

I'm starting a game now cuz I'm seriously bored ill be on for a little bit then when people join and we leave for today, ill pm all people on how to meet back up, just use my ip in ip address i guess <censored ip >

[Ktoff]

Hey raptor,

192.168.x.x is a local network adress. That means it is an adress that can only be accessed by computers connected locally to your network.

I am going out on a limb and guess that you have a router. This router has an external IP adress (which does start with something else then 192.168.x.x). What a router does, is allowing the computers in you local network (your familys computers or your many many computers or maybe just the one) to access the internet with only one outside line. To achieve this, the router creates a local network (i am guessing the routers adress is 192.168.1.100 or 192.168.1.1) and all requests to the outside internet are sent out by the router and routed back to the computer where the request came from.

For IP games over the internet you will have to install a port forwarding on your router, so that the router knows to send everything that arrives at a certain port on your outside IP adress (for arguments sake 74.125.77.104) to your computer (which then is locally 192.168.1.101). In case you did not understand that, maybe it is better to try Hamachi than to mess around with the routers settings.

The topic for Hamachi is found here: http://arcengames.com/forums/index.php/topic,101.0.html

Hamachi is a VPN (virtual private network). This means, that for all practical purposes (that is security and network settings), you will be part of a local network. This also means, that you are exposing your computer to the other computers participating, which is not a bad thing as long as you trust the other members of the group. Just be aware, that your router, which usually acts as a first firewall, will be bypassed for security reasons and windows has lower security (unless you changed the settings) for local area networks.

I hope this is somehow coherent, but if you still need help try the Tech support forum, there the real pros hang out who can give better advice

Cheers
KToff

[zebramatt]

zeb's 4 Step Guide

1. Get a static IP address - this will ensure that even if there are many computers on your network, you'll always have the same local IP (so the port forwarding will always work) - see: http://www.portforward.com/networking/staticip.htm.

2. Assign AI War a port - in AI War go to Settings -> Game -> UDP Network Port. You'll need this for step 3.

3. Set up port forwarding - you'll need to access your router's onboard settings to tell it where to direct the incoming internet traffic - see: http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/routerindex.htm. AI War uses UDP if and when you need to select the type of incoming traffic.

4. Find your router's external IP - see: http://www.whatismyip.com/.


WARNING: It is always safest not to publish your external IP online. If you do, however, be sure that your firewall is running!  

NOTE: It's possible for your Internet Service Provider to assign you a new external IP, so you may need to visit http://www.whatismyip.com/ again if people can't connect to you. (Unless you pay for a static external IP service, or your ISP provides one free of charge.)

[raptor331]

i do have a firewall, but why not post my ip?

[Echo35]

i do have a firewall, but why not post my ip?

Because then people like me with a lot of computers and OS3 internet connections will have fun.

[Ktoff]

@raptor,

would you mind changing the Thread title?
Cheers,
K'Toff

[raptor331]

sure if you are willing to show me how

[Lancefighter]

hit the modify button on the first post, and then change the subject line to something else, then hit update..