hosting a game server

[old.zanzibar]

quik question.

I have cable modem and i have networked up my 2 computers to use the net using ICS now i want to create a CS server which i can do but the ip address it gives out is 192.168xxxxx
but my actual ip is 213.107xxxxxx how do i manage to change the ip so that the server goes onto the internet and not on the network so that my mates can join the game

 

[Testin da Cable]

run the server from the box that actually connects to the internet perhaps?
You can do this on a different pc but I have no idea how to set up port forwarding on windows so m00

 

[Will]

I'll tell you on Sunday - I'm trying a similar thing myself on Saturday night.

 

[old.zanzibar]

thats what im doin im tryin to run it from the server and play from the client but it just gives my local ip address all the time and i want to get round this so my mates can join in the carnage on my comp

 

[Testin da Cable]

when you start the server tell it to bind to the outside IP addy then.
I'm sure it's in the documentation

 

[Embattle]

How many ppl you planning on having?

 

[Will]

I'm joining on to a network game - me external and 5 internal. We're playing Baldur's Gate II.

 

[Testin da Cable]

cool

 

[old.zanzibar]

bound it to the outside addy still no working by the way im running win me on both comps using ics bound to be a solution somewere............................................................

 

[]SK[]

im sure this involves NAT and Port Forwarding!

 

[old.zanzibar]

fek me that was quik reply

 

[]SK[]

says you

 

[old.zanzibar]

what if i ran win2000 on the server comp would that work better?

 

[]SK[]

no difference apart from wouldnt fall over as much as win98

 

[old.zanzibar]

i got it sorted

 

[Testin da Cable]

how'd you do it m8eh?

 

[old.zanzibar]

this is what i did i am running winME on both server and client computers using ICS to share the internet from my cable modem.

i dloaded this little program called ICS Configuration i got this from here.....


http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/ics/icsconfiguration.htm


then dloaded the ICS Configuration Mappings for half life here...

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/downloads/ICS_Config_maps/Half-life.ics

then import it into the ICS configurator program

hopes this works for you all.......

 

[Ch3tan]

Before you post this i'm just gonna tell you.

Big evil nasty bug with HL 1107 and ICS/routers

If you get cl_host errors and are getting booted from the server, downgrade to HL 1106.

 

[old.zanzibar]

no problems so far with using 1.0.07 and ics so
knock on wood