criminalcola Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 Ok I have a router. I used to be able to by pass it and connect right into our cable modem but im not allowed to do that anymore. My server will show up in the sever list but wont respone when you click on it. Please tell me if there is way to get by this!!! -Cola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliteone Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 check to see if the router has a firewall. If it does you need to open the port for the nolf 2 server to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova™ Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 1. Check if your firewall is Blocking it. 2. Go into your router (you have to have your router password) and open the port for Nolf2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
criminalcola Posted June 23, 2005 Author Share Posted June 23, 2005 Ok I have a LinkSys Router and I KNOW for sure it has a firewall. A local computer store said they could take out the firewall but it would be more vurnurable to viruses. How do you open a port from your computer? And if I opened a port would it be 27888? -Cola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliteone Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 What model of linksys router? normally you access the router through a webbrowser using the routers internal IP 192.161.1.1 typically and go to the firewall section set the port to open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANADA Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 To "criminalcola", I am providing a link for you of a post over at " http://www.The site that shall not be named.com/ " in the forums section, that I and others replied to quite a while ago. In this post, there is information about using a Linksys Router and information about using the companies toll free number for tech support, which is just fantastic by the way, they really support their products. Also in this post is information about which ports and such, so I would suggest you read all of the post because there is a lot of information in it for you, and I would also suggest that you contact technical support over at Linksys, because they will help you get setup and running, for free, it is a (1-800), the number should be in either the last few pages of your manual, or actually on the very back page of your manual. LINK: " http://The site that shall not be named/forums/showthrea...r+settings+nolf ". GOOD LUCK, I HOPE THIS HELPS YOU, LET US KNOW HOW YOU MAKE OUT !!! Take Good Care Of Yourself And Your Family, Long Live "NO ONE LIVES FOREVER", Your Friend In "NOLF 1 & 2, & CONTRACT JACK", Always, "CANADA" From The "GREAT WHITE NORTH". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
criminalcola Posted June 24, 2005 Author Share Posted June 24, 2005 Ok im getting somewhere i type 198.168.1.1 and get a password prompt, i enter my password and i opened the 27888 port and i can host now! but should i make the number of ip addresses 1 or some other #? Bty we have 4 computers on the router and the model is BEFsr41 version 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliteone Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 Al routers ship with the default IP of 192.168.1.1 you can change that but if you have it doing DHCP you have 192.168.1.2 - 192.168.1.254 for a range so you should be just fine. I'd personally leave the router set to DHCP and to the .1 IP You're server will show up on the internet with your ISP assigned IP for it's IP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
criminalcola Posted June 24, 2005 Author Share Posted June 24, 2005 Can I just turn DHCP off and have the range of 100-103 (because I will have 1 ip for each computer) and then open the 27888 port on each IP address? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliteone Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 If you turn DHCP off then you will have to assign static IPs to all the PCs on the network. It is the DHCP that gives out the IPs addresses to the PCs (leases them to the PC for a set period of time, usually 3-5 days) it then renews the lease or issues a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
criminalcola Posted June 24, 2005 Author Share Posted June 24, 2005 So I can turn DHCP on but can I make the range 100-103 for all 4 of my PCs? And then just have a trigger for the 27888 to turn on when it is needed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliteone Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 You can certainly set the range the router is allowed to pull IPs from. should be on the same page as the DHCP setup. As far as the port there is no way to "toggle" it. you either have it open or not. Obviously having the open port can be detected by someone with a good port scanner. My advice if you are worried about "hackers" is to open the port, run your server and then when you shut it down go into your router interface and close the port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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