No-ip problem

[maudigan]

My server runs behind a router, I can connect internally but people outside cannot connect.


I set up my No-IP account, and under "Hosts/Redirects" I went to add.
I gave it a hostname, selected "DNS Host (A)", and added my routers IP addres under "IP Address"

on my client and server machine behind my router I then added the line at the end "(local IP) (XXXX.no-ip.info)"

I'm running 7.0 so in my eqemu.config.xml I altered the following lines:
<address>XXXXXno-ip.info</address> <-- i put my no-ip addres here
<localaddress>192.168.XXX.XXX</localaddress> <-- i put my servers local ip here
<tcp ip="XXX.no-ip.info" port="9000" telnet="enabled"/>


Are those steps all correct? If they are can someone else try to login to my server(Moosequest) to make sure the person that is testing it with me doesn't have somethin jacked up on their machine.

[mattmeck]

Did you set up port forwarding or a DMZ zone?

[maudigan]

negative, don't know how to.

[maudigan]

K, i went to my router and Enabled DMZ, and gave it my servers internal IP
I went to port range forwarding, and forwarded 5999, and 7990-7995 to my servers internal IP also. I can't get ahold of the guy that was testing this with me though, so No idea if it fixed.

[vales]

I think it's the player that's having issues. I was able to log into your server just fine. :)

[maudigan]

Thanks vales, your correct, once I got ahold of him With the DMZ, and Port Range Forwarding enabled he can hit my server, but i can no longer browse the internet on any of my computers with those set up on my router.

[vales]

Eh... that's not good.

You should only have to resort to DMZ if you have to. What brand is your router? The newer routers should have no issues with NAT forwarding. All you would have to do is open up the ports on your router under the server's LAN IP. Your router does the rest automatically.

So under your router page, just forward the ports: 5999, 9000, and 7000-7100 for your server's LAN IP. (I.E.):

192.168.0.1 - 5999
192.168.0.1 - 9000
192.168.0.1 - 7000-7100

If you're running a public server, then there's no need to edit the <address> and <localaddress> fields in the eqemu_config.xml file. I haven't touched mine and it works fine - I just left it at the defaults and only edited the name of the server. The login server that EQEmu runs here does the rest.

[maudigan]

Disabled DMZ,
Quoted out the address and localaddress lines
forwarded ports 5999, 9000, 7000-7100

I've now got the internet, and I've had someone connect, locally and remotely.

Thanks for the help guys.

[vales]

Sweet! :D Glad you got it to work!