WIN 2K ICS , Connecting to servers question

[mudman]

i have ICS working fine. but I am failing to get past the server select screen. I noticed on my server that it gives the following error

Logged in: LS#2027 mudman
Logged in: LS#2027 mudman
Logged in: LS#2027 mudman
Logged in: LS#2027 mudman
Logged in: LS#2027 mudman
Logged in: LS#2027 mudman

then fails and gives me the you might want to patch ect message.

What Nat setup is required? if ICS is working fine how do i fix this issue.

Thanks, Mudman
Defender Server



**UPDATE***
I found this sticky on doing it a bit confused about it atm is this what needs to be done: ? I put in CAPITALS on the parts that I have a question on THANKS !!!

for clients on your local network (internal ip) you need to edit your hosts file. it can be located in ... on windows 2000 (system drive) winnt\system32\drivers\etc and the file name is hosts

my hosts entry
192.168.123.1 name.no-ip.org
ip address domain name

so, if you want the name "name.dns2go.com" to be resolved to "192.168.123.1" when typed in thats what you need to do .. on every client computer on your internal network. people with external ip addresses do NOT need to do this


this is my server config.
name.no-ip.org = external address
your internal address will be diffrant

goto no-ip.orgregister your own dns ... then make the dns point to your external address

--OK-- HERE IS MY QUESTION:: what should i put in here? THE IP of the host? i don't get it?


also in loginserver.ini erase the following (my config has both lines erased already)

account=
password=

--AND THIS IS NEEDED?

they will mess up your config if you leave em there, on nat configs only

once again for "hosts" file you need

--I HAVE TO DO THIS TO THE HOST TOO?? SORRY LOST NOW

"name.no-ip.org *internal address*
EX myserver.no-ip.org 192.168.123.1

on all other files name.no-ip.org will equal your external address

the "hosts" overrides your computer's TCP-ip DNS settings, so for all internal users when "name.no-ip.org" needs to be resolved .. it will not goto your ISP's dns server it will look inside the "hosts" file you made

with this config i can host internal and external users

hope it helps you nat users =)