Connectivity Issue

Xavius · #1 08-01-2007, 01:17 AM

ok, checked my router again, here are the numbers it shows:

WAN IP Address: 81.146.46.75 (but this one keeps changing when I reboot the router, but it is the one shown to me on 'whatismyip')

Static IP Address: 192.168.241.101 displayed by router on WAN page

Trying to figure out if I can get a static ip address for the computer, confused at the moment

When I do a ipconfig /all at the command prompt I get ip address of 10.0.0.3 ??? Anyone help me try and figure this out pls?

Damilis · #2 08-01-2007, 02:39 AM

Okay, to clairfy a few points for ya. Your routers IP as the rest of the world sees it is:

81.146.46.75

Now, your router also needs an IP address on your LAN side of the router and, for you, that is:

192.168.241.101

To keep things simplistic, think of your router as a wall with an airlock that has two doors, the outer one labeled 81.146.46.75 and the inner is 192.168.241.101.

Any info coming INTO your LAN has to reference the 81.146.46.75 IP while everything going OUT of your LAN needs to use 192.168.241.101 as its gateway.

From a DOS prompt, enter IPCONFIG
You should get something like this:

Code:

 
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
 
C:\>ipconfig
Windows IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
C:\>

This tells me that my COMPUTER's IP address is 192.168.1.10 and that the gateway (aka routers LAN side IP) is 192.168.1.1

For a EQEmu server that wants people to be able to connect from outside your LAN, then try these xml settings, replacing YOUR_COMPUTERS_IP_ADDRESS_HERE with the actual IP of the server machine (not the routers LAN IP).

Code:

 
<!-- Only specify these two if you really think you need to. -->
<address>81.146.63.111</address>
<localaddress>YOUR_COMPUTERS_IP_ADDRESS_HERE</localaddress>

....

<database>
<host>YOUR_COMPUTERS_IP_ADDRESS_HERE</host>

Xavius · #3 08-01-2007, 03:11 AM

Problem I find is when I do IPCONFIG I get the following:

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.14
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2

How can I get it to show the actual IP?

Damilis · #4 08-01-2007, 03:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xavius

Problem I find is when I do IPCONFIG I get the following:

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.14
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2

How can I get it to show the actual IP?

Wow, um, dat dunt look right. Few more questions:
1) Are on a home computer or at work?
2) Do you have anyother network adapters on this machine?
3) Is this machine a laptop?
3) Do you know how to get the settings for the DHCP server on your router? If so, please post them!

Xavius · #5 08-01-2007, 03:29 AM

Umm here goes:

1) Home Computer, but use it for work as well
2) on this machine I have ethernet or wireless, but only wireless is connected at moment
3) this is a laptop, but I have the same results from IPCONFIG on my desktop as well (on same network)
4) The DHCP details on my router page show up on the LAN config section, it has:
IP Address: 10.0.0.2
Subnet Mask: 255.0.0.0
--------------------------------------
DHCP Server checkbox is checked
DHCP Address Pool Selection has two options:
System Allocated (selected)
User Defined (not selected)

User Defined Start Address: 10.0.0.4
User Defined End Address: 10.0.0.15
(but these look like its set to System Allocated anyway)
---------------------------------------
DHCP Gateway selection:
Automatic (selected)
User Defined (not selected)

User Defined Gateway address (box is left blank)
---------------------------------------

Thats about it for DHCP

Damilis · #6 08-01-2007, 03:33 AM

Hrm, okay, it looks like the DHCP server has an addy of 10.0.0.2 and is handing out IPs on your LAN in the range of 10.0.04 to 10.0.0.15....

As long as you are surfing the internet without issue then I guess it works! Try these settings then (assuming that your EQEmu server is on the 10.0.0.14 machine:

Code:

<!-- Only specify these two if you really think you need to. -->
<address>81.146.63.111</address>
<localaddress>10.0.0.14</localaddress>

....

<database>
<host>10.0.0.14</host>

Also, double check that the Ports are forwarded to 10.0.0.14

Damilis · #7 08-01-2007, 03:34 AM

....just dawned on me... are you running on DSL? If so what's the Make & Model of your DSL modem?