[ZmaN]

ALSO.......  did you click on the link for port fowarding on a d link router?  it says you MUST set up a static IP address for Port fowarding.

[karajorma]

Setting your IP address to be static is important but the point I was making is that even if you didn't set a static IP address it should work when you set up the port.

The reason why you must set up a static IP address for port forwarding is that if you don't you can't be certain that a few days later the router won't give you a different IP address. If that happens the traffic that is meant to be sent to your PC won't get there because your router won't be able to find the PC it's supposed to send it to.

Neither the router nor the PC will do any logic testing to see if you've forwarded the port to a non-existant PC let alone whether the IP address on that PC is static so you don't actually need a static address to forward a port but you'd be a fool not to.

[YanksFan4Ever77]

I'm not comfortable setting up a static IP address because of possible hackers...call me crazy, but it's not my choice.

[karajorma]

You're crazy.

With DHCP your IP address will most likely stay the same for weeks, months or even years.

Besides if the hacker has made it through your router's firewall a non static IP address is going to stall him for all of 5 seconds.

[ZmaN]

dude, its really hard for a hacker to get through a router.  breaking through a dchp address is going to take the same amount of time as breaking through a static IP address.  oh and yanks fan, lets put it this way.......


NO STATIC IP, NO HOSTING GAMES.  TAKE YOUR PICK!

[YanksFan4Ever77]

ok, I just activated Static IP, but once again, had no effect. This is really annoying. D-Link refuses to reply to my emails, their tech support by phone probably really stinks, so there's not much hope left. This is a great annoyance for my bro and I. arg.

[karajorma]

I'm assuming that you've double and tripple checked that the address you're forwarding to is the same as the one you've actually set. Sometimes it's the little things that catch us out.

I take it that internet and other net related things work perfectly on this PC too. It's just FS2 that's the problem right?


What if you try playing an IP game? You'll need the IP address for the WAN side of your router but you may find that it works.

[YanksFan4Ever77]

I do not play IP games. I don't know if any other games work. Any help would be appreciated.

[StratComm]

I think Kara's asking you to run an IP game once and see if you can play that way.  It's an important step in determining what is wrong.

[YanksFan4Ever77]

Nope, can't run an IP game.

[ZmaN]

Originally posted by karajorma
I'm assuming that you've double and tripple checked that the address you're forwarding to is the same as the one you've actually set. Sometimes it's the little things that catch us out.

I take it that internet and other net related things work perfectly on this PC too. It's just FS2 that's the problem right?


What if you try playing an IP game? You'll need the IP address for the WAN side of your router but you may find that it works.

YEA DOUBLE CHECK THAT..... THAT COULD BE YOUR PROBLEM.  you may have to RE-forward to the NEW static IP address.

[YanksFan4Ever77]

ZMan, get on AIM. I'm on.