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kiwi1
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_ 		23. October 2006 @ 21:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hello, I Have a dsl router connected to a switch which connects two PC's. Both have static IP's and one I've set up to host a public game. Other people can join over the net while I play on the host computer but I cant join from my second PC through either LAN or from the list of public servers. It finds my game but times out when I try to join, With the host set to LAN only everything works fine, when I set LAN only to "no" I get this problem.
Is there anyway around this?

EDIT. if this helps
This was copied from the games config file. The port I forwarded to get the server to work is 32768.

// MULTIPLAYER
mpipaddressstring = "0.0.0.0"
mpgateserverlocalportmin = "49152"
mpgateserverlocalportmax = "65536"
mpgateserverlocalportdelta = "1"
mpgateserverlocalportrandom = "0"
mpnovaworldportmin = "32768"
mpnovaworldportmax = "32787"
mpnovaworldportdelta = "1"
mpnovaworldportrandom = "0"
mpnovaworldlanenumsessionportmin = "32768"
mpnovaworldlanenumsessionportmax = "32787"
mpnovaworldlanenumsessionportdelta = "1"
mplanserverportmin = "32768"
mplanserverportmax = "32787"
mplanserverportdelta = "1"
mplanclientportmin = "32768"
mplanclientportmax = "65535"
mplanclientportdelta = "1"
mplanclientportrandom = "0"
mplanservertojoinportmin = "32768"
mplanservertojoinportmax = "32787"
mplanservertojoinportdelta = "1"

Is there anything I can change in here to make it work?
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DoubleDwn
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_ 		24. October 2006 @ 09:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Because you are 'inside' your own LAN, you cant access your public IP address. I have the same issue with my websites and FTP sites that I run. I use the private IP address to view the sites.

I dont know how the game works, but can you join a game based on IP address? If so, use your private IP.

~Rich
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kiwi1
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_ 		24. October 2006 @ 23:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey thanks for the reply, Yep I've found out that I cant do it with out a second connection or a router that allows "loopback" or something.
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