Port forwarding

[Dribble Joy]

Righty. I'm back at my parent's house for easter, which means my net settings have changed since I'm now using a wireless router and it's not the same type of router etc. etc.

Which ports does NC need to have open to use and how do I do it? I've been playing NC for the last week here but I think the lag I'm getting is partly down to the connection (or lack thereof) I'm getting. Also need it for torrents.

[rob444]

I don't think you need to portforward to play Neocron. If you are inside a private home network (For example you got an IP that looks like 192.168.x.x) then you can browse to your router at http://192.168.x.1 .

[Zeninja]

Destination IP <-> Protocol <-> Destination Port

62.140.29.49 <-> TCP <-> 80
62.140.29.50, 62.140.29.51, 62.140.29.52 <-> TCP <-> 7000/8020/12000
62.140.29.50, 62.140.29.51, 62.140.29.52 <-> UDP - Any

[unreal]

I don't think you need to portforward to play Neocron. If you are inside a private home network (For example you got an IP that looks like 192.168.x.x) then you can browse to your router at http://192.168.x.1 .Going to a command prompt (Start -> Run -> cmd) and typing 'ipconfig' to view the gateway address should stop you from having to guess it. :rolleyes:

[rob444]

Going to a command prompt (Start -> Run -> cmd) and typing 'ipconfig' to view the gateway address should stop you from having to guess it. :rolleyes:

Of course, I'm just to lazy to type it ;).

[zii]

I have never set up port forwardimg for NC on any router I have had to use.
PS. Where can I buy the Woc 1 PAs from?

[suler]

I have never set up port forwarding for NC on any router I have had to use.

I've had the opposite, I've had to forward ports for every router I've ever had. I just checked use local port, then forwarded that port and the one right above it. If you forward it as a range, it saves you from needing multiple lines.

[Dribble Joy]

Right, so I get the router pw from my dad and I'm looking at the section for opening a port. Alas I am somewhat befuddled.
It's got (per row) an box for:

Trigger port (wtf?)
Trigger type (selection between TCP and UDP)
Public port
Public type (as trigger type)

What do I put where?

NC's local port (from the neocron.ini file) is 20999.

[IceStorm]

I've never had to port forward anything for NC, across multiple types of routers (LinkSys, Belkin, m0n0wall, IP Masq box).

[Zeninja]

Just set the outgoing traffic rules to allow those I gave you from your PC, you're running a client not the server. Anyway it's obviously already done since you could play from there.

I don't think the lag you're getting has something to do with this.

[Dribble Joy]

Just set the outgoing traffic rules to allow those I gave you from your PC
The question is HOW?

My torrents aren't working properly either, despite my comp's firewall allowing it.

[IceStorm]

Torrents are different. You have to add a rule forwarding traffic from a particular port (choose the port in your Torrent client) to your internal machine on the same port.

[Dribble Joy]

And how do I do that?

I've got NC and Azuerus both as exceptions for the XP firewall, but I don't know what to do where and how.

[suler]

http://portforward.com/english/applications/port_forwarding/Azureus/Azureusindex.htm
Just find your router on that list.