configuring a wireless router so you can host online games

[Guest Chris P]

Just got a wireless router (well i actually found it in the bin . We separate everything for recycling in our building so there's a dedicated bin for small electronics).

 

Anyway got it all set up , reset the passwords , got it security enabled (WEP). Then this evening i tried to host my favourite online game (VSK5) a sailing game. The game said i had to configure my private network so friends could join.

 

Any ideas

 

Thanks in advance 

[Guest LucaAltieri]

Just a thought...

 

....if it was in the bin it might be broken.

[Guest Chris P]

In that case i wouldn't be able to post, its just a case of configuration. just thought  I'd ask my friendly peers here first for some kind of direction before i embark upon the problem myself .

 

its amazing what people hoy away.

[Anthnufc]

You do know that private network means they have to be connected wireless/ethernet/usb to YOUR router?

 

Can you not host a game using that games server?

 

[wacko]

You probably need to set up port-forwarding in the router, because only your router can be accessed from the Internet, not the computers behind it. Port-forwarding tells the router to pass certain connections from the public Internet to specific computers on its private network. It's impossible to say exactly how (or even what it's called) without knowing which router you have, but generally, you need to:

 

Find out if the game and router support UPNP and if so, turn it on. (This will allow the game to open the router port itself.)

 

or

 

1) Find out which port(s) the game uses,

2) Give your computer a fixed IP address (either through the DHCP server in the router or in your computer's network settings),

3) Forward the required ports to the fixed IP of your computer via the router's configuration page (it will be called "gaming", "port-forwarding", "NAT traversal" or similar),

4) Game!