On 20 Feb 2004 16:08:50 -0800,
(E-Mail Removed) (MEM) wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I'm trying to setup my Linksys BEFSX41 router for multiplayer gaming.
>More specifically, I have a windows 2000 server that is setup for
>medal of honor play.
>
>So, I "opened" all the necessary ports for medal of honor and gamespy
>arcade using port forwarding. But no one from the "outside" can
>connect to my server.
>
>ISP Setup
>----------------------------------------------------
>Cable modem with dynamic ip address assignment.
>
>Router Setup
>----------------------------------------------------
>Running DHCP to clients. 192.168.xxx.2 - 192.168.xxx.99 reserved for
>DHCP clients.
>Port forwarding is enabled to the server ip address.
>Block wan requests is disabled.
>Firewall is enabled but allowing just about everything, i.e. java,
>activex, etc.
>Firmware 1.45.3
>Setup to use DDNS. Using dyndns.org for dynamic ip address assignment.
>
>Server Setup
>----------------------------------------------------
>Static ip address. Using 192.168.xxx.100.
>Windows 2000 Server
>TCP/IP filtering is disabled
>IIS is running.
>Third-party client software for dyndns.org.
>
>I cannot ping the wan ip address from "outside".
>Port 80, 20-21 work. I can connect to the server via a web browser. I
>can see that some ports are allowing incoming access.
>
>But anytime anyone connects to medal of honor it times out!
>
>Do I need to use UPnP forwarding instead of port forwarding? Or maybe
>port triggering instead?
>
>Any suggestions would be great.
>
>thanks in advance
Are you running a firewall on your Win2K box?