Lan Ip address listed when need the Wan Ip address
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Alright I have been looking for this answer for months now and still am no closer. I am trying to run an internet server for me and a few close friends.
I have my ports forwarded but the IP address that shows up in the Global Server list is the LAN address. While I can connect to it, being on my network, people from the internet cannot connect to it.
How can I get the proper IP address to show up in the global server?
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It is checked.
Like I said the ports are also forwarded. Just the IP address in the global server list is the Lan IP address.
Do you think it could be my el-cheapo router?
I know there is a way to manual enter an IP address into the server list but everytime I try that I get an invalid target in the command line of the shortcut. I could be doing that wrong though.
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If you go to a site like whatismyip.com and tell your friends to try to direct connect to that IP (using your servers port), does that solve the problem? Your friends shouldn’t be seeing your LAN IP, they should see your real IP (ie, your WAN IP).
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OS? Antivirus?
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Guys, this is something many people find confusing, so here goes to clarify for you…
Your IP address in your machine is not visible to anyone outside your room/house/local network, and is totally irrelevant to running an internet-visible FL Server.
For internet gaming forget MAC/IP, these are local (direct-connect) attachment addresses only and are only used when your FL Server and FL client machines are connected by wire. A Wireless Router will change the (local) IP address even if you are all using the same one in the same room.
An IP (Internet Protocol) address http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address is Logical, i.e. it can be changed by the administrator or user.
A MAC (Media Access Control) address http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address is a permanent fixed hardware address set in an Interface such as an Ethernet adapter or Host Bus Adapter. The MAC address has a manufacturer code and unique card serial or sequence number portions. MAC addresses are not used for home networking. They are used for more “professional” connection methods such as WANs (Wide-Area Networks) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_area_network and SANs (Storage Area Networks) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storage_area_network.
Each interface or adapter in a connection path between two or machines changes the connection method and/or connection address.
Your ISP (Internet Service Provider) knows how to connect to your machine in one from a number of ways, for example some use your house telephone number, others use a Link address that eventually selects the wires coming into your house. This has nothing to do with your machine’s IP or MAC address.
ISPs almost always give home users Dynamic IP addresses. These are any address within the ISP’s allocated range of IP addresses. The IP address allocated to the user (you) when he connects will probably not be the same as the one he was given on the last time he connected, unless nobody else connected from when he logged out until he logged in again.
For many reasons companies may need fixed IP addresses from their ISPs for certain servers or services, including web servers, and these are normally paid for or are available for businesses only.
To find your IP address:-
a) using your FL Server machine connected to the internet, go to http://www.whatsmyip.org/ and it will be displayed at the top of the webpage. The next time you connect your FL Server machine to the internet the IP address will probably be different - check it after your home has been physically disconnected from the internet for a day or so. Rebooting your machine will not drop your internet connection if it is broadband, rebooting your modem may. If you are on dial-up your IP address should be different each time you reconnect unless you are given the same one by fluke.
b) install the Global List Server Workaround patch/mod in your Freelancer. You can find it in the downloads here somewhere. When your players connect to play the Internet Multiplayer game, your FL Server should be visible in the Server List by its name, which you make when you start FL Server for the first time.
Hope this helps to Clarify The Mystique - good thing it exists or people like me wouldn’t have a job!
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Sorry for the long delay I am busily trying to find a job. The lovely company I worked for decided to close the warehouse I was in.
It is not the MAC address,
It is not being blocked by my AV,
It is not being blocked by my Firewall.I have tried getting people to connect to it remotely but the server is being listed as a LAN server even when it is an internet server. So I can connect to it but no one else can.
I have properly forwarded my ports.
I am wondering if this might be an issue with my cheap router, which I paid ten bucks for 4 years ago, that likes to reroute all data to itself and eat it. (I cannot even run an FTP through it because it eats the protocols thinking somoene is trying to configure it without permission)
I have tried Vanilla and with 88-flak.
Hope this helps. I am literally at my wits end. It is like it will not run an internet game which is disheartening.
Thanks for all the replies.
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What kind of router do you have then?
If you can connect, then that is a good sign. What IP address are you telling others to connect to? Can others see your server in the global list? If so, what IP do they see?
And yes, are you using the GLS workaround?
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I am using the GLS work around. The IP address my freind was reporting was 192.68.1.42
My router is…
Zyxel Hs100W
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try to forward ports on your router:
external ip:2302 <->192.68.1.42:2302
external ip:2303 <->192.68.1.42:2303
external ip:2304 <->192.68.1.42:2304you may see your external ip at http://tools-on.net/privacy.shtml (click Test Now)
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Go and check your FL Server machine’s real IP address as we said above, it should NOT be 192.x anything.
The firewall is still prime suspect if it is running at all, there should be an exceptions list:
Right-click on your connection icon, select “Change WIndows Firewall Setings”, be sure “Don’t Allow Exceptions” is NOT checked, click the “Exceptions” tab and be sure that there are 2 distinct “Freelancer” entries - one must be for Freelancer.exe and the other for FLServer.exe (click the Edit button to see) and one more for Microsoft Directplay8 Server (C:\WINDOWS\system32\dpnsvr.exe). This one is not obvious but is a killer if missing.
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When to the website and it gave the proper address for my router. I am using windows firewall.
I checked my exceptions and FLserver and 88-flak itself are listed.
I am going to set up a Modless server bypassing my router under the name of
“Pegasus Test Server”
I will leave it up and please tell me if you are able to see it and connect. I am really starting to think the issue is my router since it decided that it is no longer a wireless router. Meaning it is starting to show signs of malfunction.
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Well i had the same problem long time ago. I also created a server but no one of my friends was able to connect to it.
So i searched for a solution and i found one. Try program called Hamachi. This program creates a private network between 2 or more PC’s. Here is more information on how to use it. http://hamachi.en.softonic.com/If you need help with this tool, just pm me
Grimmjow out.
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Thanks.
Any idea why it woul dnot be showing up on the global server list?
All the checkboxes are checked.
The ports are properly forwarded on the router. (plugged it back in)
The exceptions in the windows firewall are all set. Freelancer, Flserver, Directplay8 server.
I am using the GLS workaround.
I have not yet tried that Hamachi program but I am hoping that I can avoid using it.
Some notes.
I CAN see it as a LAN server on other computers in the same network.
My router is a P.O.S. and not working right as it is.
I Can connect to other servers.
This is a most vexing problem. I am truely at a loss for what to do.
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Maybe check in the router your original IP. That’s mostly possible to.
Or unplug your router, and go directly to the internet to find your IP.
