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Ive opened firewall - others Can't connect
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| Posted by
| Taebryn
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| Date
| Sat 21 Feb 2004 06:34 PM (UTC) |
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| i did port forwarding to my local pc on the network
i also went to network proporties and allowed telnet access to this local machine
but when people try to connect to my public IP on the port 4000 it doesn't find the address
yet i can connect to my public IP from within the network
there is some firewall im forgetting to turn off somewhere
im using windows xp
has anyone else under a router with winxp tried hosting smaug1.4a?
if so what did u do |
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| Posted by
| David Haley
USA (3,881 posts) Bio
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| Date
| Reply #1 on Sat 21 Feb 2004 07:30 PM (UTC) |
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| | You seem to have opened "pure telnet" access, which is port 21 or 23 or something... you actually want to open port 4000 in that "Network Properties" section. |
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| Posted by
| Greven
Canada (835 posts) Bio
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| Date
| Reply #2 on Sat 21 Feb 2004 07:34 PM (UTC) |
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| | If your running a router and a firewall, you have to forward both the firewall and the router. The router can be forwarded from within your router settings. |
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| Posted by
| Taebryn
(58 posts) Bio
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| Date
| Reply #3 on Sat 21 Feb 2004 09:10 PM (UTC) |
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| ive tried telnet 4000 (and local ip) instead of 23 in the network settings
they still cannot connect
i worked like 4 weeks on this MUD, i have to figure out what's wrong |
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| Posted by
| Taebryn
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| Date
| Reply #4 on Sat 21 Feb 2004 11:31 PM (UTC) |
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| i got it to work
for some reason only port 23 does |
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,165 posts) Bio
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| Reply #5 on Sun 22 Feb 2004 11:32 PM (UTC) |
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| | You probably need to port forward *and* open that port on the firewall. |
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| Posted by
| Taebryn
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| Date
| Reply #6 on Mon 23 Feb 2004 12:11 AM (UTC) |
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| i think my firewall didn't like ports as high as 4000
cuz i opened 4000 on both and it didnt work
but if i opened 23 on both it did
im just happy it worked
thankx |
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