Why can't other players connect??

I downloaded smaug1.4a and i did what it said, run stand alone, install , start etc.. But everytime someone tries to connect to my ip the connection is refused or timed out, and i read on this website to change Identries from 20 to 0, in system data. and still the problem continues. Can anyone tell me what im doing wrong or what i need to change.
Thanks any info will be great.

There are a few possible problems here:
1) Are you behind a firewall?
2) Are you using a public IP address?
3) Are you using the standard telnet port(23) or a different port, and are they connecting to the proper port number?
4) Does your ISP allow for incoming telnet negotiations on whatever port you are using?

Once you have the answers to those, we can hopefully find whats really causing your headaches with your friends being unable to connect.

Meerclar is right. What is your IP address (the one your friends use to connect)? We can tell something from that.

The ip address that im tellin my friends to use is 192.168.0.3 The reason I give them that is because in Command Prompt I typed something(forgot) and it said IP address....192.168.0.3 That is what one of the files said that people would use to connect.

Umm....sorry to sound so stupid, but how to I know if im behind a firewall.

Given the IP address you're using, we already have all the info we need to solve the immediate problem.

The *entire* 192.168.*.* IP block is reserved for private unroutable ip addresses. The only people that will ever be able to connect directly to your computer with that address are people on the same network. Since you have a private IP, I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume either a router with port forwarding or a NAT router is in use.

As for the command you used to get the ip address, it was most likely ipconfig, though that wont help you much since you are on a private network.

If you are friendly with the system administrator then you may be able to get them to set up a "port forward" which will let your friends connect by specifying on the router that connections to a particular port are to be forwarded to you.

Possibly you have another IP address if you have 2 network cards. Are there two network cables plugged into the back of the PC? If so, try using the other IP address.

Failing that, you are behind a firewall which is doing what it is designed to do - stop people from outside getting at your PC.

Basically what you are saying is that without calling charter, which i prob wont, i wont be able to run a server so that other people to connect?.

If you want to IM me on aim my sn is esdogg45.

And yes, I am on a router.

If you have a decent quality configurable router, you should be able to setup port forwarding to enable people to connect to the routers address on whatever port yer running the mud on and get around the private ip issue. Id guess the router has the IP address assigned to you by charter but I could be wrong.

How do i find the IP address for the router, and how do i port foward??..?

Ok i just looked at my router and its a NETGEAR ProSafe Firewall/Printer server. Is this any good info for you. or do i need more....

I suggest you look at the router instruction manual. Quite possibly you connect to it via a web browser, and can configure port forwarding there. However I don't know much about commercial routers - I suggest doing the above, or going to their web site. The router address may be set up on your PC as your "gateway" under the TCP/IP settings.

Well, would anyone know where i could find it on the internet.

Try:

http://www.netgear.com/support/main.asp

I don't know your exact model number, so I suggest you take it from there. :)

Do I need to know the same thing for the ROM server??


And thanks for the information.....

My product model is FR114P....Hope that helps. :-)

Yes, the same will apply for any server you are trying to run.

Go to the page:

http://kbserver.netgear.com/kb_web_files/N101145.asp

It describes how to set up port forwarding for your router.

So should i change under inbound services where it says block all, to allow all????

You would really be better off asking the tech support guys over at netgear what settings you need at this point. Once you have the info from them and the router is reconfigured, we can probly chew thru anything mud related in short order.

Im thinking about not doin my own server becasue there are 2 OTHER computer connected to the router, and i dont want to mess any of the settings up, i just wanted my computer to be able to run a server, and if i was to put dmz on all of the computers would be affectedd, and i dont know the number of ne of the guys at netgear and i dont want to call, my parents wouldnt understand why im doin this and they would probably say it would waste money, and i shouldnt be messing wiht the settings at all.



If only there was a way i could set up this computer im on to run a server.

Who would have thought it would have been such a b!%(# to set up a server.
Thanks for all the info.

If anyone can give me info on how to do it so no other computers are affected by the settings i would love the info.

Thanks again,
Mao

I won't be able to port forward because i read on a website this::::

Simply put, port forwarding does not work. When trying to add new rules for port forwarding, the router would lock up and crash time after time. Also, if you wanted to forward more than one port to the same computer, the router would give you an error. The problem is fixed if you upgrade from v1.3 of the firmware to v1.4 but it is a beta version and not supported. In fact, by upgrading you actually lose functionality because the content filtering no longer works. Come on Netgear, you are supposed to fix bugs, not create new ones!!

Ok, I'm gonna keep the server and make it much better, but instead of using thee folders i want to access it in Secure CRT. Can anyone tell me how to do this please.?

Don't know what that is myself. Try looking on the web for examples of using it.

SecureCRT is little more than a remote client. In and of itself, it has no file management capabilities though it does allow for authenticated logins if you have some actual security setup on your system. You would still need something else - seperate folders, CVS, whatever - to track and manage code changes to each mud you intend to host.