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[Tiltowait]

Originally posted by PhilD:

I have a home LAN, with an ADSL modem/router as the gateway, so my ISP only gives me one IP address, and the rest is done on the LAN. Is there an easy way I can setup a TCP/IP game?

Yes, should be easy. Set your router to forward traffic on port xxxx (whatever port you tell dominions to use when you set up the game) to computer 192.168.y.z (the host). Give players the IP address of your router and the port and you are good to go.

If your IP address is prone to change often, use a free service like http://www.dyndns.org/ and give players the server name instead of the IP address.

Edited to clarify- local clients must use the hosts LAN address (192.168.y.z), remote clients must use the router's address.

[ February 10, 2004, 20:24: Message edited by: Tiltowait ]