Any Easy Way Around Routers?

Lisif Deoral · #1 February 27th, 2005, 04:32 PM

Er... he specified that "several of the other players are behind routers or networks, which in some cases they do not have access to the settings for", so I don't think they can change port forwarding settings.

Fyron · #2 February 27th, 2005, 04:58 PM

Which was what the previous post was about... JimStarluck then asked how you forward ports, so I answered that question. I don't see the problem.

Sivran · #3 February 27th, 2005, 05:16 PM

http://www.portforward.com/ has instructions for many makes and models of routers.

Best to set up an FTP though. Then the other players don't need to forward ports. If you go the FTP route do make sure to specify a good username/password for it.

Puke · #4 February 28th, 2005, 05:11 PM

or, you know... PBW.

geoschmo · #5 February 28th, 2005, 05:26 PM

When you guys are refering to ftp, are you talking about manual processing like PBEM, only without the email? Or do you have some sort of automated script setup that runs the turns on an ftp server?

Fyron · #6 February 28th, 2005, 06:23 PM

Either way. You could even bypass the FTP part and use Ruatha's PBW backup scripts if you have a HTTP server to make use of. I think the last version he made has some automated processing of the turn using batch files, but you have to be running it on your computer under Windows for it to work.

Sivran · #7 February 28th, 2005, 06:44 PM

Hmmm, perhaps I'll look into those scripts..