Login server

[Hypnotik702]

Ok my server is up and running. I can connect and play. but no one else can, they get to the log in screen upon entering username and pass they get disconnected. In my cmd window of my login.exe is says "connection of account accepted" But they don;t make it to the char select plz help. Btw i quadruple check my ip's they all are the same with proper ports. also my firewall has been set to allow access. what else could there be??

[MentaL]

[blazindragon]

im not an expert but.... do you have an static ip address?? have you configured your router to allow them to connect?? what ips did you check??

[Hypnotik702]

actually i'm using a no ip duc program that automatically puts in ip for me. so i never have to change the sclient info. also i don;t think i am using a static ip address unless it comes with cable internet. my ip match up when i run a ipconfig in a cmd and check what the server is loading to.

[Hypnotik702]

ok i learned i don;t have a static ip. Are static ip's required to run a server?

[blazindragon]

not really but a static ip mean your ip never changes and the people that play your server wont have to change their ip everytime they login

[Yetsuki]

Your Ip's fine as long as you use no-ip :P Try messing around with the subnet and subnet mask settings in your config folder (I forget the file, sorry :\).

[Hypnotik702]

ok i got someone to connect, but the problem is for some reason when i connect no one else can connect. Unfortunately i was at work at the time so i am unsure as wether that has a factor in it. Can someone tell me the exact file that controls max chars on server at any given time.



*edit* woould my subnet mask being different that default play any factor in users connecting. and if so where can i find the file to edit it???

[blazindragon]

ha yea i forgot that part.... you need to configure your subnet and subnet mask settings.... i called my isp and they helped me even though they arent suppose to... if you dont know how someone that knows about this kinda stuff or do what i did....

[Hypnotik702]

.........ok so i'm guessing subnet mask is default at 255.255.255.255

or something ro other anyone can run me step by step on how to set up my subnet mask to allow my server to run??

[Hypnotik702]

ok i found out how to edit my comps subnet mask. now that i know how to do this what does it matter about it???? does my comps subnet mask nee to match up with the subnet.conf file in the server folder???

[Hypnotik702]

ok i got the server to work. now here's the funny part, for some reason late at night my server disconnects everyone and doesn;t let anyone but me log in. now why is that????? is it because the cable service in the 702 area doesn;t allow people using their service to host servers??? please tell me if anyone who reads this forum uses cox, and has no problem hosting their server.

[chichong]

dunno if your using a router open all your ports..im not really an expert on this stuff...lol...just guessing...