Networking problems

[Djirko]

Hello everyone. I decided to try to make Cabal server. I followed all guides and started my server on lan. Everything was going good until i tried to make it on my public ip address. I have router, using DHCP automatic clients connectios and virtual dmz enabled. I have been storing muonline server and everything was allright. But it doesnt work with cabal. My router lan ip is 192.168.1.1, sql 192.1.2 (windows xp) and VMware on 192.168.1.3. I made 192.168.1.3 my public ip 72.xx.xxx.xx and it dont work. I made connectip=78.xx.xxx.xx on server and client configs. What am i doing wrong? I read chumpy guide about networking, but i dont know good how to work with router especially when my router is Asus rx3041. Maybe someone would make some guide on it?
By the way i wanted to ask why i have only one channel(trade) when i connect to login server? I used ready-to-use server released here and upgraded it with chumpy repack.

[MentaL]

[chumpywumpy]

First set up the server using 192.168.0.3 and use the same address in internal.txt and see if you can get on. It is pointless trying using the WAN IP until you know the rest of the config works as the router/port forwarding just complicates things. Only somebody with the same router could write a guide, i mean i could write one but i would just be guessing at the settings and wouldn't be able to actually test it.

As you don't know why you only have 1 channel i gues you haven't found cabal_config yet so run that and when asked for the ip players will connect to give it 192.168.1.3 (it should detect this as the local ip). One of the other settings cabal_config does for you is setting channel layout.

[Djirko]

i said that i made server with lan ip and everything was allright. I connected to the server by my lan ip and everything was fine. Now i'm trying to make server on wan ip.

I dont think that anyone will have some free time and look at this to help me, but still this is the link of my router manual, maybe someone will take a look and help me.
http://files.wl500g.info/asus/rx3041...Manual_Eng.zip

[cypher]

1. you need to forward the ports in router.
2. you only have a channel because you only configured one. cabal_config .

[chumpywumpy]

Look at page 46 of the manual. You need to forward the public cabal ports to the private cabal ip and port (the port numbers should both be the same). A port range of 38101 - 38190 should do. You might be able to do a range instead of lots of rules it you read up to page 49 and use the public port examples on page 48.

[Djirko]

allright. After some work with my router i figured out all his functions. I figured out how to forward port in selected lan ip. For example when i open 80 port for 192.168.1.2, 192.168.1.3 ( these are my computers ) it works fine, but when i try to open 80 port for my 192.168.1.10 (wmvare) it dont work. What i need to do? Is it router or wmvare configuration problem? It looks like router just cant open port for virtual machine? I tried virtual server function on my router, but i failed.

EDIT: I dont have any problems by runing server on lan ip, everything works fine. Only problem is open public ports for virtual machine.

[chumpywumpy]

It is very probable that the router config is the problem. Most home routers are not designed to do anything clever, they are designed to talk to physical machines cottected to it and in some cases nothing more (such as loopback which is required for a cabal server). Generally they are only built with the features they really need. Yours is designed for a small home office and whilst i could understand lack of loopback (even home offices wouldn't use this normally) i would expect it to be able to route to a virtual machine as from the router's point of view it should be no different to a physical computer. I can't see anythng in the manual that would make me thing it was a router problem.

How are you testing to see if the port is open? Unless a webserver is installed browsing won't work and you should use an online port scanner (pinging is not a goot test for this). Also make sure you have no overlapping ports forwarded as forwarding port 80 twice will have very unexpected results.

[Djirko]

i installed apache on all my three machines ( including wmvare ). On lan they opens normally ( 192.168.1.2, 192.168.1.3, 192.168.1.10 ). First i forward port on 1.2 and check it on broswer ( 78.xxx.xx.xx ), then 1.3 and 1.10. Like you said with physical machines everything works fine, but i just cant open ports on virtual machine, i tried to use virtal server function, but it doesnt work, maybe i'm doing something worng. I starting to think that i will make server on two computers... one with linux other with windows for mssql.

[chumpywumpy]

I starting to think that i will make server on two computers... one with linux other with windows for mssql.

Do it. Trust me when i say it will be better with no vmware. The machine running linux doesn't need a really powerful CPU and 2gb of ram is plenty for a small server (1gb for only 1 channel or 1 normal and 1 TG). You could host the DB from the computer you play on as it wouldn't produce much lag unless it struggled to run the client already.

[Djirko]

i think i'll try to make it on one computer one more time tomorow.
What linux os you suggest to install on computer?

[cypher]

CentOS is great for beginners, but i do prefer ubuntu.

[Djirko]

I decided to try centos, because i am a beginner on linux. What version of it should i use ? 5.3 or 4.7 ?

[cypher]

4 is more easy for you because on 5 will show up some warnings and stuff. i recommend 4.

[Djirko]

I dont want to create other theard so i ask one more question here. What client should i use? I know that i have to use US client + saurons patch for example. Is it better to download newest cleint from ogplanet ( abal_Setup_US_150409.exe ) or use that one from http://forum.ragezone.com/f460/share...-tools-424909/ GP client + darkxl login patch? I know that there is no perfect client, but is there any closest to server files?

[chumpywumpy]

The best at the moment is a clean, non-updated OGPlanet client and saur0n's patch. The GP client is just a pre-modded pserver client and i wouldn't recommend using that.

[Djirko]

so this one fits ? http://www8.onrpg.com/cabal/Cabal_Setup_US_150409.exe + http://forum.ragezone.com/f459/sync-...client-457455/

One more question. What version of mssql use better? 2000 or 2005 ? I used 2000 for about one year and never had problems.

[GunKill]

2000 is faster 2005 is more advance.

[chumpywumpy]

so this one fits ? http://www8.onrpg.com/cabal/Cabal_Setup_US_150409.exe + http://forum.ragezone.com/f459/sync-...client-457455/

One more question. What version of mssql use better? 2000 or 2005 ? I used 2000 for about one year and never had problems.

Yes those are the ones i would recommend.

2000 is faster 2005 is more advance.

I seriously doubt 2000 is faster but it is definitely a lot simpler to set up than 2005 express (other editions on 2005 don't have the oddities express does). Either will work just as well unless you have an OS that 2000 won't install into.