Wezas
11-19-2004, 08:48 PM
Since my post in another thread has sparked a few U2U's - I thought I'd just make a new post instead of saying the same thing in each U2U.
The situation is - You are at work/school/somewhere with a firewall. They won't let you access the ports to play Gemstone or other games, the Nerve!
If you have friends, family, or even your own house that has high speed internet - you can use that connection to play your games from work/school. Basically you're making a tunnel from your work/school to the network that is able to access the games.
1. Make sure that high speed internet computer/router has a static IP address. If it is not static - you may be forced to check your connection options each time you try.
2. On the computer that has access to the game - you need to go to Start-->Settings-->Network and Dialup Connections-->Make a new connection.
3. Once the screen pops up, go through the menus until you come to an option for "Accept incoming connections". On the next screen you can choose the devices that your computer will use connect (Mine doesn't show my network adapter, so I didn't check any of the boxes and it works fine)
4. Choose the "Allow Virtual Private Connections" option. On the next screen, you can set up your login/password. I would suggest making a password other then "password". The rest of the menus are pretty self explanitory - select what exactly you'd like to share (Just TCP/IP, or also select File & Printer sharing if you'd like to be able to access those)
5. Hurray! You're halfway there. If you have a router - you'll need to go into your router configuration and forward port 1723 to the internal IP of the computer that you just set up (it will be an internal IP number, like 192.168.1.102). I also set that computer as the DMZ in my router software (to make it the default host for any incoming connections).
6. Alright - now we just need to set up the computer you'll be calling it from. On the computer - go to Start-->Settings-->Network and Dial up connections-->Make New Connection.
7. Connect to Private Network through the Internet-->Do not dial the initial connection-->Enter the IP address for the host computer (you can find this by going on your host computer and going to http://whatismyip.com or other sites)
8. If you're prompted if you want to use your smart card - then say no. Go through the menus till the end.
9. Open the new connection - you'll have the ability to put your login/password in (you can save it, but I wouldn't suggest it if others may be on your PC).
10. Once you're connected - I suggest opening your internet explorer browser and trying a webpage. If it comes up - then you should be just fine. All internet activity is going through your new connection. If your webpage doesn't come up (but you can see by the little icon in the bottom right that you're *sending* data and just not *receiving* it - then try disconnecting and connecting again. For some reason it sometimes takes me 2-3 tries.
If you have any questions - post them here. Others might have the same question. I'm not an expert by any means - but this is what has worked for me.
All the computers I use are either Windows 2000/XP. The router I use is a Linksys Wireless 4 port.
The situation is - You are at work/school/somewhere with a firewall. They won't let you access the ports to play Gemstone or other games, the Nerve!
If you have friends, family, or even your own house that has high speed internet - you can use that connection to play your games from work/school. Basically you're making a tunnel from your work/school to the network that is able to access the games.
1. Make sure that high speed internet computer/router has a static IP address. If it is not static - you may be forced to check your connection options each time you try.
2. On the computer that has access to the game - you need to go to Start-->Settings-->Network and Dialup Connections-->Make a new connection.
3. Once the screen pops up, go through the menus until you come to an option for "Accept incoming connections". On the next screen you can choose the devices that your computer will use connect (Mine doesn't show my network adapter, so I didn't check any of the boxes and it works fine)
4. Choose the "Allow Virtual Private Connections" option. On the next screen, you can set up your login/password. I would suggest making a password other then "password". The rest of the menus are pretty self explanitory - select what exactly you'd like to share (Just TCP/IP, or also select File & Printer sharing if you'd like to be able to access those)
5. Hurray! You're halfway there. If you have a router - you'll need to go into your router configuration and forward port 1723 to the internal IP of the computer that you just set up (it will be an internal IP number, like 192.168.1.102). I also set that computer as the DMZ in my router software (to make it the default host for any incoming connections).
6. Alright - now we just need to set up the computer you'll be calling it from. On the computer - go to Start-->Settings-->Network and Dial up connections-->Make New Connection.
7. Connect to Private Network through the Internet-->Do not dial the initial connection-->Enter the IP address for the host computer (you can find this by going on your host computer and going to http://whatismyip.com or other sites)
8. If you're prompted if you want to use your smart card - then say no. Go through the menus till the end.
9. Open the new connection - you'll have the ability to put your login/password in (you can save it, but I wouldn't suggest it if others may be on your PC).
10. Once you're connected - I suggest opening your internet explorer browser and trying a webpage. If it comes up - then you should be just fine. All internet activity is going through your new connection. If your webpage doesn't come up (but you can see by the little icon in the bottom right that you're *sending* data and just not *receiving* it - then try disconnecting and connecting again. For some reason it sometimes takes me 2-3 tries.
If you have any questions - post them here. Others might have the same question. I'm not an expert by any means - but this is what has worked for me.
All the computers I use are either Windows 2000/XP. The router I use is a Linksys Wireless 4 port.