Unfortunately I'm not very lettered in the terminology, but hopefully I can still communicate my problem.
I am trying to host a server. It will only be up for as long as my PC is online and it will be shut down when not in use. It is for FOnline, and all the equipment required to host a server came with the SDK. Ideally, I would host the server, open and configure the port, then get my friends to connect using the client software and giving them my IP.
My BT Home Hub 4 package does not seem to include a dynamic external IP for the router. I'm not sure if this would normally be an issue, and whether or not it would simply be a case of redistributing the dynamic IP to friends when they attempt to connect.
Nonetheless, I set up a No-IP domain, and have configured correctly, to my knowledge, in both the DUC software and in the Home Hub settings.
I am also have port 4000 open (this was used for Diablo II, I read), which is the port the FOnline server is listening for when the clients try to connect (hope I worded that correctly).
The issue is that when I ping my router IP (formatted like: 86.xxx.xxx.xxx), I get no connection. Nor do I get any connection when I ping the domain name No-IP is redirecting towards. As a result, my friends cannot connect this way.
The issue does not lie in the FOnline software. I set up a Hamachi network and it worked fine - the only issue is that the free version of Hamachi only supports five people to a network.
I hope I've laid out all the necessary information here. Please let me know if you need further details; I can fetch them for you.
I am trying to host a server. It will only be up for as long as my PC is online and it will be shut down when not in use. It is for FOnline, and all the equipment required to host a server came with the SDK. Ideally, I would host the server, open and configure the port, then get my friends to connect using the client software and giving them my IP.
My BT Home Hub 4 package does not seem to include a dynamic external IP for the router. I'm not sure if this would normally be an issue, and whether or not it would simply be a case of redistributing the dynamic IP to friends when they attempt to connect.
Nonetheless, I set up a No-IP domain, and have configured correctly, to my knowledge, in both the DUC software and in the Home Hub settings.
I am also have port 4000 open (this was used for Diablo II, I read), which is the port the FOnline server is listening for when the clients try to connect (hope I worded that correctly).
The issue is that when I ping my router IP (formatted like: 86.xxx.xxx.xxx), I get no connection. Nor do I get any connection when I ping the domain name No-IP is redirecting towards. As a result, my friends cannot connect this way.
The issue does not lie in the FOnline software. I set up a Hamachi network and it worked fine - the only issue is that the free version of Hamachi only supports five people to a network.
I hope I've laid out all the necessary information here. Please let me know if you need further details; I can fetch them for you.