Problems with being a server on a multiplayer session on the samebox

I've read through that thread and I don't understand it.

I'm not downloadingprograms I Know nothing about

Also i cant change my Ip either as SimSig won't let me?

what program do i use for SimSig of the list given on portforward.com? As I've selected my router

Send me a private message. I'll look up your router and tell you how to set it up. I warn you, though, that a degree of technical understanding is required but not much.

bharrison said:

what program do i use for SimSig of the list given on portforward.com? As I've selected my router

You can't use something from the program list on www.portfowarding.com because SimSig is not listed. You have to spend no more than 5 minutes entering the information manually. If you click on the link Matt (mfcooper) gave in posting #7 you get to a "front page" which should have your router on the list. I have a Netgear DG834G so I find that router in the list and click on it. I then get a big splash screen trying to tempt me into a "paid for" routine - in the small print at the top is a message telling me to "click here to skip this advertisement". That avoids the "paid for" route and takes me to a page full of internet games on which to click to set up the automatic port forwarding. Because SimSig is not listed you have to read the blurb at the top which says towards the bottom of the script

"Welcome to our guide list for the Netgear DG834G. Please select the program you are forwarding ports for from the list below.
If you do not see the program you are forwarding ports for, be sure to visit our Default Guide for this router"

The wording "default guide" is a link to take you to the instructions to enter the data for your router manually. If the other pages are like the instructions for my router, there is a step by step process to set up your router for port forwarding.

It is not a difficult process and lots of people using SimSig manage to host games after setting up their routers so it surely shouldn't go into the "too complicated" box.

bharrison

Apologies and slapped wrist because I typo'd the wrong website address. What I should have typed is www.portforward.com. If you could try that, you may have a bit more luck. For my Netgear, that asks for my internal IP address but does not need any information about my external IP.

Sorry for putting you on a bum steer. Post back or send me a PM to see how you get on. It really isn't a complicated process once you get the hang of it.

JG

Ok first off. Are you always hosting off the same computer in your house or are you trying different ones?

Secondly have you made sure that your external IP hasn't changed (Use the link on the left hand side of this page).

Thirdly, it may be that your internal IP address has changed for one reason or another and you may need to reset up your port forwarding. (I'm not sure how Postal did it in the end.)

Did you ever get it to work correctly when Postal helped you last year?

Have you had a new router since, or changed your ISP?

To check what your internal IP is. Open up command prompt and type "ipconfig /all" It will then give you an IP address that that is 192.XXX.XXX.XXX or 10.xx.xx.xx