Trouble with hosting multiplayer games \ VOGONS

Trouble with hosting multiplayer games

Topic actions

Post a reply

First post, by Budee

Posted on 2008-06-02, 17:42

Budee Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 4
Joined: 2008-06-02, 17:29

I connected to a friend's server, but when I tried to host a game for another friend, he could not join me. I have a linksys router which I have opened up port 213. I used to use dosbox 2 years ago and hosted without problems. Now i can't seem to get past my router. On my own computer I can successfully connect to my local IP, but not to my public IP. I have downloaded and installed the latest version of dosbox.

with the command ipxnet startserver things seems fine. I can open up a second dosbox session and join my ip assigned from my router, but not my public IP.

I'm using zone alarm and immediately the program asked for and received permission to allow dosbox to access the net. I'm stuck and would appreciate help.

Reply 1 of 9, by h-a-l-9000

Posted on 2008-06-02, 18:17

h-a-l-9000 Offline

Rank DOSBox Author

Rank: DOSBox Author
Posts: 4511
Joined: 2005-02-23, 00:14

use portforward on your router

1+1=10

Reply 2 of 9, by Budee

Posted on 2008-06-02, 19:44

Budee Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 4
Joined: 2008-06-02, 17:29

I think I have. Is there a way to test if a port is open or not?

Reply 3 of 9, by DosFreak

Posted on 2008-06-02, 19:49

DosFreak Offline

Rank l33t++

Rank: l33t++
Posts: 12955
Joined: 2002-06-30, 16:35
Location: Milliways

www.grc.com and then ShieldsUP!

How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
Make your games work offline

Reply 4 of 9, by Budee

Posted on 2008-06-02, 20:46

Budee Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 4
Joined: 2008-06-02, 17:29

The port is not open. I can't figure out why. I allowed zone alarm to let it pass. But i shut it down. and the port is still closed. I've opened ports all the time in the past for games or other applications like teamspeak, which work fine. But now the port is showing its closed. What could cause this? I have already shut off my firewall program.

Reply 5 of 9, by wd

Posted on 2008-06-02, 21:05

wd Offline

Rank DOSBox Author

Rank: DOSBox Author
Posts: 10813
Joined: 2003-12-03, 21:23

How exactly did you open it in ZA? (tcp/udp, in/outgoing)
Also don't close ZA as the main service will still be running.

Reply 6 of 9, by DosFreak

Posted on 2008-06-02, 21:20

DosFreak Offline

Rank l33t++

Rank: l33t++
Posts: 12955
Joined: 2002-06-30, 16:35
Location: Milliways

The XP firewall isn't enabled as well is it?

How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
Make your games work offline

Reply 7 of 9, by Budee

Posted on 2008-06-02, 21:57

Budee Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 4
Joined: 2008-06-02, 17:29

I just completely shut off ZA. its not running atm. But I did open up the program tab and noted that dosbox was given permission to access the net. But just to be able to exclude ZA, I turned the service off completely. As to the other question, windows firewall is not running. I went to the control panel and doubled checked. The service is not running.

Reply 8 of 9, by ADDiCT

Posted on 2008-06-02, 21:59

ADDiCT Offline

Rank Oldbie

Rank: Oldbie
Posts: 1170
Joined: 2007-02-02, 15:07
Location: Retroland

If there's no application listening on the port, the port could appear "stealthy" for a scan from the outside, depending on how your router works, and how it's configured. Remember you'll have to open _and_ forward the port to the correct IP address in your LAN.

Reply 9 of 9, by icemann

Posted on 2008-06-04, 00:13

icemann Offline

Rank Member

Rank: Member
Posts: 219
Joined: 2003-08-25, 01:31

Zone Alarm has a nasty habit of keeping its firewall active when you switch it off as well.

I worked in tech support for a ISP here for 12 months, and regulary had customers calling in with issues caused by ZA.

Two stones, two crosses, the rest is just icing. - 7th Guest

Go to top of page Go to top of page

Back to DOSBox General

Main menu

Common searches