rec.autos.simulators

> Hi all I've just installed a new router to connect 2 pc's, and I'm not
> getting the results I'd hoped for, I would like to be able to host on one pc
> and join from the client machine, so far, no joy, using VROC I can host from
> either machine, see the race in the list, click to join and GPL starts, but
> connect times out. Using the route inspect, I can see either machine from
> the other, but still, no connect. I'm looking around for configuration info
> to allow me to host and join from my own little home network......I've been
> reading about forwarding ports, but I haven't quite got the understanding of
> what I need just yet, so if anyone has overcome this situation, I'd surely
> appreciate a push in the right direction......Meanwhile I'll be searching
> for answers on my own, here's what I've got so far:
> Motorola cable modem to Linksys 4 port router, to nic's installed in each
> machine, I'm assuming all the cable routing is correct because I checked it,
> and can access the net from each rig, or share files from machine to
> machine.
> Host Computer:

> GPL v1.2, Nascar3 , Nascar4, and WinVROC installed and patched to current
> versions.

> official drivers, W98SE, GPL, N3, N4, and WinVROC installed and patched to
> current versions.

> Does this have anything to do with Socks server in VROC options? As I don't
> have a clue what a Socks server is, I have left it alone for now.

> Thanks in advance,
> --

> Go Rusty, and Dale, and Dale, and Dale!

> The following was posted here a while back and I have since tried to
> do this on my home network. I can host a game that the other computer
> in my house can race at, as long as I do not use VROC. I am unable to
> get anyone to connect to a VROC hosted session on either of my
> computers. Do I need to edit the core.ini or another file? We really
> need a FAQ that includes this for the newer cable/DSL
> router/firewalls. I have updated the firmware to 1.37 on the Linksys
> and I forwarded the UDP ports.

> So what needs to be done so that I can host on VROC so others in the
> world could join if they wanted?

> So if you have this combo working, let me know how. I would like to
> experiment with setting up one as a Server and seeing if 20 could race
> on it if I was not racing on it, but racing on another puter.

> SLG

> Subject: Re: Linksys router, GPL, N4, N3
> Newsgroups: rec.autos.simulators
> View complete thread
> Date: 2001-02-18 05:06:00 PST

> In order to host on VROC, N3, or N4, you must forward the correct
> ports
> on the Linksys router.

> If you want to join a GPL race hosted on your other machine, DO NOT
> join
> through VROC.  Connect directly through GPL.

> Setting up port forwarding on the Linksys is not at all difficult.
> Here's what I use (supports GPL, and I think N4 is the same as GPL as
> far as ports go):

>   6969-6971     Machine #1
>   32766-32808   Machine #1
>   6972-6974     Machine #2
>   32810-32852   Machine #2

> Both machines can host a race with these settings.

> > Hi all I've just installed a new router to connect 2 pc's, and I'm not
> > getting the results I'd hoped for, I would like to be able to host on
one pc
> > and join from the client machine, so far, no joy, using VROC I can host
from
> > either machine, see the race in the list, click to join and GPL starts,
but
> > connect times out. Using the route inspect, I can see either machine
from
> > the other, but still, no connect. I'm looking around for configuration
info
> > to allow me to host and join from my own little home network......I've
been
> > reading about forwarding ports, but I haven't quite got the
understanding of
> > what I need just yet, so if anyone has overcome this situation, I'd
surely
> > appreciate a push in the right direction......Meanwhile I'll be
searching
> > for answers on my own, here's what I've got so far:
> > Motorola cable modem to Linksys 4 port router, to nic's installed in
each
> > machine, I'm assuming all the cable routing is correct because I checked
it,
> > and can access the net from each rig, or share files from machine to
> > machine.
> > Host Computer:

WindowsME,
> > GPL v1.2, Nascar3 , Nascar4, and WinVROC installed and patched to
current
> > versions.

> > official drivers, W98SE, GPL, N3, N4, and WinVROC installed and patched
to
> > current versions.

> > Does this have anything to do with Socks server in VROC options? As I
don't
> > have a clue what a Socks server is, I have left it alone for now.

> > Thanks in advance,
> > --

> > Go Rusty, and Dale, and Dale, and Dale!

> (All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new
> and improved ways of spelling old words. Grammatical errors are
> due to too many English classes/teachers)

>Two Choices.
>1. Use port forwarding to allow the required ports (See Allison's Hine's
>pages for the details) and then everyone can join.
>2.  Put a second Nic in the Server box and allow that card (only bind TCP/IP
>to that card, no Netbt or SPX or Netbios) and put that card in the DMZ page
>in your router.  This allows any request from the outside to go to this
>card.  I do this and then bind SPX/IPX to the first card in the machine
>(non-DMX) and I play over SPX.  I don't interfere with TCP/IP transmissions
>from the router thru my other switches down to the servers and I gain packet
>size.  Again Allison's pages on this subject are very helpful and had
>everything I needed to get things going.
>I can host my league on a P2-266 w/256Meg mem in dedicated server mode no
>problem.
>Good Luck.  It's really fun to host races from the house and always be able
>to get in. I reserve 1 SPX port in the game.


>> The following was posted here a while back and I have since tried to
>> do this on my home network. I can host a game that the other computer
>> in my house can race at, as long as I do not use VROC. I am unable to
>> get anyone to connect to a VROC hosted session on either of my
>> computers. Do I need to edit the core.ini or another file? We really
>> need a FAQ that includes this for the newer cable/DSL
>> router/firewalls. I have updated the firmware to 1.37 on the Linksys
>> and I forwarded the UDP ports.

>> So what needs to be done so that I can host on VROC so others in the
>> world could join if they wanted?

>> So if you have this combo working, let me know how. I would like to
>> experiment with setting up one as a Server and seeing if 20 could race
>> on it if I was not racing on it, but racing on another puter.

>> SLG

>> Subject: Re: Linksys router, GPL, N4, N3
>> Newsgroups: rec.autos.simulators
>> View complete thread
>> Date: 2001-02-18 05:06:00 PST

>> In order to host on VROC, N3, or N4, you must forward the correct
>> ports
>> on the Linksys router.

>> If you want to join a GPL race hosted on your other machine, DO NOT
>> join
>> through VROC.  Connect directly through GPL.

>> Setting up port forwarding on the Linksys is not at all difficult.
>> Here's what I use (supports GPL, and I think N4 is the same as GPL as
>> far as ports go):

>>   6969-6971     Machine #1
>>   32766-32808   Machine #1
>>   6972-6974     Machine #2
>>   32810-32852   Machine #2

>> Both machines can host a race with these settings.

>> > Hi all I've just installed a new router to connect 2 pc's, and I'm not
>> > getting the results I'd hoped for, I would like to be able to host on
>one pc
>> > and join from the client machine, so far, no joy, using VROC I can host
>from
>> > either machine, see the race in the list, click to join and GPL starts,
>but
>> > connect times out. Using the route inspect, I can see either machine
>from
>> > the other, but still, no connect. I'm looking around for configuration
>info
>> > to allow me to host and join from my own little home network......I've
>been
>> > reading about forwarding ports, but I haven't quite got the
>understanding of
>> > what I need just yet, so if anyone has overcome this situation, I'd
>surely
>> > appreciate a push in the right direction......Meanwhile I'll be
>searching
>> > for answers on my own, here's what I've got so far:
>> > Motorola cable modem to Linksys 4 port router, to nic's installed in
>each
>> > machine, I'm assuming all the cable routing is correct because I checked
>it,
>> > and can access the net from each rig, or share files from machine to
>> > machine.
>> > Host Computer:

>WindowsME,
>> > GPL v1.2, Nascar3 , Nascar4, and WinVROC installed and patched to
>current
>> > versions.

>> > official drivers, W98SE, GPL, N3, N4, and WinVROC installed and patched
>to
>> > current versions.

>> > Does this have anything to do with Socks server in VROC options? As I
>don't
>> > have a clue what a Socks server is, I have left it alone for now.

>> > Thanks in advance,
>> > --

>> > Go Rusty, and Dale, and Dale, and Dale!

>> (All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new
>> and improved ways of spelling old words. Grammatical errors are
>> due to too many English classes/teachers)

> I really don't want to be a jerk, but did you read my posting? have
> you worked with a Linksys Router and VROC? Why would I install another
> Ethernet adapter and setup a private network? Does that not defeat the
> purpose of the Router in the first place, in that if I had wanted two
> Ethernet adpaters I could have done the whole project a lot cheaper. I
> have forwarded ports as was said in the previous post and it still
> does not work I am asking a specific question.

> Anyone that is unsing a Linksys Cable/DSL Router and VROC, how did you
> do it and I would like very detailed steps as I think this could be
> very useful for the VROC communitiy.

> SLG

> >Two Choices.
> >1. Use port forwarding to allow the required ports (See Allison's Hine's
> >pages for the details) and then everyone can join.
> >2.  Put a second Nic in the Server box and allow that card (only bind TCP/IP
> >to that card, no Netbt or SPX or Netbios) and put that card in the DMZ page
> >in your router.  This allows any request from the outside to go to this
> >card.  I do this and then bind SPX/IPX to the first card in the machine
> >(non-DMX) and I play over SPX.  I don't interfere with TCP/IP transmissions
> >from the router thru my other switches down to the servers and I gain packet
> >size.  Again Allison's pages on this subject are very helpful and had
> >everything I needed to get things going.
> >I can host my league on a P2-266 w/256Meg mem in dedicated server mode no
> >problem.
> >Good Luck.  It's really fun to host races from the house and always be able
> >to get in. I reserve 1 SPX port in the game.


> >> The following was posted here a while back and I have since tried to
> >> do this on my home network. I can host a game that the other computer
> >> in my house can race at, as long as I do not use VROC. I am unable to
> >> get anyone to connect to a VROC hosted session on either of my
> >> computers. Do I need to edit the core.ini or another file? We really
> >> need a FAQ that includes this for the newer cable/DSL
> >> router/firewalls. I have updated the firmware to 1.37 on the Linksys
> >> and I forwarded the UDP ports.

> >> So what needs to be done so that I can host on VROC so others in the
> >> world could join if they wanted?

> >> So if you have this combo working, let me know how. I would like to
> >> experiment with setting up one as a Server and seeing if 20 could race
> >> on it if I was not racing on it, but racing on another puter.

> >> SLG

> The following was posted here a while back and I have since tried to
> do this on my home network. I can host a game that the other computer
> in my house can race at, as long as I do not use VROC. I am unable to
> get anyone to connect to a VROC hosted session on either of my
> computers. Do I need to edit the core.ini or another file? We really
> need a FAQ that includes this for the newer cable/DSL
> router/firewalls. I have updated the firmware to 1.37 on the Linksys
> and I forwarded the UDP ports.

> So what needs to be done so that I can host on VROC so others in the
> world could join if they wanted?

> So if you have this combo working, let me know how. I would like to
> experiment with setting up one as a Server and seeing if 20 could race
> on it if I was not racing on it, but racing on another puter.

> SLG

>Steve, it's real simple.

>1) Make sure you have firmware v1.36 or higher.  If you don't, go to the
>Linksys site, download it, and update your router.

>2) Log onto your router and click to the Advanced | Forwarding tab, and
>enter your port ranges. Only one machoine can have a given port (or
>range of ports) forwarded to it from the Linksys router.  This means
>that if you want to set up two or more machines, you need a different
>port range for each machine.  Here are the port ranges I use (I have two
>machines that can run/host on VROC):

>   6969-6971     Machine #1  (default GPL port range)
>   32766-32808   Machine #1  (default GPL port range)
>   6972-6974     Machine #2
>   32810-32852   Machine #2

>3) If you are running on VROC with more than one machine, you must
>modify the CORE.INI file on the machine that is NOT using the default
>GPL port ranges to match what the router is setting forwarding.  Look
>for this header:

>    [Communications]

>And either modify or add the following lines on the machine using the
>NON-DEFAULT port ranges, something like this:

>    net_server_port = 32808         ; Server port number (0 = default)
>    net_ping_port = 6972

>That should be pretty much all you need to do.

> Things to

> and Log onto your router

>says...
>> I really don't want to be a jerk, but did you read my posting? have
>> you worked with a Linksys Router and VROC? Why would I install another
>> Ethernet adapter and setup a private network? Does that not defeat the
>> purpose of the Router in the first place, in that if I had wanted two
>> Ethernet adpaters I could have done the whole project a lot cheaper. I
>> have forwarded ports as was said in the previous post and it still
>> does not work I am asking a specific question.

>> Anyone that is unsing a Linksys Cable/DSL Router and VROC, how did you
>> do it and I would like very detailed steps as I think this could be
>> very useful for the VROC communitiy.

>> SLG

>> >Two Choices.
>> >1. Use port forwarding to allow the required ports (See Allison's Hine's
>> >pages for the details) and then everyone can join.
>> >2.  Put a second Nic in the Server box and allow that card (only bind TCP/IP
>> >to that card, no Netbt or SPX or Netbios) and put that card in the DMZ page
>> >in your router.  This allows any request from the outside to go to this
>> >card.  I do this and then bind SPX/IPX to the first card in the machine
>> >(non-DMX) and I play over SPX.  I don't interfere with TCP/IP transmissions
>> >from the router thru my other switches down to the servers and I gain packet
>> >size.  Again Allison's pages on this subject are very helpful and had
>> >everything I needed to get things going.
>> >I can host my league on a P2-266 w/256Meg mem in dedicated server mode no
>> >problem.
>> >Good Luck.  It's really fun to host races from the house and always be able
>> >to get in. I reserve 1 SPX port in the game.


>> >> The following was posted here a while back and I have since tried to
>> >> do this on my home network. I can host a game that the other computer
>> >> in my house can race at, as long as I do not use VROC. I am unable to
>> >> get anyone to connect to a VROC hosted session on either of my
>> >> computers. Do I need to edit the core.ini or another file? We really
>> >> need a FAQ that includes this for the newer cable/DSL
>> >> router/firewalls. I have updated the firmware to 1.37 on the Linksys
>> >> and I forwarded the UDP ports.

>> >> So what needs to be done so that I can host on VROC so others in the
>> >> world could join if they wanted?

>> >> So if you have this combo working, let me know how. I would like to
>> >> experiment with setting up one as a Server and seeing if 20 could race
>> >> on it if I was not racing on it, but racing on another puter.

>> >> SLG

>Thanks that is the info I needed, must have been the core.ini setting
>that was missing that was causing problems.

>SLG

>>Steve, it's real simple.

>>1) Make sure you have firmware v1.36 or higher.  If you don't, go to the
>>Linksys site, download it, and update your router.

>>2) Log onto your router and click to the Advanced | Forwarding tab, and
>>enter your port ranges. Only one machoine can have a given port (or
>>range of ports) forwarded to it from the Linksys router.  This means
>>that if you want to set up two or more machines, you need a different
>>port range for each machine.  Here are the port ranges I use (I have two
>>machines that can run/host on VROC):

>>   6969-6971     Machine #1  (default GPL port range)
>>   32766-32808   Machine #1  (default GPL port range)
>>   6972-6974     Machine #2
>>   32810-32852   Machine #2

>>3) If you are running on VROC with more than one machine, you must
>>modify the CORE.INI file on the machine that is NOT using the default
>>GPL port ranges to match what the router is setting forwarding.  Look
>>for this header:

>>        [Communications]

>>And either modify or add the following lines on the machine using the
>>NON-DEFAULT port ranges, something like this:

>>        net_server_port = 32808         ; Server port number (0 = default)
>>        net_ping_port = 6972

>>That should be pretty much all you need to do.