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➜ Connecting to my own computer!
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Connecting to my own computer!
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| Posted by
| Caelen
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| Wed 08 Sep 2010 03:45 AM (UTC) |
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| | I got myself a nice little lib and mudOS bundle from http://dead-souls.net/index.html , but, I have no idea how to connect to it using MUSHclient now that it's running. What do I do? I can connect to it with cmd using "telnet localhost 6666". | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Twisol
USA (2,257 posts) Bio
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| Date
| Reply #1 on Wed 08 Sep 2010 03:53 AM (UTC) |
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| | Use localhost as the hostname, or 127.0.0.1 (they mean the same thing). |
'Soludra' on Achaea
Blog: http://jonathan.com/
GitHub: http://github.com/Twisol | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Caelen
(81 posts) Bio
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| Date
| Reply #2 on Wed 08 Sep 2010 04:18 AM (UTC) |
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| | Now for the fun part, how do I get other people to connect to it? As in, how do I find the IP that will get them to my router and then to my machine specifically? | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,140 posts) Bio
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| Reply #3 on Wed 08 Sep 2010 05:07 AM (UTC) |
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,140 posts) Bio
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| Reply #4 on Wed 08 Sep 2010 06:03 AM (UTC) |
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| Also, your IP address can be found out at:
http://www.whatismyip.com/ |
- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,140 posts) Bio
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| Reply #5 on Wed 08 Sep 2010 06:06 AM (UTC) |
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| Once you know your IP (from above) you configure your router to "port forward" the appropriate port (in your case 6666) to your PC. So if your PC is 192.168.10.3 (on your local network) then you port forward port 6666 to 192.168.10.3.
Then, your friends connect to your "real" IP address (actually the router's IP address) as obtained from http://www.whatismyip.com/ or a similar place, and port 6666, and then the router forwards that to you.
You might also need to check your firewall settings. |
- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,140 posts) Bio
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| Reply #6 on Wed 08 Sep 2010 06:09 AM (UTC) |
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| This forum tells you your IP address, come to think of it. If you are logged in to the forum, click on "View profile" on the top RH corner of a forum page, and it shows, amongst other things, something like:
You are currently at IP address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, using domain: www.gammon.com.au
I x'd out my address for privacy. |
- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Caelen
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| Reply #7 on Wed 08 Sep 2010 07:42 AM (UTC) |
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| I think this is the first time someone's explained to me what port forwarding does in a way that actually makes -sense-.
Thanks! | | Top |
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