Nevermind, I should have used the search. Found out about some programs called Battle.lan and LanCraft. Thanks anyways
I'm basically wondering this because I'd like to play a LAN game remotely with a friend over TCP/IP. The router I have is the SMC 7004ABR. I'm guessing the port forwarding is either the "Virtual Server" or the "Special Applications" part of my router's configuration settings.
Page 47 and 48 of the manual discuss these services
I'm guessing that I can't do it via the router (because it seems what I want is the Virtual Server option, which is locked to internal IP adresses. I wonder why the public port field is so long for Special Applications and what would happen if I put my friend's external IP in that field, but still, I'm assuming that won't work).
Would it be possible for me to install a second NIC in my computer, have the router forward all traffic on the game's port (6112) to that second NIC's IP address, then somehow configure the NIC to send all traffic to my friend's external IP?
OR
Am I going about this entirely wrong, is there a way to link our two LAN's together into a single LAN somehow? He's running Windows 2000 and I'm running Windows XP.
Don't be afraid to point out my incompetence! Thanks guys!
I'm basically wondering this because I'd like to play a LAN game remotely with a friend over TCP/IP. The router I have is the SMC 7004ABR. I'm guessing the port forwarding is either the "Virtual Server" or the "Special Applications" part of my router's configuration settings.
Page 47 and 48 of the manual discuss these services
I'm guessing that I can't do it via the router (because it seems what I want is the Virtual Server option, which is locked to internal IP adresses. I wonder why the public port field is so long for Special Applications and what would happen if I put my friend's external IP in that field, but still, I'm assuming that won't work).
Would it be possible for me to install a second NIC in my computer, have the router forward all traffic on the game's port (6112) to that second NIC's IP address, then somehow configure the NIC to send all traffic to my friend's external IP?
OR
Am I going about this entirely wrong, is there a way to link our two LAN's together into a single LAN somehow? He's running Windows 2000 and I'm running Windows XP.
Don't be afraid to point out my incompetence! Thanks guys!
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