Routing Question

[mikepeck]

I searched, but couldn't find any posts on it.

Here is the setup. 2 locations.

Location 1: 1 player behind a router
Location 2: 2 players behind a router

How can all 3 of us join an internet game. We setup port forwarding, but location 2, the ports are only fowarded to 1 internal IP. I tried hosting the game at location 1, but only 1 player from location 2 could find the game.

Short of VPN, how can we make this work? Are there new routers that will allow this type of setup? Thanks!

 

[JackMDS]

You can forward a specific port only to one computer in a LAN.

So you need a game that would allow to change the port and still work with the others.

:sun:

 

[JiveMiguel]

Any computer on a network is either a 'server' or a 'client'. Some can be both, either simultaneously or not. If location 1 is the server, you need to pass through the correct ports on the router at location one only. The two users at location 2 need only point their game clients at your PUBLIC ip address and everything should be OK. Client applications don't usually need ports passed through the routers for them. Outbound client requests are usually always allowed through routers, and incoming requests, AS A RESPONSE TO THE ORIGINAL CLIENT REQUEST, will pass through, as well, with no problem.

I don't know if this helps at all, but good luck!