Hosting games with a router

simbady · 30 Jan 2009 at 17:56

Hi when i try to host a game my ip as a host is 192.168.1.100 which is my ip to connect to my router any way to stop this? Fast help would be good

Langlest · 30 Jan 2009 at 18:00

me and a friend always played dawn of war and i was the host, i just used my normal ip and it worked fine but maybe i misunderstood the question?

simbady · 30 Jan 2009 at 18:18

the game uses my router ip not my internet one

SoundsGood · 30 Jan 2009 at 18:26

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simbady · 30 Jan 2009 at 19:08

i'm pretty sure that wont work becuase most routers use 192.168.1.100 as defult and i sure i wont be the only one

SoundsGood · 30 Jan 2009 at 19:26

test

test678

Masterdog · 30 Jan 2009 at 19:33

What game is it you're trying to host?

simbady · 30 Jan 2009 at 19:33

Rainbow Six Raven Shield Classic

RobH · 30 Jan 2009 at 22:55

simbady said:
i'm pretty sure that wont work becuase most routers use 192.168.1.100 as defult and i sure i wont be the only one

The 192.168.xxx.xxx (also 10.xxx.xxx.xxx and others) are private address ranges and cannot be routed on the Internet. You need the address from the WAN side. You can setup something called a "dynamic DNS" service which is esentially a domain name for your public IP. A service runs on your computer which sends a heartbeat to the Dynamic DNS service updating your current IP address, this can be useful if it changes as it occasionally does unless it's static. Some routers also have the built in feature to send the heartbeat rather than running a service on your computer.