NAT/NAT ROUTER PROBLEM..

[DownFall]

Hey now im think, how i set nat connection siemens speedstream box..

I know how go the speedstream admin place..

But i mean because if i play some games, and i create own server..

other players doest see my servers, but i see other players created servers, and if someone see my server they cant connect it..

and someone game say.. select your nat yourself what this mean idont know..

Please write & help me in this topic.

Dont only make link help site because its hard look site if no understand all words in some sites..

Edited July 5, 2007 by DownFall

[TheFlash428]

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Dont only make link help site because its hard look site if no understand all words in some sites..

...you said it!

Anyway, first off, you'll need to know a little about networking first. I'm not experienced with the Siemens Speedstream box you mention, but basically here's what I understand:

You have a home or small network and you get your IP address from you ISP. From there you have a router set up (the Speedstream I assume), which allows you to use muliple computers/devices on your network. The way this works is that all of your devices are on a PRIVATE network which all share the same PUBLIC IP address, which, as said before, is provided by your ISP. This is NAT (Network Address Translation).

If you have a certain device (or server) on your network that you need visibility to the outside world, what you need to know is what TCP/IP port is used to connect for the particular service you are hosting, and by using the port-forwarding feature on your router, set router to forward all traffic on that port to the PRIVATE IP address of your server. That way, all Internet traffic that comes in on that port will be directed to your server.

In order for other people to connect to it, you may (or may not) have to know what your PUBLIC IP address is as well, which, chances are, is a dynamic address provided by your ISP.