MAJOR PROBLEM, please help

[rhombus]

i am having ALOT of trouble getting other people to connect to my server, i can connect but they cant. i am using the server adress 99.254.218.132:8767
99.254.218.132 being the ip address that shows up when i right click the server icon and go to my ips , it shows up beside a little computer picture. 8767 being the port i am using.
i went to windows firewall and opened up the port 8767 on udp.i dont know much about computers or anything about port fowarding and dont have time to read the novel that is portforward.com.
i am using a laptop connected to my modem via a normal cable or direct link , no wireless. i have windows vista
i give my friends 99.254.218.132 and nobody can connect , they get the message no reply from server maybe it is offline , and such . but they and me can connect to any other server
i need help in a noob friendly way, i have a headache and all i can hear in my head is that womens voice saying error over and over , i hope someone cane help me fix the problem before i put my fist through my computer screen

[ZeroTKA]

i have a headache and all i can hear in my head is that womens voice saying error over and over , i hope someone cane help me fix the problem before i put my fist through my computer screen

take a chill pill, go have some fun, and when your ready and calm, come back to read the rest of my post

For the remainder of this post i will operate under the assumption that you have a router.

Problem:

i am having ALOT of trouble getting other people to connect to my server

Possible solution:

I dont have time to read the novel that is portforward.com.

They include pictures which may make it appear long, but it's not. If you don't know how to forward your ports with your router, and you don't want to learn how, then i can be of no further assistance. Use portforward.com (or any other tutorial site that you may find) and when you have your ports forwarded correctly and it still doesn't work, i can then look into it further. But since you say you don't want to, my only advice is to use a public TS and create your own channel.

[rhombus]

yes i do have a router but since my main computer broke i just plug my laptop directly to my modem instead of router because i get faster speeds that way

what i wanted to know is can you set up TS server without a router? if not i will go forward some ports

[BHKai]

Yes you can. You might still need to forward port though depending on your modem. In most cases you should be fine setting up firewall exceptions and running the firewall.

You this to test.
http://ts2test.planetteamspeak.com/?page=step1

If it fails after you have configured your firewall then you might need to forward ports on your modem.

[rhombus]

i am completly confused after reading port forward static IP , once ive typed in all those ip adresses where it tells me to , portforward or my computer doesnt actully tell me which of those IS my static IP it just says i have one

[BHKai]

What IP address does TS show you?

[rhombus]

when im using routerit shows 192.168.0.100 when im not it shows my wan IP

[BHKai]

So you do not need to forward ports if you are not using your router. Save for firewall exceptions everything should just work when you run TS.

[rhombus]

FINALLY got it working , ty so much to all who helped me work it

[ZeroTKA]

what was it?

[rhombus]

lol i didnt find out how to use the router so i just plugged in my modem to laptop directly like i had first done and opened up ports