<CK>Degan
18-11-2003, 13:30
Okay, I've read the manuals...TWICE. I've read every forum thread (regardless if it was windows or linux, server or client) and lo-and-behold there wasn't ONE decent answer from our illustrious tech support except to say "the answers are there, you just have to find them" or "You're lazy and we will just make you look like an idiot". Well...
I DID find the answers but they weren't listed with my router manual (which, as many of you know is a joke if you own a netgear) OR in the manuals.
You see, I tried to create a server for both my Everquest guild and Ghost Recon clan to use but for some stange reason it wasn't allowing anyone outside my network to connect. I had set all my ports correctly, configured the server admin settings correctly and still nothing. I spend two full days burning my eyeballs out reading everything I could about this service and still no anwers.
Last night, VERY late I decided to give it one more shot as I KNEW there had to be a way to have one of the computers on my network supply the server (BTW TS, you may not like it but there are a HUGE number of us using routers because we have ::gasp:: more than one computer). Well, I found it and after this lengthy intro, here it is...
If you can connect to your server via your own computer by typing in your INERNAL IP, thats cool, as a matter of fact, if you use a router, thats the ONLY way to do it from your end. BUT if your clients are getting that message stating that the server isn't running TS or some such then you DO have something configured wrong with your router (Something TS or Netgear won't tell you). You see, your router IP will be 192.168.0.1 BUT in order for TS to get its information to your server (ie. your computer) you must change the address to 192.198.0.2 (notice the *2*). Again, this is because your ROUTER addy is 0.1, your computer (in laymans terms, the second piece of equipment) is 0.2 or 0.3, depending on which computer (if you have more than one) is running the server.
Heres a breakdown on how this is done...
1. type in your router IP in your netbrowser (192.168.0.1)
2. type in your login info (by default its admin / password)
3. on the left (again this is based on Netgear) is a menu...click PORT FORWARDING.
4. here you will see a list with all the services you want to open ports. Teamspeak uses port 8767.
5. click "Create a custom service"
6. In "Service Name" type in TEAMSPEAK SERVER
7. Starting Port will be 8767
8. Ending port will be 8767
9. This is THE most important (and undisclosed) part! under server IP address type in 192.168.0.2, NOT 0.1!
Now you shouldn't have any problems and you can stop wasting your time reading techno-garble and you will no longer be penned an idiot or lazy by the techs at Teamspeak.
Its really not at all difficult to set this service up but it would eliminate a whole lot of traffic on the forums if TS would simply state things like this in a more consice manor instead of sitting back on their self-made thrones and letting us all believe they are omnipotent.
Good luck you all and NOW enjoy your chatting.
I DID find the answers but they weren't listed with my router manual (which, as many of you know is a joke if you own a netgear) OR in the manuals.
You see, I tried to create a server for both my Everquest guild and Ghost Recon clan to use but for some stange reason it wasn't allowing anyone outside my network to connect. I had set all my ports correctly, configured the server admin settings correctly and still nothing. I spend two full days burning my eyeballs out reading everything I could about this service and still no anwers.
Last night, VERY late I decided to give it one more shot as I KNEW there had to be a way to have one of the computers on my network supply the server (BTW TS, you may not like it but there are a HUGE number of us using routers because we have ::gasp:: more than one computer). Well, I found it and after this lengthy intro, here it is...
If you can connect to your server via your own computer by typing in your INERNAL IP, thats cool, as a matter of fact, if you use a router, thats the ONLY way to do it from your end. BUT if your clients are getting that message stating that the server isn't running TS or some such then you DO have something configured wrong with your router (Something TS or Netgear won't tell you). You see, your router IP will be 192.168.0.1 BUT in order for TS to get its information to your server (ie. your computer) you must change the address to 192.198.0.2 (notice the *2*). Again, this is because your ROUTER addy is 0.1, your computer (in laymans terms, the second piece of equipment) is 0.2 or 0.3, depending on which computer (if you have more than one) is running the server.
Heres a breakdown on how this is done...
1. type in your router IP in your netbrowser (192.168.0.1)
2. type in your login info (by default its admin / password)
3. on the left (again this is based on Netgear) is a menu...click PORT FORWARDING.
4. here you will see a list with all the services you want to open ports. Teamspeak uses port 8767.
5. click "Create a custom service"
6. In "Service Name" type in TEAMSPEAK SERVER
7. Starting Port will be 8767
8. Ending port will be 8767
9. This is THE most important (and undisclosed) part! under server IP address type in 192.168.0.2, NOT 0.1!
Now you shouldn't have any problems and you can stop wasting your time reading techno-garble and you will no longer be penned an idiot or lazy by the techs at Teamspeak.
Its really not at all difficult to set this service up but it would eliminate a whole lot of traffic on the forums if TS would simply state things like this in a more consice manor instead of sitting back on their self-made thrones and letting us all believe they are omnipotent.
Good luck you all and NOW enjoy your chatting.