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Port Forwarding on Vista
Ephialtes:
I don't understand why people are fiddling with DNS settings and static IPs. Port forwarding should require absolutely no changes on your computer - only your router.
The reason some guides suggest doing all that DNS stuff is because old routers didn't have LAN IP reservation so each time your router assigned your pc a new LAN IP you'd have to re-port forward. This is not the case anymore, we have evolved and routers can now hand out LAN IPs based on your MAC address.
Regulith:
--- Quote from: Ephialtes on November 20, 2009, 04:30:08 AM ---I don't understand why people are fiddling with DNS settings and static IPs. Port forwarding should require absolutely no changes on your computer - only your router.
The reason some guides suggest doing all that DNS stuff is because old routers didn't have LAN IP reservation so each time your router assigned your pc a new LAN IP you'd have to re-port forward. This is not the case anymore, we have evolved and routers can now hand out LAN IPs based on your MAC address.
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Are you referring to the second half of the Blockland port forwarding tutorial? Because that requires changes on the computer, and if I don't do those I can't host a server. Both my computer and router are quite new.
Ephialtes:
Blockland does not require special steps for port forwarding. It uses TCP and UDP like any other game. I have done port forwarding many many times, not once have I ever had to change anything on any computer. Ever.