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Router Configuration for DirectX

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by dragon emperor 2 views

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I have an SMC Barricade Router and have been trying to get Total Annihilation (which uses DirectPlay, a component of DirectX) to work without having to setup the system as a DMZ (since that is for my real server). Microsoft's web site had very useful instructions that let me get the LAN systems working as clients, but people on the internet cannot access a game hosted from on the LAN. If anyone has ever gotten this working without using the DMZ it would be very helpful.

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by cisco_guy

Not to familiar with the SMC router, but on the LinkSys router you have to set up port forwarding to accomplish what your looking to do. For example if you wanted to telnet to your workstation from the outside world, you would have to set port forwarding to forward port 23 (telnet) to your workstation's internal address. Hope this helps.

by dragon emperor

I have already set up both the trigger port and then the subsequent ports that DirectPlay uses. However, it only works for joining games. I have, however, gotten programs to work that only require 1 port and surprisingly Dialpad worked without anyconfiguration despite it supposedly requiring a range just like DirectPlay does.

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