Router Problem

[CompCrazyFrog]

Hi I can't launch a pool game (http://www.terragame.com/pool/index_1_sort2.html
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My home computers connected through broadband ethernet router and seems my computer has one IP and router has another and game cannot find another computer.
I'm sure many people might encounter such a problem, please someone help or point me to some online resources:)

Natali

[RiderMayBail]

Without knowing what the make/model of your router as well as the technical details of the game, this is only a possibility.

It appears that the game is a downloaded game that connects to a remote server, like many online games. Different from the browser type games such as pogo.com or Yahoo games or whatever.

If this is a downloaded/installed game that is connecting to a remote server, chances are it is using a special port for communications. Browser based games may work, as they use port 80, which is the standard HTTP port.

Your router is holding the external IP address assigned by your ISP, and your router is probably using NAT and assigning an internal IP to the computers in your house. Your computer's IP is probably something like 192.168.2.x or something like that.

What you would have to do is log in to the router (see your owner's manual, but can often be achieved by opening browser and typing http://192.168.2.1) and then find the area that allows you to map special ports (may be called Virtual Server or Special Applications or something along those lines), and then assign that port number and tell it to go to the IP of the machine you are wanting to play on (192.168.2.4 as an example).

I hope that makes sense and is helpful.