Two Player through NAT Router ?

[Chief of the Boat]

[I know nothing, nada, ZIP... about On-Line play of anything... through a NAT Router].

I have a pal that has chased down SH3, and now 'we' would like to go On-Line together. I have NO idea what ports need to be open, or what. And he is in the same trouble. Back when I had a dedicated '98 machine for Flight Games, I just hooked it to the Cable Modem and went into The Wild. Don't want to do that with these machines that are multi-use, and behind the router.

Help ??

COB

[Jimbuna]

You could do worse than start here :up: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=105486

[Chief of the Boat]

Hmmm.. well...you see... 'we' have always just played TCP/IP together. Seems easier for us than entering into a 'group' thing. Maybe SH3 doesn't work between only two guys using IP addresses ??

[Jimbuna]

You can both play online in the forum and password protect your game so no one else can join :up:

[Chief of the Boat]

A thought, for sure. But...to sort of 'finish'... do you know if SH3 *will* play, TCP/IP between two people ?

Oh... and does the UBI play completely eliminate our Router question ??

I'm not a bad Tech.. but have had nothing to do with this....

COB

[Jimbuna]

A thought, for sure. But...to sort of 'finish'... do you know if SH3 *will* play, TCP/IP between two people ?

Oh... and does the UBI play completely eliminate our Router question ??

I'm not a bad Tech.. but have had nothing to do with this....

COB

I'm personally not aware of TCP/IP posibilities. :nope:
I play and host games through a router...if you encounter a problem (it would prob be the hosting element) go to portforward.com :up:

[Jimbuna]

http://www.portforward.com/default.htm

thats better :arrgh!:

[Chief of the Boat]

OK... well that's a lot more than I knew before... I'll have to see if I can talk my 'Mate into it. When I opened Multiplayer in SH3 I found what looked like familiar LAN stuff...

Anyway, I appreciate your time and trouble..

Smooth sailing..

COB

[Jimbuna]

The 'secret' is to first off open up a Ubi account :yep:
Don't hesitate to come back if you need anything at all :up: :arrgh!:

[Chief of the Boat]

Raw..ger that...