Need Help MaNGOs LAN access

[Rolandefleur]

Installed 711's 2.4.3 noobpack worked great from local host. Server is installed on PC with CPU capacity, but used by others for other work. So, I would like to access and administer the installation from another PC on the LAN. I do *not* want to permit access from the internet (which is documented frequently and I understand).

I launched SQLyog (loaded locally), and edited the realmlist record changing the IP address to the LAN IP address. The first row is for port 3724 (ID 1) and the second is for port 8085 (ID {NULL}). I also change the .wtf file of the WoW client to use the LAN address.

When I log into WoW on the same PC, I can authenticate, the pic-a-realm screen comes up, I select the MaNGOs realm and I get the "Logging into Game Server" screen ..... and that is it. It times out and goes back to the realm choice screen, etc. until I quit.

So I thought maybe the acknowledgement was being sent on port 8085, so I edited that line to add the LAN address where the 127.0.0.1 was. This added a new record (ID 2) and bumped the {NULL} one down. I relaunch the application and now I just get to "Connecting to Server" and nothing more....

So I went back and changed the addresses back to localhost (127.0.0.1) on the port 3724 line and deleted the line I had added for port 8085. It looked just like it was before. So I changed the .wtf file back to 127.0.0.1 and launched WoW

Now I can't even connect to the server.

Question:
How do I set this up to work on a LAN. Ideally I would like a server I can take to a building with *no* internet connection and run this server with others connecting on the LAN from their laptops in the building wirelessly.

What am I doing wrong with my MySQL editing? Where can I find a log that will tell me what is going wrong with the client/server communications?

I want to run Navicat on a second computer and mange this server from there. Do I need to do anything other than set the IP address to the server with MaNGOs on it for that to work?

Thanks in advance for any clue.

[kreegoth]

Hmm well im not positive as ive never used mangos before but in Ascent you need to set a remote password for it to work..

[Rolandefleur]

By adding a new record called RemotePassword? Or just supplying a password for an already existing DB record? or is this something added to the server .conf file?

Is my approach of putting the LAN address of the PC into the DB instead of the external IP of the router the right choice?

Any comments on where to find a diagnostic trace log that would tell me why the server will not connect to the client locally now? Any answer on if I needed to change the IP address in the port 8085 record line?

[kreegoth]

LOL simply from your response i can tell that i am evidently not equipped to handle questions about mangos sorry