Public Server fixes (minor)

[lilbdiablo12]

Ok i have tested some thing, and some of them work, some of them dont, for one port forwarding ports 80-8999 (just like that) doesnt have a great effect as doing them one by one, im not sure why.

Also you really only NEED to edit the realm configuration to go public (depending on how you got it setup)

ALL the listen hosts should be "0.0.0.0"

Your hosts file must be correct

ex

127.0.0.1 yourdns.noip.net
externalip yourdns.noip.net
enternalip yourdns.noip.net

YOU ALLOWED IP!!!! this must be like this

127.0.0.1/24(or /32 depending)

ON BOTH!!!!!

Also, if your having problems with realm looping, make a second realm and make sure your realmcount="2" not realmcount="1" and instead of the externalip but your internalip, OR 127.0.0.1

downfalls of 127.0.0.1 in realmloop fix

If you want someone else in your server (from local network 'within your house') It wont work weather they put 127.0.0.1 or your externalip, if you put it as your enternalip, they will be able to get in. also, they will be able to access your site wheather it be just your account creation, or whole website.


So there you have the minor fixes of the publicity of a server, i know this is not a question, but it answers alot in here.

Hope this helps anyone out there and i also know these questions have been answered, and some people asked for a list of fixes, so here is minor fixes for you guys

[TheSpidey]

127.0.0.1 yourdns.noip.net
externalip yourdns.noip.net
enternalip yourdns.noip.net

This is incorrect.

[lilbdiablo12]

it works for me

either way, may you put it in here pls? and ill put in the list, and put it was edited by you

[TheSpidey]

Read this again
http://www.mmowned.com/forums/emulat...ml#post1136322

[lilbdiablo12]

I have, it sonfuses me how you explained it, example would be nice for the list to be noob friendly

[lilbdiablo12]

Original: TheSpidey

Just to clear everything;
You don't need to have two realms running to have local access. You do, however need to use your hosts file.
What's the problem?
When you try to access yourdomain.net, your PC asks your ISP's DNS server for the IP of the domain. The DNS replies with your external IP, causing what is known as realm loop.
Enter the hosts file. The hosts file bypasses DNS requests on domains you add to it. Your PC will first check the hosts file for the domain you're trying to reach, and only then will it try querying the DNS.
How does the hosts file work? Simple. Once you've grasped the concept, it becomes clear. Each line on your hosts file (which isn't a comment denoted by a '#') represents one "redirection".
Quote:127.0.0.1 localhost

This tells the PC, "Whenever you look for the domain localhost, don't ask the DNS, it's at 127.0.0.1".

So how would we use it for our advantage?
Simple. Since the DNS replies with our external IP, we want to bind our domain to 127.0.0.1, like so:
Quote:127.0.0.1 yourdomain.net


And Vista runs emulators just fine.

Ok in this your saying to only do the 127.0.0.1 thing thats what i got out of it, Vista does run emu's just fine... if you know what your doing that is. lol... But

127.0.0.1 (my dns)
::1 localhost

Thats it, and it works just fine, i dont have to use external/enternal ip's in my hosts file?