External IP address

The easiest way is to launch a command line and get the IP using ipconfig.

In XP click Start, then Run
type CMD and hit enter
at the prompt, type ipconfig
your IP address is near the beginning of the report that displays

 

No, it's for both internal and external networks. You will need to obtain the IP address for your router then, I believe - the IP that is used for your ISP connection. When I host games online, I go to my router admin panel to get that.

For my linksys router, I open my web browser and go to: 192.168.1.1
Then I log into my router admin panel when prompted
Next, I click on Status and my external IP address is listed

Please understand that I am not a very technical guy, so I'm not sure if this is the most straight-forward way of doing this. I will notify our developers and see if they can give more insight into this. In-client IP display is a feature that may be implemented in a future update.

 

I use www.whatismyip.com to find the external IP of the router I'm behind and then have players connect to that after setting up port forwarding. Dan is correct that you can find the external IP of your router by going through the admin pages but I find it easier to hit that website to get it. Hope this helps, if you are still stuck on this or have other questions please let us know.

 

I know this is kinda basic, but have you made sure that there is no sort of firewall software (zonealarm, etc.) or anti-virus that might be blocking the connection? What error message do you get when the client PC fails to connect?

 

i configured mine using both tcp and upd and it worked i also leave my Av and firewals going and told them to allow D20pro as an exeption and my time out problems went away

now if i can figure out why i have so much lag when im logged in as a player onto anyone elses system,

 

thewizard3, I can feel your pain on trying to troubleshoot inexplicable network connection problems. :?

To make sure I've got a clear picture of your setup, both latptops are connected to different routers, correct? Are both routers behind the same DSL/Cable connection?

Also, can you make sure that both laptops are running the same version of d20Pro? Different client versions cannot connect to each other by rule as changes/updates in newer versions will sometimes be incompatible with older releases.

 

Have you tried connecting with another computer, perhaps remotely, from another house? If that works, then we can narrow down some of the possible problems. One time I was unable to connect two machines under any circumstances, and I think there was a corrupt file, because when I copied my entire program folder to the player computer, they connected perfectly.

If you are unable to connect to your DM copy with another PC, try reinstalling a fresh copy on both machines and see if that helps.

Just my 2 cp

 

I had some of those same kind of problems when I first started trying to do a remote host over the internet.

It came down to that port forwarding section in my router on the DM.

If I had more then one listed for d20Pro it would always use the first one which had the wrong internal IP address.

Make sure on your router in port forwarding when you give your DMs laptop ip address like 192.168.0.100 ensure that is the actual IP address at the time. At home as I turn different comptuers on and off I will notice my local IP will sometimes be .100 then next time I boot .102 depending on how many people are currently on the local lan.

Verify that that IP address is the one of your DM laptop, and that you have the right port numbers open.

 

When connecting computers in a local network I'd suggest using the NAT'd IP of the computer with the GM client. It seems like it should work using the external IP of the router but I don't think it will. I believe there is a perfectly good reason for this but I can't think of it right now, I should know it though. Connecting the two machines over a local network using the NAT'd IPs (192.168.0.x most likely) should be the next step (if you haven't already done this) so we can narrow down whether or not the router is causing the problems here.

I've been able to connect clients in many, many different scenarios including multiple machines on wireless connections and multiple Vista machines, so I can tell you with almost 100% certainty that your scenario should work just fine once we figure out where the roadblock is.

 

RB,

Diagnosing networks can be a headache for sure. Please hang in there. Answers to your questions are below:

- Should I have the port forwarding protocol set to TCP, UDP, or both? Will it make a difference?
> Set to TCP

- Will the demo version have an impact on this?
> No, the only practical different between a trial license and a full license is the trial license will validate when you start d20Pro


Are you able to ping the Judge computer from the Player computer?

 

I just go to conrol panel, then open up "network connections." If you highlight the network you are connecting through, you should see your IP in the little info section on the bottom left of the window. You'll still need to go into your router and forward your port and stuff to make sure it gets through, but that should be the IP you need.

 

Good news:

Our next release (version 1.13) will have internal IP display for the DM. You will be able to see your IP address in the options section without leaving the program.