[DiscordArchive] is there a way to set up the server on a WAN so friends can join?
[DiscordArchive] is there a way to set up the server on a WAN so friends can join?
Archived author: Malgion • Posted: 2023-09-20T10:14:30.239000+00:00
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Do I also set it as the localaddress?
Archived author: ChrisFredriksson • Posted: 2023-09-20T10:14:36.863000+00:00
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no, thats 127.0.0.1
Archived author: Malgion • Posted: 2023-09-20T10:14:37.077000+00:00
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or is that not necessary
Archived author: Malgion • Posted: 2023-09-20T10:14:53.679000+00:00
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Okay good, so that's one part, now for forwarding these ports.
Archived author: ChrisFredriksson • Posted: 2023-09-20T10:15:20.714000+00:00
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thats different for all routers, of course.. but just those two ports are what I needed to forward
Archived author: ChrisFredriksson • Posted: 2023-09-20T10:15:58.475000+00:00
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then I have forwarded 80 and 443 as I have a webserver on the same machine, for some web interfaces to controlling items and such, but that is not necessary for just friends connecting
Archived author: Malgion • Posted: 2023-09-20T10:16:46.891000+00:00
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Does AC come with such a webserver, or is it something you've built?
Archived author: ChrisFredriksson • Posted: 2023-09-20T10:16:56.519000+00:00
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in your authserver.conf and worldserver.conf files all the server stuff should be 127.0.0.1 as well, as long as you have the database and gameserver on the same machine which I guess you have
Archived author: ChrisFredriksson • Posted: 2023-09-20T10:17:10.497000+00:00
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no, its apache webserver, it has nothing to do with AC
Archived author: ChrisFredriksson • Posted: 2023-09-20T10:17:38.643000+00:00
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I'm a web developer, so whenever I can hook something up through a webserver, I do it