[aclug-L] Re: IP Masq and games

["Dale W Hodge" <dwh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> From: discussion-bounce@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:discussion-bounce@xxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Jonathan Hall
>
> It probably won't work.  I have that game too... many games have proprietary
> stuff that won't work behind a firewall (which IP masq effectively is).  You
> might check the game settings or their web site for info on that... although
> I don't recall seeing anything like that in the game's network options.

You are right, this game will not work. I've tried several different things and
never succeeded in connecting to the server.  It wasn't important enough to me
to dig deep enough to find out exactly *why* it didn't work.


> On Mon, Mar 20, 2000 at 12:01:22AM -0600, John Reinke wrote:
> > I have a relative staying with me for a few days that wants to play a game
> > called Delta Force, which is a Quake-like game. My setup is a linux box
> > running IP Masq over cable modem, and a Windows box on the network, but it
> > won't allow him to play the game over the internet, most likely due to the
> > IP Masq. I've not had trouble with any other TCP/IP applications on that
> > Windows box not working before, and we tried all the network options I
> > could find in the game settings. Does anyone have any suggestions for how
> > to get it running?


--dwh

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