[Freeciv] Re: connecting to a game

[Jeff Mallatt <jjm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2000/06/27 13:03 , Simone Besana wrote:
>It would be nice if it was possible to connect to a saved game from a
>different machine each time.
>Up to now I haven't figured out how to do it. The problem is that I can
>connect to a saved game only if my IP is recognized as the IP with wich I
>started the game (so each time I change machine I have to ifconfig the whole
>thing). I play on an intranet 10.0.1.x so my experience is limited to it.
>Thinking of dinamic IP's on the internet it seems strange to me that such
>possibility (connecting to a game with different IP's each time) isn't
>implemented. Maybe I'm suggesting something that already exists. I read the
>docs but I've found nothing usefull.

There is nothing that I know of which would prevent you from connecting
from different IP addresses.  All you need is to connect with the same user
name, as entered in the Connect dialog.  I just tested it here, and there's
no problem.

jjm