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                        Posted by omegaslayer on 
    Mon Jun 8th 2009 at 6:50am
                     
                    
                 
                
            
            
                
    
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                        I think you have the IP address wrong. 192.168.x.x is reserved for internal networks (as in your behind a router/gateway that belongs to a network).
For instance if I type "ipconfig" into the windows shell it'll tell me my IP address is 192.168.1.103 (since we're on different continents I doubt we're on the same network), this is merely my internal "private IP address, my actual IP is "68.124.136.162", but since I pay AT&T for DSL, they're only leasing me that IP for a while until it expires (I think it expires every 24 hours) or until I disconnect, at which point I may (or may not) be assigned a new one next time I connect.
Being that its 192.168.1.x tells me that its probably behind a linksys router.
Are you trying to host your own server?
First you need to go to www.whatismyip.com (You can also have your router tell you - in linksys its in the status page) and that is your ROUTER's IP address.
Then you need to forward all ports in your router/gateway to the IP address of the server: 192.168.1.2 (assuming thats the IP address on your own network - you can actually find that out by typing ipconfig into the window's shell).
                                    
             
        
            
            
                                     
                                
                    
                        Re: Team Fortress 2 
                        Posted by larchy on 
    Mon Jun 8th 2009 at 8:24am
                     
                    
                 
                
            
            
                
    
                    
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                        Er, that doesn't make any difference to telling us the ip is 192.168.1.2, it isn't some sort of dynamic link you've posted.
Omega is right, noone is gonna be able to join that m8
                                    
             
        
            
            
                                     
                                
                    
                        Re: Team Fortress 2 
                        Posted by larchy on 
    Mon Jun 8th 2009 at 8:38am
                     
                    
                 
                
            
            
                
    
                    
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                        The
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                        Re: Team Fortress 2 
                        Posted by omegaslayer on 
    Wed Jun 10th 2009 at 5:55am
                     
                    
                 
                
            
            
                
    
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                        You need 1 thing to your design arron. You need a LAN switch to resend the data to all nodes. To my knowledge you need switching technology (A LAN switch) for computers to learn the topology of the network.
It should be noted that the architects of the internet dont want this. This is only done because of address exhaustion. Once IPv6 hits every person on the planet will be able to address up to 1 million different devices.