I'm trying to get a BF2 server up and running from behind my router/firewall so that friends can see it and join from the internet.
My router/firewall box consists of a dual 566mhz PII running Smoothwall Express 2.0 w/fixes 7. No "firewall mods" on it...stock firewalling setup. NAT enabled, cannot disable and keep internet access for whatever reason.
BF2 server is a 3.2ghz P4 w/ 54g wireless connection to the smoothwall box.
The BF2 server can see the internet, see the other machines on the network, but for whatever reason, the server isn't seen on the list on the internet. I've opened a LOT (I consider them alot...since usually I leave 0 ports open) of ports and forwarded them to the IP of the BF2 server.
anyone have experience doing something like this? I'm not a security/networking expert...so I figured this question would best be served in this forum and not the games forum.
thx!
My router/firewall box consists of a dual 566mhz PII running Smoothwall Express 2.0 w/fixes 7. No "firewall mods" on it...stock firewalling setup. NAT enabled, cannot disable and keep internet access for whatever reason.
BF2 server is a 3.2ghz P4 w/ 54g wireless connection to the smoothwall box.
The BF2 server can see the internet, see the other machines on the network, but for whatever reason, the server isn't seen on the list on the internet. I've opened a LOT (I consider them alot...since usually I leave 0 ports open) of ports and forwarded them to the IP of the BF2 server.
anyone have experience doing something like this? I'm not a security/networking expert...so I figured this question would best be served in this forum and not the games forum.
thx!