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From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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> I wonder if you also need to add "alias same_port yes" to the config file. I
> checked the man pages and this option makes the outgoing udp packets stay on
> the same udp port??!?!Unfortunately it looks like Quake assigns an idividual
> port from 1025-1500 for each user. I found this in some old tech information
> docs, but I wanted to make sure before I entered 400 alias line? Has anyone
> else tired this? Or is there an eaiser way?  

I believe the same_port option defaults to yes with ppp, allowing rcp/
rsh to work by default.  With natd you need a -m (or -same_ports).

> 
> >alias port udp 206.254.73.254:6112 6112
> >alias port tcp 206.254.73.254:116 116
> >alias port tcp 206.254.73.254:118 118
> > 
> Shouldn't these all be udp? and an IP address of the cleint machine behind
> the firewall???
> So if you wanted to connect to a server at 131.230.82.2 and you're local
> mahine is 10.0.0.4 and the machines talk on port 116 and 188 you'd have
> 
> alias port udp 10.0.0.4:6112 6112
> alias port udp 10.0.0.4:6112 6112
> alias port udp 10.0.0.4:6112 6112
> 
> Right??! WOw now I'm really confused!!!!!

Right (you're not confused :-)


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