DotA online

So far, the current configuration only allows me (the local client) to host our games. Some additional address translation must be done by the server to handle the local addresses of the other players behind their respective routers. This isn’t a problem if a player is directly connected to the Internet.

So, brothers, you’ll need to do this to host games if I’m not around:-

1 – Sign up for [TZO] or [DynDNS]. This is to avoid hardcoding your addresses on the server. Configure your dynamic hostname on your router so that it is automatically refreshed whenever you’re connected.

2 – Use a static IP on your LAN. This keeps you from having to change your router’s port forwarding rules every time your IP address changes.

3 – Set your game port. Go to Warcraft 3’s Game Options and set your game port as per the following list. This has to be unique for each player so that the game server’s address translation can identify you properly:
– myuu – 6114
– merv – 6115
– fish – 6116
– andyb – 6117
– az – 6118

4 – Lastly, let me know your dynamic hostname, and your local static address to be configured at my end.

Of course, we haven’t actually tested this. But theoretically it should work. 😛 Because all the server does is tell all participating players the IP address of the game host, and then they’ll connect to that host directly. Since you guys are behind routers, I’m guessing your PCs are reporting your LAN addresses to the server instead of your Internet addresses.

We’ll see how it goes with Fish’s connection this weekend.