Shortly: I have Windows XP Pro SP1, a broadband connection via an Ethernet modem and I'm experiencing problems with online gaming. My machine has to be the server, but other people can't connect to me. When I try to view what is my IP address, the program tells me it is something in the range 169.254.*.*, which is PRIVATE. This is the reason. In fact Windows does -NOT- recognize the modem as itself: it recognizes it as an Ethernet connection.
By posting in other forums I have been told I have to forward certain ports from my router's (my "modem"'s) IP address to my computer's IP address. My modem+router is an Alcatel SpeedTouch Home. I have looked at the user's manual and discovered the default IP is 10.0.0.138, but it is not pingable. I can see my LAN's (Ethernet connection's) IP is 169.254.60.142, which is fixed and physically assigned. And the problem is: I can't connect to it. Either via telnet and via my internet browser I get an error. With Telnet (I use putty, not microsoft telnet) I get a "connection refused" error, and via internet explorer a generic connection error.
On << I have seen the problem may be because my PC has an incorrect assigned IP. In fact, it should be something like 192.168.*.1 and NOT 169.254.*.*. I can reset it to factory's defaults, but by doing this I won't probably be able to connect to my ISP anymore. In fact the settings I have now are different from factory's ones (DHCP is on, for example), and I do not know which are my ISP's settings for the router. Ipconfig/renew times out. How to make it change ? Please help.
By posting in other forums I have been told I have to forward certain ports from my router's (my "modem"'s) IP address to my computer's IP address. My modem+router is an Alcatel SpeedTouch Home. I have looked at the user's manual and discovered the default IP is 10.0.0.138, but it is not pingable. I can see my LAN's (Ethernet connection's) IP is 169.254.60.142, which is fixed and physically assigned. And the problem is: I can't connect to it. Either via telnet and via my internet browser I get an error. With Telnet (I use putty, not microsoft telnet) I get a "connection refused" error, and via internet explorer a generic connection error.
On << I have seen the problem may be because my PC has an incorrect assigned IP. In fact, it should be something like 192.168.*.1 and NOT 169.254.*.*. I can reset it to factory's defaults, but by doing this I won't probably be able to connect to my ISP anymore. In fact the settings I have now are different from factory's ones (DHCP is on, for example), and I do not know which are my ISP's settings for the router. Ipconfig/renew times out. How to make it change ? Please help.