Tech Support Tip of the Month

Can I run my world server from behind a proxy server, or NAT router?

Yes, but your proxy or NAT server will need to be properly configured to handle this. It will usually not work by default. The easiest thing to do in this case is to run the world server on the proxy server itself, if the proxy is a Windows or Unix computer. If this is not an option, then the proxy server will need to be configured to route incoming TCP connections on port 7777 to port 7777 on the machine hosting the world server. In addition, in order to access the world from a browser on another PC running behind the same proxy server, the proxy must be able to route TCP connections coming from both the LAN (inside) and the WAN (outside).

Additional information on how to run world servers from behind firewalls and NAT routers may be located at http://andras.net/router_aw/router_aw.html, courtesy of Andras.