DSL modem questions

[Urban_Squrill]

I have a westel Wirespeed Adsl modem. And when trying to connect ot overnet/edonkey and game spy it says that there is a firewall or proxy. Gamespy is saying this beacuse my internal IP is different from my external. Some one help.

[soulja]

are u behind a router ? or have some kind of firewal running? cause i have the same modem with a linksys router but no problem like it

[Urban_Squrill]

The modem is right in to my computer. All firewalls are off. On the modem and all others are turned off.

[HaroldW]

Urban_Squrill:

The IP address difference is because of NAT (Network Address Translation). It allows your computer(s) to use IP addresses reserved for internal use to be translated to a valid IP address on the Internet (some programs consider this a firewall.) I see four choices here:

1. Find a way of getting your game to work with NAT

2. Give your ISP the extra $$$ for a static IP address

3. Do not try to play the game over your DSL connection.

4. You may be able to get it working using a DSL Router with "DMZ Host" ability. Check with the game manufacturer. According to my Linksys BEFSR41 manual "DMZ-Host: Allows one local user to be exposed to the Internet for use of special-purpose services such as online gaming or videoconferencing."