Setting up the server and client computers to play Artemis on a LAN is pretty simple. The instance set up as "server" tells you its ip address and everybody else connects to it. All the network traffic stays local and you don't need any jiggery pokery to get it to work.
Setting up an Artemis server for your remote friends is possible. It takes poking a hole in your firewall, and that can be a little tricky and obscure. Different routers use different software and have different setups, so it's hard to get specific. So here it is in general terms.
1. Find out from your router what the ip address range is for local static addresses. Mine was set up so the entire range was for DHCP, so I had to change the DHCP range.
2. Configure your server computer's network to use a static IP address in in the non-DHCP range.
3. If your server computer has a firewall, talk to it in gentle terms about allowing inbound traffic on port 2010.
4. Talk to your router about directing traffic from outside on port 2010 to your server computer's ip address.
5. Determine your router's address on the Internet. That's the ip address you tell your Artemis friends. Your Artemis server will not know its Internet (WAN) address, only its local (LAN) address. 192.168.*.* and 10.*.*.* are LAN addresses. The router handles the conversion from WAN to LAN address.
You cannot debug this from inside your LAN; you will need someone out in the untamed Internet to hep you test the setup. Don't fret if it doesn't work for you the first time. I have done it (with my server running on a Mac!) and a fellow crew member has done it.
Comments for clarifications will be greatly appreciated!
[Edited: Artemis uses Port 2010]
Setting up an Artemis server for your remote friends is possible. It takes poking a hole in your firewall, and that can be a little tricky and obscure. Different routers use different software and have different setups, so it's hard to get specific. So here it is in general terms.
1. Find out from your router what the ip address range is for local static addresses. Mine was set up so the entire range was for DHCP, so I had to change the DHCP range.
2. Configure your server computer's network to use a static IP address in in the non-DHCP range.
3. If your server computer has a firewall, talk to it in gentle terms about allowing inbound traffic on port 2010.
4. Talk to your router about directing traffic from outside on port 2010 to your server computer's ip address.
5. Determine your router's address on the Internet. That's the ip address you tell your Artemis friends. Your Artemis server will not know its Internet (WAN) address, only its local (LAN) address. 192.168.*.* and 10.*.*.* are LAN addresses. The router handles the conversion from WAN to LAN address.
You cannot debug this from inside your LAN; you will need someone out in the untamed Internet to hep you test the setup. Don't fret if it doesn't work for you the first time. I have done it (with my server running on a Mac!) and a fellow crew member has done it.
Comments for clarifications will be greatly appreciated!
[Edited: Artemis uses Port 2010]
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Timber Lupindo, KE, DGC, CGM, GS, RMN
Captain (JG), RMN
CO, HMS Medusa
GANA TSC Electronics Instructor
GANA TSC Flight Ops instructor
GANA TSC Chair, Astrogation and Communication
lupindo at timberwoof dot com