Connecting to my own computer!

I got myself a nice little lib and mudOS bundle from http://dead-souls.net/index.html , but, I have no idea how to connect to it using MUSHclient now that it's running. What do I do? I can connect to it with cmd using "telnet localhost 6666".

Use localhost as the hostname, or 127.0.0.1 (they mean the same thing).

Now for the fun part, how do I get other people to connect to it? As in, how do I find the IP that will get them to my router and then to my machine specifically?

You need port forwarding. See this page:

http://www.gammon.com.au/forum/?id=8369

There is a link there to the port forwarding web site.

Also, your IP address can be found out at:

http://www.whatismyip.com/

Once you know your IP (from above) you configure your router to "port forward" the appropriate port (in your case 6666) to your PC. So if your PC is 192.168.10.3 (on your local network) then you port forward port 6666 to 192.168.10.3.

Then, your friends connect to your "real" IP address (actually the router's IP address) as obtained from http://www.whatismyip.com/ or a similar place, and port 6666, and then the router forwards that to you.

You might also need to check your firewall settings.

This forum tells you your IP address, come to think of it. If you are logged in to the forum, click on "View profile" on the top RH corner of a forum page, and it shows, amongst other things, something like:



I x'd out my address for privacy.

I think this is the first time someone's explained to me what port forwarding does in a way that actually makes -sense-.

Thanks!