[DGD] newbie question. :(

[Nihil Administration]

that was totally my problem. thanks much

Tem at Nihil

On 5/28/05, Billie Kennedy <dannic06 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Generally, you will not be able to type in your static ip and get your
> box from home when you are dealing with cable or dsl.  You should be
> able to type in the private ip of your box though and actually get the
> right thing.  You may also have to deal with firewall settings on your
> modem if you are on cable/dsl.
> 
> just use localhost from your box.  if you want others to log in you
> will have to have them use the ip of your modem.
> 
> On 5/28/05, Nihil Administration <nihil.mud at gmail.com> wrote:
> > i'm a DGD n00b, but actively trying to educate myself.  I read through
> > Noah Gibbs' docs several times and installed myself a copy of DGD &
> > Phantasmal on Cygwin [XP] with no problems.  I can login and start
> > coding if I want, which is great.  But the problem is I am unable to
> > telnet to my own computer [I can use localhost, but not my IP].  I
> > have no firewall installed on my PC and i've deactivated Windows
> > Firewall. Where am I going wrong?  I was able to telnet to my own
> > address with LDMud fine so I'm wondering if there I screwed up
> > something while configuring DGD.  I can't telnet to an instance of the
> > kernel lib either.  And nobody else can either.  God I hope this made
> > sense.  Thanks in advance for any help your brilliant minds can loan.
> >
> > Tem at Nihil
> >
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