Curse

nameless bond · Mar 24, 2008, 01:17 PM // 13:17

I had actually considered buying gold just the other day, I play the game a lot but I don't know all the tricks and don't farm, I've never had much gold but got by, but over the last little while I'm finding the money is a lot harder to come by,

grogxz · Mar 24, 2008, 04:43 PM // 16:43

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Originally Posted by fusa

It's not the modem's mac address you need to change, its the router's or computer's mac adress. Both of which are very easy to change. The router can be changed in the configuration page, computer by changing hardware, and probably other methods. Although if you're on a router you need to change the router's mac address, not computer. You're right that if the modem's mac address isn't recognized it won't allow the connection.

We know what you try to say but it's simply not an universal rule for every ISP in the world.

My network card MAC address is registered to my ISP. If I change the MAC address I'm not able to connect. If I change the hardware or get a router i must change the MAC address to the old registered or call my ISP to register the new MAC address.

On the other side there are ISP's that give you a new IP everytime you connect to the network (dynamic IP), so you don't have to go through the procedure you posted anyway.

And there are providers that have not a semi static IP's (dynamic IP without expiration date) like your provider but a real static IP where you have no way to get a new IP but to call your provider, which makes sense when you host a site that has a registered web address so that the DNS can resolve the address.

brakner · Mar 24, 2008, 06:53 PM // 18:53

What about companies behind a hidden NAT? All traffic leaving our company is resolved as as single xxx.xx.xx.170 address for purposes of security. This is quite common these days to block any external hack attempt.

Stockholm · Mar 24, 2008, 07:29 PM // 19:29

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Originally Posted by brakner

What about companies behind a hidden NAT? All traffic leaving our company is resolved as as single xxx.xx.xx.170 address for purposes of security. This is quite common these days to block any external hack attempt.

An IP hidden behind a NAT or a proxy server would not be able to communicate with the GW server. They would have to open up for GW and as soon as they do the IP is viseble to A-Net.

brakner · Mar 24, 2008, 07:35 PM // 19:35

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Originally Posted by Stockholm

An IP hidden behind a NAT or a proxy server would not be able to communicate with the GW server.

Is this because of the March 18th patch or in general? What about people who turn on the NAT Feature on their routers? Basically, I have 2 computers at home that use masked IP's and are presented externaly as the routers IP.

Stockholm · Mar 24, 2008, 07:41 PM // 19:41

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Originally Posted by brakner

Is this because of the March 18th patch or in general? What about people who turn on the NAT Feature on their routers? Basically, I have 2 computers at home that use masked IP's and are presented externaly as the routers IP.

In general, GW's severs need an return address for communication.
Your router is using the IP your provider have assigned you, your computers use the IP's assigned by the router (192.168.1.1 -192.168.1.254).

Ceeps · Mar 30, 2008, 08:41 PM // 20:41

Well, looks like I can't play guildwars anymore because my college is behind NAT. I can log in, get to char selection screen, but no matter which char I load, it loads the area to 100% and then simply stays on the loading screen, doesn't actually fade and then go into the game.

My college has a firewall that blocks tons of multiplayer games, and guildwars was one of the few that USED to work. Now it doesn't because of this new guild wars update, and I'm sad.