2 ip addresses..... neither work

basically im trying to play a network game with a mate but it shows ive got 2 ip addresses.

when he tries to join the game it doesnt allow him to .

its probably because im using a d-link wireless router.

how can we overcome this

thanks in advance

go to the port forward webiste and configure your routers. the correct ports won't be forwarded

ok so how do i know what ports to forward

First of all make sure he's trying to connect using the correct IP address. If you are unsure what your public IP address is you can check at:

http://whatsmyip.org/

Note that if your ISP provides a dynamic IP address this is likely to change everytime you reset or switch off your router so I advise checking it each time before your friend tries to connect.

As for port forwarding, previous versions of Football Manager have used the ports 10093-10094 for both UDP and TCP. I don't see why this would have changed so I reccommend these are the ones you open. If you are worried about security I suggest you only allow these ports to be open whilst you are playing the game, close them afterwards.

If you are using a Firewall, particularly something like Zone Alarm, you may need to enable the ports through that as well.

Hope this helps.

ok so how exactly do i open these ports

actually yep ive opened theses ports but my ip is still the same is that right?

this cant be right ive forwarded the ports i was told to but its still not working

can someone on the si team just tell me what to do

is this a dumb question or something because nobody seems to care?

i've opened those ports and have opened so many bloody ports in the past and it still doesn't work. i had huge problems with my ps3 online and i basically had to learn how to do it myself. would really like to know what's going on with this problem, maybe someone at SI could help us sort it out. i put my IP in a DMZ and that didn't even work, is it my router's fault or sky's fault or SI's fault?

use hamachi its a lot easier

use hamachi its a lot easier

Yeah much much better.

i don't want hamachi, it would take up space on my hard drive which i don't really have. previous versions worked when i opened pors so i want to know why this one doesn't