A question before doing anything

[SaguetoSan]

I want to set up my own private server to play with my friend. I'll connect to my server on a computer on the same home network. Here's my question : will my friend be able to connect on my server from his computer at his home?

[mystic414]

You'll need advanced networking skills to get it to work. If your server won't have an external IP, you'll have to set up a virtual network with your friend's computer, either with a dial-up modem connection (Don't laugh, I got it to work), or tunneling through the Internet. It won't be easy, but it can be done if you know what you are doing.

[SaguetoSan]

Well, my server IP will be something like 192.168.0.104, but what if I setup a virtual server on my rooter to foward all packets coming from a giving port to that internal IP? Would it be sufficient?

[mystic414]

I don't know anything about routers. Someone else may be able to help, though.