Help! I cannot figure out how to host a game

[Komodo]

I made those adjustments to my router settings then opened Fantasy Grounds then Loaded the Campaign then tested the connection and I got a big fat FAILURE again!
I think a small portion of my soul just shriveled up and died
Any other ideas?

[Andraax]

You probably need open the port in your modem as well. Either that, or possibly your ISP is blocking / NATing your external address. If it's the latter you'll need to use a VPN solution like Hamachi.

Someone else might be more help. I have seen the request that you open a command window and run "tracert 8.8.8.8" and post the first 10 lines here, so that might speed up someone with helping you...

[Komodo]

Thank you Andrax, I will try posting the information you suggested - I am out of my element here I must confess:
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[Zacchaeus]

To what address did you forward your port to?

[Komodo]

Respond to Zacchaeus:

192.168.1.124 which is listed as the internal IP
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Device IP is the IP of the computer you're running FG on. When you run FG, and click on "Load Campaign" there is an "Internal IP" field - that IP address is what goes in there.

[Zacchaeus]

I'm not an expert on such matters but it would appear that the second leg of your tracert goes to another router with IP address 192.168.0.1. This suggests that you will have to port forward from one to the other and then to your PC. But as I say I'm not an expert on such things.

[Andraax]

Yeah, looks like he has a modem that needs to be port-forwarded as well.

[LordEntrails]

Just to be clear, it looks like your modem is at 192.168.0.1. Log into that and port forward that to your linksys router (which is 192.168.1.1). Then log into your linksys and port forward that to your GM computer (192.168.1.124)

[Komodo]

this was very helpful - thank you!

[LordEntrails]

this was very helpful - thank you!

Good to hear