Lan option?

[RowSkin]

I am unable to connect to the lackey server at my design school, I think they may have blocked it, and I was wondering if there is a lan option or something similar?

My lackey is up to date (04-26-11) and I am on a mac. I tried to access the server list via the IP address but it says it may be outdated (IP: 66.65.96.84), or that it is unable to connect (IP: 66.65.20.193).

[RowSkin]

OK so I found the Host Game under the main menu, but it says "unknown" when I try to refresh my IP address and my friend can't join the game. Would the problem be that the port I am trying to use (the default 25710) is blocked? If so is there a way to tell what ports are open?

[Trevor]

You can't connect to the server at all?

I think generally campus networks don't block things within the LAN, so you should be able to host a normal game without even connecting to the server. Have your opponent enter your LAN IP and see if he can connect to you.

[AdLit]

In case you're unsure of how to check your IP, and you're using windows, do the following:

Start--> Run --> Type in "command" & press Enter

type "ipconfig" and press enter when the "dos prompt/command/cmd" window opens

you should have a list of stuff.  scroll up until you see IPv4.  That's the address you want.  Should be something like 192.168.x.x

If you're on a mac, I'm not sure how to check...

[anomie]

On a Mac (at least on mine, which is 10.6) you can either open a terminal window, run ifconfig, and look for the 'inet' line or go System Preferences -> Network, then pick the interface (airport, ethernet, firewire) and it will say something like '<interface> is connected ... and has the IP address <iphere>'

If you use the first method ignore the 127.0.0.1 loopback ip. (a command like ifconfig -a | grep inet | egrep -v 'inet6|127.0.0.1' will kick back all the non-loopback IP addresses the box is set up on)