Fraid we don't like all caps subject titles - as you can imagine what a mess the forums would look like if everyone did it (which they would ).

Anyway, I am not exactly sure what you mean........can you clarify? When you create a server and go to it - is it supposed to be internet access but only shows up in lan?

i creat a freelancer server and i go into fl and its a lan server how do i make it internet

It is always going to showup to you as a LAN server.

However if you checked the "Make your server internet accessable" check box when starting up your server AND you have a stactic IP address and ppl can see you computer from the outside of your network (as in you opened the right ports on any and all firewalls you may have in place) then it should be internet accessable.

As long as you are still playing from the same LAN the server is on, you will as {GrimAxe}Achilles said always see your server as a LAN server.

If you want to ensure it's on the Internet, check out Click here to see if you server is listed or have a mate look for your server on his 'puter (as long as he is not on your LAN). Besides you WANT to be on your server through a LAN, thus you are not taking from anyone else's Internet bandwidth and your own pipe to your server is fat (10 or 100 Mbps).

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Earendil
SysAdmin of Boston Freelancer server
Server community website & forum: EarendilsPlace.net (server rules)

well ok that helped my friend can see my server but he cant join can some one tell me how to fix that plz.

We need more information. We're here to help but we can't just go on trying to extract information from you.

If he can see it, and he tries to connect does he get "any" message on the screen that might be a clue as to what is going on? We've all been down the road before and know what to do but it depends on what is being seen by the user.

Help us help you.

Well he gets a message saying the server is of line or has dissconnected or somthing like that

You need to install direct X 9

This has been addressed many times before. A search of the forums will get you scads of info on this.

In your case your friend may have a bad DirectX install. Re-install to the latest version (currently v9.0c).

Otherwise it's probably because you didn't open an INCOMING port for your server through your gateway (yes, most people call them routers but they do much more than JUST route!). This is covered in the readme.rtf that comes with FL. It's in the FL directory of any client or server install. Basically open a tunnel (sometimes called making a virtual server) in your gateway for that range of ports 2302-2304 to your server. Of course you need to set the same LAN IP address to your server everytime and that is done by linking the MAC address to the LAN IP address you pick.

To play on a FL server you need to open a port to that server. The request comes from outside the server thus the server with an INCOMING port. This is usually a bad thing in a firewall (the NAT server is the firewall and is in the gateway) as it is a hole where hackers can get in. Trust me, they are scanning ALL THE TIME! If flserver is there though it deals with the INCOMING port(s) which is fine. Your friend seeing your server on the FL global list server is getting information your server has already passed to a third party, the FL global list server. Looking at the list doesn't mean any communications with any server has been initiated. It does mean enough of DirectX is working insofar as the FL list is is actually displayed.

Sorry, got carried away but there may be others that learn from this as well.

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Earendil
SysAdmin of Boston Freelancer server
Server community website & forum: EarendilsPlace.net (server rules)