How to make a local Wow Server

[ismail]

i have downloded MaNGOS Server

but do not know how to bring it in function to play a lan game..

can any one help


it is made on PHP MyAdmin GUI

Thankx for the help in advance

Allaha hafiz

 

[BeLoShI]

Creating WOW Public Server for LAN

1. The First part is all about Installing and Configuring MySQL on your Windows Machine
2. The Second part is about Configuring the WoW Mangos itself
3. The Third part is all about Setting up Private WOW Server for Lan Party
4. The Fourth part is all about Installing and Setting up Apache Webserver with PHP

let’s start the guide


Requirements :

1. Working Mangos installation (really important)
2. Knowledge on how to set up port forwarding from your router and your firewall software if installed, because each router have different configuration page (required if you’re going to host WoW Server behind router)

Note :

• In this example the wow server process is located at virtual machine using 192.168.3.3 as the LAN IP Address
• Im connecting from another virtual machine to that ip address
• Mangos and realmd process must not be started first
• This process can be used for both WoW Mangos TBC Server or Classic Server

Here’s the summary of the process on how you’re going to do it :

1. Change the realmd.realmlist (realmlist table in realmd database) into your lan ip address or public ip address
2. Set the realmlist.wtf to use that lan ip address
3. Optional : If you’re going to host your wow server behind the router then you’ll need to set up port forwarding for port 8085 (World Server) and 3724 (Realmd). But if you have firewall software installed on your computer then you’d need to configure your firewall to allow connection to that port

Setting up WoW Server for LAN / Local Area Network :
First of all you need to know what is your lan ip address, especially if you’re using DHCP to automatically assign your ip address, and to do this first you need to open the command prompt window
Start Menu => Run => Type CMD
hen type ipconfig like example below :

From the above image you can see that the ip address used was 192.168.3.3 so you’ll need to set up your realmlist to use that ip address so here’s how to use it :

1. Open command prompt window or you can also use the same command prompt window from before
2. type below command (image) :

Note : Don’t forget to adjust the 192.168.3.3 to use your lan ip address because i’m sure your lan ip address is different
And now we need to make sure that it is get properly written into the database so here’s how to check it

After done with the above process, now you just need to set your realmlist.wtf file in your WoW Game Directory (for example, C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\realmlist.wtf) to use that ip address … and you’re done then the next step would be starting the mangos process and realmd process, and try connecting to your wow server from other computer in your network
Setting up for Internet / Accessible from anywhere :

Basically there are no actual differences between configuring wow to be accessible from LAN except :

1. You need to use your public ip address instead of your lan ip address (you can see your public ip by visiting whatismyip.com)
2. You need to configure your router to forward port 3724 and 8085 (and no don’t forward the port used by MySQL, because previously someone port forward the mysql port too)
3. If you use firewall, allow connection to your computer on port 3724 and 8085 too

Note : If you’re having problem on port forwarding / do not understand how port forwarding works, then i suggest you to visit this page
But what if you ran the realmd and mangos server on the same computer and you’re trying to connect to it (connect to the same computer where mangos and realmd process started) ? and yes i’m sure you want to play using this method if you only have 1 computer in your home like me

Then you need to follow this step :

• Look at your public ip from whatismyip.com and make a note of your public ip address

• Sign up with Dynamic DNS service such as No-Ip.com , Dyndns.com or sitelutions.com and set up your desired dns name to your public ip address
• Use the newly created DNS name as the address for realmd.realmlist instead of your public ip address (using the same sql command on example above)
• Look at your lan ip address using the above example
• Open C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts using notepad or your favorite text editor
• add new lines using below format at the bottom of the hosts file

your-lan-ip-address your-newly-created-dns-name

• save it
• adjust the realmlist.wtf to use your newly created dns name
• set up port forwarding
• and you’re done

Please note, only invite trusted people to your wow server (for example your friends only) and do not attempt to create real public server unless you really know what you’re doing

 

[ismail]

Thank you very much for the help.. i will try this tonight..

have u tried this ur slef before.. and r u from karachi... ?

 

[BeLoShI]

Yeah m from Karachi not me one of my friend tried it.