Network diagramm for gta2 port forwarding
Posted: 22 Apr 2011, 18:55

Grand Theft Auto Multiplayer
https://gtamp.com/forum/
BenMillard from GTA2 Game Hunter wrote:<BenMillard> very nice style but too much information
<BenMillard> and the most important thing, the "source" computer, isn't in the top-left
<BenMillard> so the reader starts with the machines they aren't trying to fix
<BenMillard> mirroring the graphics and moving the text accordingly would help that
<BenMillard> the colleague's PC is irrelevant
<BenMillard> I would expect the middle bit to be the Internet, i.e. "no man's land", a netural bridge between the two sides of the connection
<Elypter> i will make one for 2 persons per router too
<Elypter> with dxport
<Elypter> thats what the collegues pc is for
<BenMillard> separate graphics would be sensible
<BenMillard> the left would just have the noob PC, then their router, and that connecting across the Internet to the right
<BenMillard> the right would have 1 or 2 players they are trying to play against
<BenMillard> spacious is nice but this has such large gaps the relationships are lost, imho
<Elypter> the traveling direction of a package that has to go through the router is from left to right
<Elypter> all network diagramms put their destination device at the right side
<BenMillard> that's not the user's perspective
<BenMillard> the "source" is the machine they are trying to set up
<BenMillard> and for hosting games, which requires the most careful setup, it's two-way traffic anyway
<Elypter> i rearranged and resized the left and the center