20.02.2013, 09:18
If you want to rent a server at a hosting company, then yes, mostly you have to pay for it.
The portforwarding, allows you to set-up your router for free, because you do it yourself, once done that, everyone can join trough your public IP (whatsmyip.org will show your public IP).
And, if you want to play with people in the same network, you have to give them your local IP, this can be found by doing the following:
Run cmd.exe, the command prompt.
Now, type ipconfig and press enter.
Now, scroll up a little until you see the text 'IPv4 Address'.
The IP you see there, is your computer's ID, so if people in the same network want to join, they have to type that IP+the port you run your server on (default is 7777).
An example of a good local adress you add to your samp favorites list is: 192.168.0.14:7777 .
The portforwarding, allows you to set-up your router for free, because you do it yourself, once done that, everyone can join trough your public IP (whatsmyip.org will show your public IP).
And, if you want to play with people in the same network, you have to give them your local IP, this can be found by doing the following:
Run cmd.exe, the command prompt.
Now, type ipconfig and press enter.
Now, scroll up a little until you see the text 'IPv4 Address'.
The IP you see there, is your computer's ID, so if people in the same network want to join, they have to type that IP+the port you run your server on (default is 7777).
An example of a good local adress you add to your samp favorites list is: 192.168.0.14:7777 .