Have you checked your firewall settings?
192.168.0.xxx is the default IP address for most networks, this is not what your internet address is. Internet IP addresses change sometimes. When you first enter the internet you will be assigned an IP address based upon your geographical location and how many other people in your geographical location are currently connected to the internet. When you leave the internet, your IP address may be assigned to another computer. Don't try to use IP addresses for internet games, only use IP addresses for network games. If you want to do internet games, look for GNet in the archives.
Your local IP address: 192.168.0.xxx and stays the same unless your network setup is rearranged.
Your internet IP address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and may be different every time you get on the internet.
Port forwarding is used to tell the router that a specified connection is allowed. Normally, the router automatically blocks all communication that is not initiated by a computer on the local network. This is fine for just joining someone else's game but it means you can't host a game. Port forwarding works something like this (and this is probably what you want to use it for) you specify that any signals on port xxxx being sent from site www.website.com (or from any website) to a certain computer on your network (IP: 192.168.0.xxx) is allowed to pass through. So if I am playing an online game, I need to allow communication on certain ports. I would use say that all communication on port xxxx between my computer (specified by local IP) and some computer on the web (specified by web address) is allowed.
For LAN games, you can use things like KNetlib (check my signature for an example). For online games you can use things like GNet.
192.168.0.xxx is the default IP address for most networks, this is not what your internet address is. Internet IP addresses change sometimes. When you first enter the internet you will be assigned an IP address based upon your geographical location and how many other people in your geographical location are currently connected to the internet. When you leave the internet, your IP address may be assigned to another computer. Don't try to use IP addresses for internet games, only use IP addresses for network games. If you want to do internet games, look for GNet in the archives.
Your local IP address: 192.168.0.xxx and stays the same unless your network setup is rearranged.
Your internet IP address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and may be different every time you get on the internet.
Port forwarding is used to tell the router that a specified connection is allowed. Normally, the router automatically blocks all communication that is not initiated by a computer on the local network. This is fine for just joining someone else's game but it means you can't host a game. Port forwarding works something like this (and this is probably what you want to use it for) you specify that any signals on port xxxx being sent from site www.website.com (or from any website) to a certain computer on your network (IP: 192.168.0.xxx) is allowed to pass through. So if I am playing an online game, I need to allow communication on certain ports. I would use say that all communication on port xxxx between my computer (specified by local IP) and some computer on the web (specified by web address) is allowed.
For LAN games, you can use things like KNetlib (check my signature for an example). For online games you can use things like GNet.