Remote
hosting is a two-part process. Firstly you need a machine running
iGOR in Listen mode; then you need a second machine to connect to that
iGOR and tell it how to host.
Listening
On the machine that will be
hosting races in remote dedicated mode, click on the Listen button
(toolbar) or Host->Listen. This will shut down IRC chat (if
open), turn off racelist updating, and open this dialog:
Any time this dialog is open, iGOR is in Listen Mode, and ready to
accept incoming connections. By default, the port for incoming
connections is 30196. You can change it here and iGOR will
remember the new port for future connections. The change is
immediate.
Also, you can specify the password here that incoming connections must
supply in order to successfully connect.
Check Status
tells you if the server is active or not. Unless something bad
goes wrong, this should always return success ;)
Shut down
simply closes any connections and the dialog, and returns iGOR to a
non-listening mode. The X close button does the same.
The Message Log gives
information regarding any connections and data transfer.
Please note that on a successful incoming connection, the following
information is sent to the client:
GPL Player details (all players)
Installed tracks (for each season.ini file)
Installed Mods (as listed in gpl/mods/gplmods.ini)
Relevant iGOR information (nothing private such as IRC
usernames/passwords/etc.)
If you're worried about what iGOR is sending, don't be! It's only
sending the information required by the connecting client in order to
successfully set up the listening iGOR/GPL for hosting.

Connecting to a Remote Host
To connect to a remote host,
either click on Remote in the toolbar, or Host->Remote. This
will bring up this dialog, from which you make a connection to a remote
iGOR that is in Listen mode (see the top of this page).
Fill
in the IP, port (30196 by default) and password given to you by the
admin of the remote host. Click Connect and iGOR will attempt to
connect with the remote host. Any notices will be shown in the
memo.
Upon connection, iGOR retrieves
all the details from the remote host that are needed for you to host
races. The standard Host dialog is
then shown, and is identical to Local Hosting apart from two
options: Dedicated Hosting is always checked, and a Boss Password
must be specified.
Without these two, it would be all too easy to start a remote host in
such a way that it can only be closed down with physical access to the
machine!
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