Vista server works as wireless but not as LAN

[DeathByNukes]

I set up a small dedicated server on a Vista computer and it worked fine. We were experiencing some lag issues so I tried to switch from a wireless connection to wired. Now it is unresponsive. I've tried everything I can think of but I cannot connect to it except over LAN.

The port is forwarded to the correct IP.
The port is opened in Vista's firewall.
I've tried entirely disabling the firewall.
I've tried forwarding all those extra port ranges. (worked fine without them before anyways)
I've set up a static IP.
I can connect to it by its LAN address.
I've disconnected from the wireless network.
I've disabled the wireless adapter.
The computer is able to access the internet in this mode.
Edit: I tried bypassing the router and the server became visible. Still haven't figured out what I need to do to fix the problem though.

Windows Vista Home Premium
Linksys WRT54G v6 Router

Code:

250.1 fps  0/ 3 on map gm_funzone_final_fix
Console initialized.
Game.dll loaded for "Garry's Mod"
Parent cvar in server.dll not allowed (sk_apc_missile_damage)
Garry's Mod client.dll Build #0032 [Aug  6 2007 12:22:17]
maxplayers set to 1
maxplayers set to 3
Network: IP 192.168.1.138, mode MP, dedicated Yes, ports 27015 SV / 27005 CL

--- map and addon console spam ---

Connection to Steam servers successful.
Adding master server 69.28.151.162:27011
Adding master server 72.165.61.190:27011
   VAC secure mode is activated.

Is there something I'm missing?

[Spartanfrog]

Ok, well Linksys do not work well with srcds at all. That may be your problem but you said it worked with wireless before. Did you change anything about your router since using wires instead of wireless? Did you DMZ the server's ip? Can you please give me the ip address of the server?

[DeathByNukes]

Spartanfrog Wrote:Ok, well Linksys do not work well with srcds at all. That may be your problem but you said it worked with wireless before. Did you change anything about your router since using wires instead of wireless? Did you DMZ the server's ip? Can you please give me the ip address of the server?

I just tried the DMZ option a few minutes ago and it didn't work, so it's apparently not a port forwarding problem. (I guess)
I didn't change anything when plugged in the computer, except disconnecting from the wireless network and setting the new IP to forward to.
I'm kind of scared to post my home IP on a message board. How would it help?

I've searched every inch of the router configuration page but haven't seen anything interesting.

I'm thinking this might be some option in Vista that is somehow messing it up, but I have yet to find it. I think this is the first time I've actually used this computer's LAN port.

[Spartanfrog]

I'm kind of scared to post my home IP on a message board. How would it help?
[/quote]
Why? Can you give me the server's ip address then? Anyway yeah could be your computers LAN port.

[DeathByNukes]

Spartanfrog Wrote:Why? Can you give me the server's ip address then? Anyway yeah could be your computers LAN port.

You're asking for its address that can be reached from the internet, right? The server is running on my home network. I'm scared to give out my home IP right now, since I'm messing with the firewalls a lot. I could PM it if you really want it, but I'm not sure why. I've already gotten someone else to verify that it is unresponsive. (I wasn't able to check it myself when I bypassed the router.)

The internal IP is 192.168.1.138:27015.

I don't think it's a problem with the computer's hardware. It's a brand-new dual core laptop. I meant that it might be some kind of connection-specific setting in Vista that is bad.

Edit:
Here's ipconfig /all:

Code:

Windows IP Configuration

   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : *******
   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : *****.comcast.net.

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : *****.comcast.net.
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-92-1F-D6-AC
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::9809:d5b4:5937:9e5%10(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, November 14, 2007 6:52:01 AM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, November 15, 2007 6:52:00 AM
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 167778962
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.85.98
                                       68.87.69.146
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-C5-0D-7F-63
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5435:9208:a880:2e2%9(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.138(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.85.98
                                       68.87.69.146
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:
(omitted, only relevant to IPv6)
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:
(omitted)
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:
(omitted)
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:
(omitted)

One thing that caught my eye is that the LAN connection doesn't have a Connection-specific DNS Suffix. Could that be a problem?
(I'm looking into it right now.)

Edit 2:
Nope. I entered it into the settings manually and it didn't help.

Another odd thing is that if I let it go through the wireless instead of the LAN, the server is visible even though the port is forwarded to the LAN IP. It even shows up if I have no port forwarded at all.

[Spartanfrog]

I was just making sure you knew what an external ip and internal ip was. You couldnt guess how many times people say the server is unresponsive for other people and they are giving the internal ip.

[boblemur]

hey man....i had a simmular prob on xp....wat i think it could be...

if u set a fixed ip for ur laptop...ie 192.168.1.100

when u plug in ur lan, it will go and get a diffrent address due to the fact that ur wired card will have a diff mac address to ur wireless...and this would mean that u dont have the same address and ur ports are then all forwarded wrong...

just a guess cause thats how my router acts and id assume it would be the same...hope this helps

[DeathByNukes]

Well, I decided to do what I've needed to do for a long time. I built my own router. Now the server works perfectly. It was the Linksys router after all.

[Drocona]

Oh never knew that software, thanks for posting!