TF2 server troubles...

[Marlinblade]

Fellas i need some help. I've followed the instructions to the letter as per the windows tutorial for setting this up and as far as i can tell i have the server running fine. I can join it over LAN, but no one can join via my IP either by adding it to favourites or trying to connect through console.

I have all the ports required forwarded and have tested them on the "canyouseeme" site and 27015 port returns with success. The server launches with my internal IP and contacts the Steam Master servers and comes up with some VAC secured message. As i mentioned before i can jump in and it is running fine. Just no one can connect from outside.

My set up is, i have 1 modem/router that i connect to the net through. I have 2 pc's connected (my server is one of them) All ports required are forwarded properly in the router using PFconfig. I can see the port forwarding entries in the modem home page. I have a static IP and this is the ip that my friends are using to try connect.

Does anyone have any ideas why this would not be working for me?

If you need any more info i'll do what i can to provide.

cheers fellas...

[Marlinblade]

Marlinblade Wrote:Fellas i need some help. I've followed the instructions to the letter as per the windows tutorial for setting this up and as far as i can tell i have the server running fine. I can join it over LAN, but no one can join via my IP either by adding it to favourites or trying to connect through console.

I have all the ports required forwarded and have tested them on the "canyouseeme" site and 27015 port returns with success. The server launches with my internal IP and contacts the Steam Master servers and comes up with some VAC secured message. As i mentioned before i can jump in and it is running fine. Just no one can connect from outside.

My set up is, i have 1 modem/router that i connect to the net through. I have 2 pc's connected (my server is one of them) All ports required are forwarded properly in the router using PFconfig. I can see the port forwarding entries in the modem home page. I have a static IP and this is the ip that my friends are using to try connect.

Does anyone have any ideas why this would not be working for me?

If you need any more info i'll do what i can to provide.

cheers fellas...

Ok fellas, for some reason i thought i'd try it on my other pc so i forwarded the ports to my other lan ip... now the server works... with the ports being forwarded to the wrong pc... i have no idea why it works but i'm not complaining... any ideas why?

[Beaverbeliever]

Do you have DHCP turned on on your router? Maybe when you shut down the computers and turned them back on, the correct computer (your server) got access to those port forwards. If you can, set your server to the IP it is right now, to static.

[MjrNuT]

Beaverbeliever Wrote:Do you have DHCP turned on on your router? Maybe when you shut down the computers and turned them back on, the correct computer (your server) got access to those port forwards. If you can, set your server to the IP it is right now, to static.

Assigning statically is the way to go. Which means you assign your desired LAN Ip address to the PC via their MAC address.

In case you don't know what that is, is the unique ID of the network card in that PC. Obtain it by going to dos prompt and type:

Quote:ipconfig /all

There other parameters you can use in ipconfig.