Sat Dec 31, 2005 5:22 pm
Cannot connect to my server, Internet or LAN
Hello everyone, I've been looking for 2 days now on how to resolve the issue of connecting to my own server. I have not found 1 solution, just several people reporting the same issue.
My computer specs:
3.4GHz
2GB Ram
150GB Hard Drive
ADSL Internet connection with SBC
Windows XP (service pack 2)
DirectX 9.0c
Ports opened on Router: 2300 - 2400, even tried having my computer on DMZ.
Windows XP (sp2) Firewall is Disabled.
Ok... So here's the issue.
-I start up flserver.exe (even tried specifying a port of 2302 or 2303 or 2304, none worked).
-I set it up so flserver.exe is NOT on the internet (no check mark on "Make Your Sever Internet Accessible"
.
-Hit OK, so it loads up the server. (During the loading of the server I constantly checked the netstat -ano, and saw that mycomputer:2302 (or specified port) was used during the loading of the server. once the server was "supposively" up and running, netstat -ano did not show mycomputer:2302 on the list.
-Start up freelancer.exe, looked on the LAN server list, nothing came up.
So I quit out and tried tried setup the server for the internet.
-I start up flserver.exe (even tried specifying a port of 2302 or 2303 or 2304, none worked).
-I set it up so flserver.exe is on the internet (put a check mark on "Make Your Sever Internet Accessible".
-Hit OK, so it loads up the server. (Same as before: During the loading of the server I constantly checked the netstat -ano, and saw that mycomputer:2302 (or specified port) was used during the loading of the server. once the server was "supposively" up and running, netstat -ano did not show mycomputer:2302 on the list.
-Start up freelancer.exe, and went to the INTERNET server list.
Scrolled and found my server. So I guess some information is getting passed...? I sat on the internet server list until all of the pings came through. My server did not print up a ping, was ???? for about 30-60seconds, then the ???? turned into --.
Then I tried to connect to it, and I got the whole, "Server is taking longer than expected..." line. And eventually got the error message of, Connection could not be established. I also had my bro try to connect to the server, while he was on our LAN via internet, he could not connect.
Please note, I am capable of connecting to other internet servers. Just cannot connect to mine.
I really want to get back into this game. From what I found on the internet several people just say open the ports, but they are open. Other people say to look for TCP ver 6 and remove it, I don't have it. And some say reinstall, which I did.
So since it seemed (at least to me) that this site was the most educated on the game, I thought I'd post something here.
I hope someone actually has a solution...
Thanks for your time,
cacabunny
My computer specs:
3.4GHz
2GB Ram
150GB Hard Drive
ADSL Internet connection with SBC
Windows XP (service pack 2)
DirectX 9.0c
Ports opened on Router: 2300 - 2400, even tried having my computer on DMZ.
Windows XP (sp2) Firewall is Disabled.
Ok... So here's the issue.
-I start up flserver.exe (even tried specifying a port of 2302 or 2303 or 2304, none worked).
-I set it up so flserver.exe is NOT on the internet (no check mark on "Make Your Sever Internet Accessible"
.
-Hit OK, so it loads up the server. (During the loading of the server I constantly checked the netstat -ano, and saw that mycomputer:2302 (or specified port) was used during the loading of the server. once the server was "supposively" up and running, netstat -ano did not show mycomputer:2302 on the list.
-Start up freelancer.exe, looked on the LAN server list, nothing came up.
So I quit out and tried tried setup the server for the internet.
-I start up flserver.exe (even tried specifying a port of 2302 or 2303 or 2304, none worked).
-I set it up so flserver.exe is on the internet (put a check mark on "Make Your Sever Internet Accessible"
.
-Hit OK, so it loads up the server. (Same as before: During the loading of the server I constantly checked the netstat -ano, and saw that mycomputer:2302 (or specified port) was used during the loading of the server. once the server was "supposively" up and running, netstat -ano did not show mycomputer:2302 on the list.
-Start up freelancer.exe, and went to the INTERNET server list.
Scrolled and found my server. So I guess some information is getting passed...? I sat on the internet server list until all of the pings came through. My server did not print up a ping, was ???? for about 30-60seconds, then the ???? turned into --.
Then I tried to connect to it, and I got the whole, "Server is taking longer than expected..." line. And eventually got the error message of, Connection could not be established. I also had my bro try to connect to the server, while he was on our LAN via internet, he could not connect.
Please note, I am capable of connecting to other internet servers. Just cannot connect to mine.
I really want to get back into this game. From what I found on the internet several people just say open the ports, but they are open. Other people say to look for TCP ver 6 and remove it, I don't have it. And some say reinstall, which I did.
So since it seemed (at least to me) that this site was the most educated on the game, I thought I'd post something here.
I hope someone actually has a solution...
Thanks for your time,
cacabunny