making a server for yourself and a friend?

[kingneptune117]

I tried creating a server on my computer here at home. I went to server, then set up the mission and everything, clicked on internet, set it to a max of 2 players, and then entered in the password i wanted to use. he couldnt see the server. he did the same thing and i couldnt see his. How do i make a server?

[HiJack]

Google "port forward", find your router and forward port 10308 (or the port you have set in FC2) to your internal server where FC2 server is running.

Start the server again and let it run for some time, the serverlist needs a bit of time ;)

[Boberro]

Make sure your firewall passes movement. Untill I turn off firewall my server can't be seen in game browser too.

[kingneptune117]

Make sure your firewall passes movement. Untill I turn off firewall my server can't be seen in game browser too.

 

I dont have problems finding servers, I dont see why mine dont show up?

[EtherealN]

Because when you connect to another server you have requested (initiated) contact from the master server that keeps a record of public servers. For anyone to be able to connect to your server however, their connection requests which have not been requested by your machine beforehand will have to reach it.

 

If your machine is not on a direct fiber or has a switch or router between it and the internet, there is also the issue that people have to connect using your internet IP, but your server machine doesn't have a clue that it's behind that IP - it's on a LAN IP. For this reason the switch and/or router has to be instructed to pass on requests at a specific port to the LAN IP of your server.

 

And finally, firewalls - they are there to hinder unwanted connections. If you do not tell your firewall that it's okey for random computers on the internet to ask to get a hookup on port 10308 the firewall will do it's job and block those connections from happening.

 

When you connect to someone else's server, the firewall will know that it was you who requested said traffic and it will allow the traffic to happen.

[kingneptune117]

ok, makes sense. I googled port forwarding and im still not understanding this :(

[kingneptune117]

I went into my wireless router settings, it asked me for a range of port numbers. I entered in 10307 to 10309. Then there was a box for an ip address. It showed almost a full IP except for like 3 other numbers which I had to enter. I just chose randomly and entered 200. I hit accept changes and it went through. Did I do it right?

 

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/5566/setupdr.jpg

[CyBerkut]

I went into my wireless router settings, it asked me for a range of port numbers. I entered in 10307 to 10309. Then there was a box for an ip address. It showed almost a full IP except for like 3 other numbers which I had to enter. I just chose randomly and entered 200. I hit accept changes and it went through. Did I do it right?

 

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/5566/setupdr.jpg

 

Probably not. The full IP address (including those last three digits) should be the full IP address of the machine that is hosting the server. If you don't know what that machine's IP address is, get it to a command prompt (DOS window) and type IPCONFIG and then press enter. Use that IP address.

[davebert]

On WinXP go to CONTROL PANEL|NETWORK CONNECTIONS|LOCAL AREA CONNECTION and look on the lower left and you will see your IP address.

db

[EtherealN]

What CyBerkut said.

 

If you select at random, chances are 255 against 1 that what you did didn't help - but instead guaranteed that it will not work.

 

Also, in the settings, ensure that you forward that port range on both TCP and UDP.

 

So like this:

Press Start

In the search field, type "cmd", press enter

in the black box, type "ipconfig", press enter

That gives you the IP number, say 192.168.1.8

Now enter your switch/router, and forward port 10308 to that IP number.

 

Note: if you have set your switch/router to assign IP numbers dynamically, this setting will have to be re-done every time you start up your computer. To avoid this, enter "connected devices" in the switch/router, find your computer, and then use the "MAC Adress" (nothing to do with Apple Macintosh) to set a reserved IP for your computer. That way the switch will recognize the computer and always assign that IP to it - as well as ensure that no other computer in the household steals that IP.

[kingneptune117]

What CyBerkut said.

 

If you select at random, chances are 255 against 1 that what you did didn't help - but instead guaranteed that it will not work.

 

Also, in the settings, ensure that you forward that port range on both TCP and UDP.

 

So like this:

Press Start

In the search field, type "cmd", press enter

in the black box, type "ipconfig", press enter

That gives you the IP number, say 192.168.1.8

Now enter your switch/router, and forward port 10308 to that IP number.

 

Note: if you have set your switch/router to assign IP numbers dynamically, this setting will have to be re-done every time you start up your computer. To avoid this, enter "connected devices" in the switch/router, find your computer, and then use the "MAC Adress" (nothing to do with Apple Macintosh) to set a reserved IP for your computer. That way the switch will recognize the computer and always assign that IP to it - as well as ensure that no other computer in the household steals that IP.

 

thanks for the help, was useful. Not quite sure what you mean by enter your switch/router, but I went to the website I showed in the previous picture and went ahead and entered in my IP address.

 

When I used that command prompt it gave me two ip's, one was called default gateway, the other ip was called ipv4 address, wasnt sure which one to use. I went to the router website and i was able to find all the connected computers. Im robert, so im pretty sure thats the ip i should enter. I also have wireless. We have a computer downstairs that is directly hooked up to the router, im guessing that is the first one in the picture with the weird name. I use the Robert one, right?

 

http://img441.imageshack.us/f/setup2n.jpg/

[kingneptune117]

well i got it to work! I did exactly what cyberkrut and etheralin told me and got it working. Thanks!