Zac Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Hoping somebody has already played around with these settings, I don't normally have any issues with port forwarding or if I do I simply input the ports and it works as I am often the one who hosts dedicated servers in my friend group. I am setting up a dedicated server for myself and some mates with the new game - 'Palworld' which requires port 8211 to be open. However I believe I have correctly setup everything on my end, my mates are having difficulty connecting to the server with a timeout issue which I believe is a result of ports not properly being forwarded. After I created the rules I am getting 'Inactive' when I review the rules I have created. I have taken a screenshot for reference but I was hoping somebody may be able to assist with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted January 22 Administrators Share Posted January 22 They will show as inactive for the moment but should be working. What is the model of the modem/router the R3 is connected to and how have you set that to ensure all traffic flows to the R3? E.g. R3 in its DMZ, modem/bridge mode. Without doing this step they won't be able to connect to your server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zac Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 47 minutes ago, Netduma Fraser said: They will show as inactive for the moment but should be working. What is the model of the modem/router the R3 is connected to and how have you set that to ensure all traffic flows to the R3? E.g. R3 in its DMZ, modem/bridge mode. Without doing this step they won't be able to connect to your server. Oh so it’s more a visual bug? hmm not quite sure how to answer that. I’m in Australia where we have NBN boxes which are effectively the modems. There is no way to interface or connect with it. It has no adjustability like that. however it has never given me issues previously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted January 22 Administrators Share Posted January 22 Correct, change the source port range to 1-65535 and then have the destinations as the ports you need and see if it works then. Although it can be assumed it's using the same port for source it's not always correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zac Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 39 minutes ago, Netduma Fraser said: Correct, change the source port range to 1-65535 and then have the destinations as the ports you need and see if it works then. Although it can be assumed it's using the same port for source it's not always correct Haha god I don't know how you manage to answer so many questions and provide so many solution you work hard Fraser!. I really do appreciate the help and support you offer. Sorry a little off topic but really do want to give you a shoutout for your hard work man. It's been awhile since I port forwarded, I'll make that adjustment to the source range in the morning. Fuzy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted January 22 Administrators Share Posted January 22 52 minutes ago, Zac said: Haha god I don't know how you manage to answer so many questions and provide so many solution you work hard Fraser!. I really do appreciate the help and support you offer. Sorry a little off topic but really do want to give you a shoutout for your hard work man. It's been awhile since I port forwarded, I'll make that adjustment to the source range in the morning. Haha thank you for the kind words, it's much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zac Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 12 hours ago, Netduma Fraser said: Correct, change the source port range to 1-65535 and then have the destinations as the ports you need and see if it works then. Although it can be assumed it's using the same port for source it's not always correct Okay so I tried messing around with port ranges and changed the rules around to test. My friend still can't connect and gets a timeout to the server. In addition. If I go to sites like: https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/ https://portchecker.co/ https://www.portcheckers.com/ When I check those sites they are all reporting the ports are closed. I'm not sure how accurate they are in terms of testing open ports or if there are other tools recommended by the community I could use to test ports being open. But for the life of me I can't figure this out. I normally just plug in the ports I want forwarded and bobs your uncle but in this case not sure it's actually working. Would appreciate any help want to play this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted January 23 Administrators Share Posted January 23 Do you have another router you can swap the R3 with to check if it works using that one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zac Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 6 hours ago, Netduma Fraser said: Do you have another router you can swap the R3 with to check if it works using that one? I have my XR1000 it's not an easy swap though. I can give it a go i'll report back soon. Netduma Fraser 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zac Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 7 hours ago, Netduma Fraser said: Do you have another router you can swap the R3 with to check if it works using that one? Okay sorry for wasting your time XD I will put my hand up and say I was a complete numpty. I got it working on both routers. It wasn't a router issue or a network issue it was 100% a user issue. I made a stupid mistake of trying to get people to connect to my local IP not my public IP. I feel so dumb and embarrassed right now but people can connect to the server so that would mean that the port forward is working correctly. Anyway just wanted to say thanks for the help and sorry for being stupid haha. Learn something new everyday Re networking I guess haha. Zippy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted January 25 Administrators Share Posted January 25 Ahhh that makes sense! Don't worry, super easy mistake to make. Thanks for posting the solution, glad to hear you got it working! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnomeKingIV Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Hello does it matter what router you have? I have Router Archer AX3000 made by tp-link. I have been trying to set it up where my friend can play on my server. I have been following the tutorials but to no avail. i set up nat forward vertual servers. i am assuming that is port forwarding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted February 11 Administrators Share Posted February 11 18 minutes ago, GnomeKingIV said: Hello does it matter what router you have? I have Router Archer AX3000 made by tp-link. I have been trying to set it up where my friend can play on my server. I have been following the tutorials but to no avail. i set up nat forward vertual servers. i am assuming that is port forwarding? This forum is for DumaOS routers so you may find a better answer elsewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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