Server Troubles

[KnacK]

That's correct.

[MrLuke]

Hows that look?
Still not working. The server is still using my lan ip adress.

[webhead]

you got "Public Port - End" and "Private Port" switched around. re-read the settings i wrote, if you need to.

... The server is still using my lan ip adress.

what exactly do you mean? using it in what way? for what?

[MrLuke]

you got "Public Port - End" and "Private Port" switched around. re-read the settings i wrote, if you need to.
what exactly do you mean? using it in what way? for what?

oops. i do have them around wrong way. but when i switch them around i get this error "The total number of mapped ports can not exceed 20"

i believe the server is using my lan ip because when i join any working server (for eg Gt 69.93.11.66:27911) when i connect to it it says:
connecting to 69.93.11.66:27911
69.93.11.66:27911: challange
69.93.11.66:27911: client_connect

but then using my server its:
connecting to 192.168.1.136
192.168.1.136:27910: challange
192.168.1.136:27910: client_connect

[FlaMe]

make sure you don't have some sort of antivirus program with a firewall shutting you down. You seem to have it right. Also make sure that the ports are getting forwarded to that computer, the 192.168.1.136

You also dont need to forward all of those ports, just 27910 should do enough.

[webhead]

oops. i do have them around wrong way. but when i switch them around i get this error "The total number of mapped ports can not exceed 20"

ah, it appears that i was not entirely correct before. so do what KiLo suggested:

Then just forward 27900-27920.

ok, now about this:

but then using my server its:
connecting to 192.168.1.136
192.168.1.136:27910: challange
192.168.1.136:27910: client_connect

exactly what do you do to get that? do you just join from the serverlist in the game? and are you testing it on the same computer the server is running on??

[KnacK]

You are port forwarding, not ip forwarding.  You want to set all of this up in your NAT settings.

Public IP of modem -> private ip of server pc

THen for the ports:
Open port 27900 public to 27900 private udp
Open 27910 public to 27910 private udp.

[webhead]

"not ip forwarding"? what's ip forwarding and how does that relate? i didn't say a thing about ip forwarding..

but yah MrLuke, now that i think about it, 27900 and 27910 are probably the only two you'll need. BUT they both need to be forwarded separately to the corresponding ports on your server, like KnacK is saying:

New Entry #1:
Public Port - Start: 27900
Public Port - End: 27900
Private Port: 27900
Port Type: UDP
Host IP Address: 192.168.1.x (your ip address on the LAN)

New Entry #2:
Public Port - Start: 27910
Public Port - End: 27910
Private Port: 27910
Port Type: UDP
Host IP Address: 192.168.1.x

[MrLuke]

ah, it appears that i was not entirely correct before. so do what KiLo suggested:

ok, now about this:
exactly what do you do to get that? do you just join from the serverlist in the game? and are you testing it on the same computer the server is running on??

I cant exactly do what kilo suggested because from 27900 - 27920 is 21 numbers... thats where i exceed the 20 ports.
so i have it set like this:
Entry #1:
Public Port - Start: 27900
Public Port - End: 27900
Private Port: 27900
Port Type: UDP
Host IP Address: 192.168.1.136

Entry #2:
Public Port - Start: 27910
Public Port - End: 27910
Private Port: 27910
Port Type: UDP
Host IP Address: 192.168.1.136

Entry #3:
Public Port - Start: 27920
Public Port - End: 27920
Private Port: 27920
Port Type: UDP
Host IP Address: 192.168.1.136

yes i am joining from the server list in the game. and i am trying to connect from my computer and my brothers computer from another household.

make sure you don't have some sort of antivirus program with a firewall shutting you down. You seem to have it right. Also make sure that the ports are getting forwarded to that computer, the 192.168.1.136

You also dont need to forward all of those ports, just 27910 should do enough.

there is only 1 antivirus program i am unsure about which is AVG. im pretty possitive it doesnt have a firewall.
and ports are being forward to 192.168.1.136 which is my static ip adress.

[webhead]

I cant exactly do what kilo suggested because from 27900 - 27920 is 21 numbers... thats where i exceed the 20 ports.
so i have it set like this:

duh. i knew that. looks like your three entries will probably do the job just fine.

yes i am joining from the server list in the game. and i am trying to connect from my computer and my brothers computer from another household.

Open up the serverbrowser (not the in-game one - the standalone program, which can be found in your paintball2 installation folder) from the computer at the other house. When the list loads, does it show "192.168.1.136" in the IP Address column for your server?

[MrLuke]

No it doesnt show up. i belive its because it is a lan address, i can only see the server from my own computer.

[webhead]

that makes no difference. as long as your server is sending a heartbeat to the master server list, it *should* work.

[MrLuke]

but why is it sending my static ip adress out instead of the ip it shoud be sending out?

[MrLuke]

If there was an option in the router settings to allow servers or dissable them... wat would it be called?