The most common problem people have when setting up a Paintball2 server is Port Forwarding. If you don't Port Forward your router properly your server won't show up on anyones server list but your own.
How you port forward depends on your router. Luckily there is a very helpful site that will give you step by step instructions on how to properly port forward your router for Paintball 2.
www.PortForward.comHere is a quick and easy guide on how to properly use
www.PortForward.com. This will help you make your server accessible to the world.
Step 1: Make sure everything from this guide has been completed properly:
Paintball2 Server Guide Step 2: Determine the manufacturer and model of your router. Just go look at the router, it will say the brand and model number right on it.
Step 3: Go to
www.PortForward.comStep 4: Click on
Routers in the top left corner of
www.PortForward.com See image below.
Step 5: You are presented with a list of router manufacturers. Scroll down and select your router's manufacturer. The list is very big, make sure you select the correct one. Go back to Step 2 if you don't know your routers manufacturer.
Step 6: You are now presented with a list of router models from the selected manufacturer. Select the correct model of your router from the list.
Step 7: You will now be presented with a list of games. Select Quake2 from the list.
Step 8: Now we need to locate your "internal IP address". You can do this simply by opening command prompt and typing "ipconfig" (without the quotes). To open command prompt, open your start menu, in the search bar type "cmd" again without the quotes. You will see an application called cmd.exe. Open it. A black window similar to the server itself will open.
Type in "ipconfig" (without the quotes) and hit enter. The number we are looking for is called the IPV4 ADDRESS. It will ALWAYS start with either 192.168.x.x, 10.10.x.x or 172.16.x.x. See images below.
** Your internal IP (IPV4 ADDRESS) WILL NOT BE THE SAME AS THE PICTURE **
Step 9: Now that you have located your internal IPV4 address, go back to
www.PortForward.com and enter the last digits into the box at the top of the page. See image below.
Step 10: Scroll down and carefully follow the guide provided. Don't download any programs advertised on the page.
** You will need a username and password to access your router. You can use this
website to find default passwords**
Congratulations.... You have just forwarded your first port.
Restart your Paintball2 server and enjoy.
Additional information
Many routers assign internal IP addresses dynamically (dynamic means it changes). This means that if your internal IP address is something like 192.168.1.2 tomorrow it could be 192.168.1.3. So if after forwarding the port your server is working, but the next day it isn't, this is probably why.
To solve this problem you must assign your computer a static (static means it doesn't change) address. Here is a link to PortForwards Static IP guide: http://portforward.com/networking/staticip.htm
Post if you have any other questions.
