Yes i am using spybot S&D. My dedicated is working fine but it seems that kro388th has windows firewall which is blocking hes dedicated server.
@kro388th post # 16 and # 20 you dedicated server is not using same ports, have you edited you ports lately?
I did a test with PFPortChecker and you are correct both thoes are not open .. ?? How can I fix that ..? lol in newb terms ..lol
Thanks , yes I wiped everything and re added hoping it would solve something ... now I see I have some closed ports .. how can I open them .??
I opened the ports in windows ,then added the ports in router UI but it still doesn't show ;-( ..Im off to work now ;-( will try again later tonight ~! Thanks you guys for trying to help !!
Ok ! thank you for the help ! Im sure I've messed it up even more now ! Im happy to wipe it all and start again .. No rush ... what's strange is it all worked for years no probs ..lol The router had an update & that's when it stopped working with rf2 , the steam only change might have something to do with it to as I didn't have those port numbers .. Client side everything's fine with all games
Thanx a lot, after a long battle with my rouer's and firewall's rules, finally this worked for me. Cheers! Max
I spoke too soon ... doing the loopback workaround lets me connect to my own server, but apparently, nobody else can even see it. And despite, my server being visible on https://world.rfactor.net/server-list without the loopback, I cannot see it in rF2's server browser.
Thanks for all your help ! Sadly still no joy ;-( it doesn't show in match maker at all , it only showed up that one time as seen in the earlier pic .. that's when I added the steam ports from your post ..but the next day it did no show anymore . Here is my router setting now :
Yes .. The prob seems to be: ever since the router's Firmware Version update something's blocking my rf2
In your screenshot of your router it is not clear if you are selecting UDP or TCP on the rF2 ports. What is your router make and model ?
@kro388th are you now 100% sure that you Windows firewall is not blocking dedicated server. If you not check your Windows firewall first and open all ports rFactor2 and dedicated server are using. It is not vise to mess with your router before.
Yes I thought this could be an issue so I went and tested and some of the ports are not open using PFPortChecker so I made some rules , but some how I think these ports are still not open .. Im not skilled in this network stuff Im a drummer ! lol Inbound rules is all I messed with ...> rf2t1 &rf2t2 are simply more attemps to open them ..
Ok when I test my steam port 54298 it say's it cant connect TCP,but if I check UDP it says its open , I built a rule in wfw for this port to be open under TCP , but its not open ..so I think Im narrowing it down , (also I changed both number to match in the router )54298..