Yet another "Why can't I host?" topic.

[Clay]

Yeah so, I can't host. When I do, I show up on listserv, but my server doesn't show up on the master server.

I can wait forever, but nobody is ever going to join.

So... why can't I host? I know I'm not the only person with this problem...

Is because I use vista? Or maybe because I have satellite internet?

 

[Ezer'Arch]

Or maybe because I have satellite internet?

Seems your problem is similar to mine. But I got to solve it.

Fistly, you have to check if you have a static IP

http://www.srb2.org/mb/viewtopic.php?p=296804#296804

And follow the rest...

 

[Clay]

I've already tried that. It's possible I set it up wrong, but I doubt it since I can still browse the internet.

 

[Ezer'Arch]

Also I could browse the internet, even so my servers were unjoinable.

Please, check your Internet settings as I pointed out there.

 

[Clay]

I don't think you understood.

I've already done what you told me to do. I was just pointing out that there could be a possibility that I did it wrong.

It's just unlikely since I can browse the internet after I did it.

 

[TrueTenguMan]

I don't want to be premature on this involving vista, but check your router ports. Sometimes that's the main problem.

 

[Rob]

It definitely wouldn't be Vista.

Also, you probably need to open ports 5029 & 5030. And yes, you can be able to browse the internet without SRB2's online play working.

 

[Chaos Knux]

5030? I thought it was just 5029.

 

[Clay]

It definitely wouldn't be Vista.

Also, you probably need to open ports 5029 & 5030. And yes, you can be able to browse the internet without SRB2's online play working.

This may be the problem. I only opened port 5029, like Chaos Knux said.

I'll post the results when I'm done.

EDIT: And it didn't work... anymore suggestions?

 

[Rob]

How did you open them?

 

[Clay]

I did what it said here, but instead of changing the inbound and private ports to 5029 - 5029, I changed them to 5029 - 5030.