Hosting problem [Solved]

[Leon Portier]

Hello I've been trying to host a internet game to play with some friends, they can not join the server though. My server does not show up when they put in my IP address.

 

I had hosted from the in game menu, ports UDP 2300-2400 were forwarded, firewall exception for the SBProPE64cm.exe was set up. I looked up my IP adress with What's My IP Address? Networking Tools & More and sent that to my friends. They put it into the in game client connect search bar and nothing showed up.

I'm out of ideas and exhausted, I do host other games like ArmA 3 with the exact same procedure and it works there.

 

I'd be glad about some advice.

Edited May 20, 2023 by Leon Portier

[Gibsonm]

Leon,

 

1. Does your PC have a static IP address for the forwarding?

 

2. I know some people say you only need the UDP Ports, but I'm 99% certain you need both 2300 to 2400 and 47624 (I've used this for almost 20 years now):

 

 

Edited May 18, 2023 by Gibsonm

[Ssnake]

With version 4.1, we changed the underlying network library. This eliminated the need

- to have the entire range of ports 2300...2400 open; now, only the HOST needs to have only port 2300 exposed;

- to have port 47624 open ... this too is no longer needed (at least that's my understanding of it)

[Leon Portier]

I'm using the newest SB version, 4.363, timed license.

My IPv4 address seems to be always the same, I didn't set it up as static though.

 

My ports forwarding looks like this:

Edited May 19, 2023 by Leon Portier

[Abraxas]

The newest version is 4.379!!!

[Leon Portier]

Well, updated now

[Sean]

Make sure every one is on the same sb version.  Also make sure the ports are forwarded to the correct internal ip address of the pc running sb.  I dont see it listed at all in your config, but maybe the column you blanked out is mislabelled?  Usually it would be something like 192.169.0.x.

[Leon Portier]

I'm not 100% sure which advice excactlty made hosting work, but its all fixed now!

Thanks everyone!