Help connecting to my private server

[regulator227]

Hi all, I am at a loss in setting up my private server. So far, I have followed LandSandBoat's guide, and I'm up to the point where I can play locally just fine. I want to make my server publicly available so that my friend can play on my server with me.

If I change the zoneip values to my public IP, it stops being able to connect. The thing is, I don't understand why... I have opened up the ports listed in the LSB guide on my router, and I also set the 4 server executables to allow inbound and outbound traffic through my firewall. Still, this isn't enough to get it working.

I called my ISP and I confirmed that the ports are forwarded correctly, so I feel comfortable ruling that out.

I've also tried various combinations of changing the value in Windower's settings.xml file for which ip to connect to. I've tried localhost/127.0.0.1, my private network ip, and my public ip. When I use localhost and/or the private ip in Windower as well as in zoneip, I can connect just fine.

I've already checked out these threads, but they didn't solve my problem.
#3695
#5916

Any and all help is greatly appreciated, thank you!

[Mortalelite]

If you update zoneip in your DB and open ports https://github.com/LandSandBoat/server/wiki/Post-Install-Guide#port-forwarding in your router, should work. Also anytime make changes like that you gotta make sure server is restarted. Cause if you have the server running at the time you make changes it won't take any effect. You could also possibly restart router and PC to rule anything out. Sometimes when playing local might need --hairpin within the command line of the booter you are using. If someone outside the network they won't need that.

Windower
--server IP Goes Here --hairpin
This only if playing local

[regulator227]

Thank you for your reply. I thought I had tried everything... but I hadn't tried --hairpin. That fixed my problem, since the client I'm playing with is on the same as the server. Thanks Mortalelite!

[Mortalelite]

That is good to hear that it is working