Server Help

[flared]

So i've been making a new zone, and only me and my roommate can connect. However, other people can download the zone and it appears in green....they just can't connect. I'm on a university connection and I was wondering if that made a difference at all? Any help would be appreciated. Here's the server.ini

Code: Show/Hide [Custom] ArenaMode=0 //1=Any player can create an own a new subarena //2=Only mods+ can own newly created subarenas //3=Smods+ own new subarenas //4=Sysops own new subarenas //5=New subarenas won't make new files, will just use spawn.cfg instead. If a .cfg is already created for subarena, will use that instead [Arena] ArenaMaxPlayers=200 ArenaDesiredPlayers=100 ArenaMinimumPlayers=25 SpawnKeepScores=1 MaxArenas=2000 MaxArenasMemory=64000 [Comms] MaxQueueToLogin=16 PacketHistoryMax=2000 IncomingBufferSize=131072 OutgoingBufferSize=131072 EncryptMode=1 UnreliableBufferSize=128 TransportBufferSize=160 FlushTime=10 BandwithIdleTime=21600 SelectTime=10 [Misc] DisableShareware=0 RegisterKickShareware=0 MaxSharewarePlayers=-1 MaxPlayers=200 MaxSharewareTime=90000000 DisableSharewareNames=0 DisableSharewareShips=0 DisableSharewareScores=0 MenuKickOutDelay=12000 NoAntiInSafe=0 //If 1, then if in a safty, SS will ignore that player's anti LockFreqs=0 //If 1, then *lock doesn't allow freq change PositionDataAccess=2 //if 0, sysops see player stats in spec. If 1, smods/sysops can. If 2, then mod/smods/sysops can AlertCommand=cheater //so ?cheater {text} will send to online mods AllowPubScorereset=0 AllowPvtScorereset=0 //If 1, ?scorereset will reset player's score TimerDropFlagTerritoryRadius=8 //If non-0, then all non-neutral droped flags X tiles away from ship. More info in FAQ at Server Help Site ShipTypeSwitchResetPeriod=0 //If non-0, than if someone does X amount of shipchanges that is in the .cfg in this amount of time (in milliseconds), then kicks them off CheckWeapons=1 //Leave this set to 1, so it detects more of different type of cheats.. will kick them out if in .cfg the [Security] SecurityKickoff is 1 CheckFastBombing=0 //More info on website FastBombingThreshold=30 //More info on website ForceObsceneCheck=0 //0 = normal, 1 = everyone has obscene checking on NoFlagRewardLimit=0 //If set non-zero reward multiplier limit is removed in FlagRewardMode 1. Multiplier is (maximumAllowedPerTeam / numberOfTeamMembers), if NoFlagRewardLimit is set 0 multiplier is limited by 2. LogPoints=0 PointUpdateDiff=500 JackpotBroadcastPoints=0 ServerLog=1 KeepAliveDelay=500 DefaultLevelFile=_bzw.lvl //Change to your map file name Port=7000 //Make it something round, like 1000, 2000, etc. Change this if you are running more than one zone off same billing AllowVIEClients=1 //If you wish to restrict your zone to continuum only, set to 0. If you want everyone to play, set to 1 StaffChat= //Divide staff chat channels by commas. Only mods+ can join these local chats. ForceContinuumOnly=0 //If set to 1, will only let continuum users enter zone ServerIP= //Set to the server's IP #. This is used for *einfo's proxy detection AllowPrerelease=1 //Set to 1, people with newer continuum can enter. Set to 0, only current client will be allowed in [CPU] LoopDelay=0 ProcessMaxTime=4 SleepPerIteration=0 SlowIterationWarningLevel=100 SleepTime=0 [Permission] AllowBadMachineId=1 AllowLowBandwidth=1 MinimumSecondsToLogin=0 PermissionMaxPoints=0 PermissionMode=0 AutoPermissionPoints=0 AutoPermissionIDList=0 AutoPermissionMessage=Congratulations [Billing] LogMessages=0 IP=localhost Password=password5 //What is the billing pw in the subbill.ini ServerName=RTM Bot Testing Zone //Zone name Port=185 ServerId=7000 //Make the same as in [Misc] Port= GroupId=1 ScoreId=7000 //Make the same as in [Misc] Port= ReconnectTime=12000 AttemptTime=6400 [Advertise] SendMode=0 DisplayMode=0 Duration=6000 [Validation] CheckMod=0 CheckSMod=0 CheckSysop=0 LogPubCommands=* LogPvtCommands=* DisablePubCommands= DisablePvtCommands= //Help at http://www.shanky.com/server/ in FAQ section for Subgame2 [Directory] IP=sscentral.sscuservers.net Description=bot test zone //What you want to have for the description of zone NamePassword=lmao9 //Pick anything you want Port=4991

[Bak]

Make sure your firewall allows both the game port, and ping port through (ping port is game port + 1). It sounds like you're letting pings go through but blocking game traffic.
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[flared]

Well i tried editing the firewall settings and added exceptions for both port 7000 and 7001...are those the right ones? I guess I'm not exactly sure what the game port is. Anyway, that didn't work. I tried disabling my firewall completely and that still didn't work.

Will it make a difference whether i have localhost or 127.0.0.1 or w/e that is?

[Bak]

try it and see

[flared]

i tried that, it doesn't seem to make a difference

[blue monday]

So someone is trying to connect outside of your LAN and they can't connect. Since your using a 'university connection' maybe they have a firewall. In that case it would probably be a no go. Ask your server admin.

your port is listed in the .ini as
Port=7000
//Make it something round, like 1000, 2000, etc. Change this if you are running more than one zone off same billing

you can also try changing it to 8000, or something similar.