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I am trying to host a game and my ping shows up to others as 5000. What am I doing wrong?
Did you perhaps set a private windows 7 networkgroup? Can't think of the exact name at this moment, and my windows 7 machine isn't on.The reason I am pointing the finger at Win7 is that I have successfully used this router to host Race 07 servers in the past. The only difference between then and now is that I was using WinXP. Back then I didn't even need to forward any ports or mess about with the firewall. It just worked, right off the bat. Ping showed normally for me and everyone else, and we were all able to join without issue.
This shows the LAN function works fine. However, did you join from the same machine as the dedi host? Or did you use 2 different machines? Makes a difference.Today I got rid of everything and started from scratch. Opened the ports, started a DS, ping still 5000 in the game. I tried joining anyway, and it let me do so. However, the ping was also 5000 for my friend and he was not able to join.
Please check the same in the event view from Windows. There could be a message there if it's windows related.The logs are already active, but all they do is tell me when incoming packets match the firewall rules. Going through the list there was not a single message saying that there was a non-match. To me that suggests all Race 07 related packets are making it past the router.
I do not think that's it. But can't be sure offcourse. As turning off did not work, I think it's safe to leave it on.My AV software does not monitor network traffic, and the entire folder in which I install my games (and Steam) is already marked as an exception. Disabling my AV entirely had no affect.
Did you perhaps set a private windows 7 networkgroup?
This shows the LAN function works fine. However, did you join from the same machine as the dedi host? Or did you use 2 different machines?
Please check the same in the event view from Windows. There could be a message there if it's windows related.
OR the ISP offcourse. It COULD be that he blocked the ports. You could take a look at their website, and/or send them an inquiring email. Just ask them if they allow the hosting of a dediserver game.
Did you check if, in the firewall rules, the ALLOW rule's for Race are indeed ACTIVE? You can turn rules on and off there.
Logs security incidents
The DG834PN will log security events such as blocked incoming traffic, port scans, attacks,
and administrator logins...
Order of Precedence for Rule
For any traffic attempting to pass through the firewall, the packet information is subjected to the
rules in the order shown in the Rules Table, beginning at the top and proceeding to the default rules
at the bottom...
Have you checked the order of the rules? If the block all rule is on top, it will block all, despite the rules you create yourself.
Jim Cole said:Bandwidth has nothing to do with the number of port forwarding slots your router has. If you only have 12, that is a limitation of the router.
Good to read you have solved it!