Connall 10 Posted September 5, 2011 So I decided I would enter the joy of hosting a dedicated server but encountered a problem with the ports let me tell you. My router uses a system in which if a program is not going through the ports it won't open You preset the ports that you want the program to access then when you run the program and it access the port internally it opens it externally. Now I have opened all the necessary ports for the router and I know that the ports do work but for some reason, the OA server does not go through the port that has been opened for it instead it doesn't seem to be accesing it at all because the port remains closed. I used other programs to make sure it wasn't the port themselves and they worked fine except the OA configuration. I do use a .bat file to launch and have tried the old fashioned way. I did also turn off all my firewalls but I figured it is a program problem rather that the router or computer. So anyone able to help. Any other information needed? Just ask. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
focher 15 Posted September 6, 2011 More router details would be helpful. Manufacturer, firmware version, etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Connall 10 Posted September 8, 2011 The router is a BT home hub 2 but firmware is unknown. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hud Dorph 22 Posted September 11, 2011 (edited) http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/BT/BTHomeHub2/default.htm ArmA2 server requires the following ports open to UDP network traffic. TCP is not needed. •port 2302 UDP ArmA2 game network communication. •port+1 2303 UDP Gamespy public server reporting. •port+3 2305 UDP Voice Over Net transmission. Edited September 11, 2011 by [HUD]Dorph Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Connall 10 Posted September 11, 2011 Dorph;2020926']http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/BT/BTHomeHub2/default.htmArmA2 server requires the following ports open to UDP network traffic. TCP is not needed. •port 2302 UDP ArmA2 game network communication. •port+1 2303 UDP Gamespy public server reporting. •port+3 2305 UDP Voice Over Net transmission. Again, that's not the problem the problem is the program will not access the ports even with them open. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
visceralsyn 10 Posted September 11, 2011 (edited) Ensure you are forwarding ports, and not opening ports. Not the same thing, sound similiar. You want to be forwarding UDP 2302 ~ 2305 to the ip of the pc hosting the service. Also if you are using DHCP, in your Lan, consider setting the ip static, and outside of the DHCP scope. So that a DHCP request does not change the IP. If the Winders Firewall Service is on, that firewall is on. Use ping to determine firewall status. ...Syn... Edited September 11, 2011 by VisceralSyn typos and other grammatical errors, as usual... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Connall 10 Posted September 26, 2011 All fixed now it was the actual server and not the ports that were the problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
