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Wolfa
Aspirant
Nov 12, 2023

Port Forwarding CAX30 just doesn't work...need help please.

I've followed all the tutorials on how to properly Port Forward this router. I'm trying to run an Ark: Survival Ascended Server and i have set all of the ports to be forwarded. However when i go onli...
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Razor512
Prodigy
Nov 12, 2023
Some of the other security features can prevent a port scan. I currently do not have that game, though I do have Arc Survival Evolved, and sometimes if a host does not respond to pings, or have the ports needed to show up in the server browser, a client may need to connect using the console commands and the WAN IP of the host, or the DDNS address if using a service like no-IP.

If possible see if someone can connect via your WAN IP and server port.
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Wolfa
Aspirant
Nov 13, 2023

The port isn't open, so it doesn't even show up anywhere. 😞

 

That's my issue, even after going through all the steps to open the port it doesn't open.

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    Razor512
    Prodigy
    Nov 14, 2023

    Which method are you using to check the ports?

    Also did you give reserve an IP address for the dedicated server to ensure it is not getting a different LAN IP from the one in the port forward list?

    One common issue with people hosting their own Arc servers, is the server not showing up in the main server browser by name, though sometimes showing up in the friends list, or in some cases not showing up in either location but still allowing users to connect when they open the console window and type in without the quotation marks "open ServerIP:Port" (replacing the serverIP word with the WAN IP address of the server, and port, with the port number).

    PS, sometimes if a user is hosting a separate dedicated arc server on their LAN and then using a separate PC on the LAN to connect to the server, may end up with users on the WAN side having failed connection attempts.

    Wanted to also add that some port scanners, including ones like shields up in some cases https://www.grc.com/shieldsup

    may fail to scan certain ports depending on the behavior especially when pings are blocked and the scanner is doing a wide range of ports rather than a single port.

    The reason why it is often a source of confusing is users experiencing a set of issues like that will think the port is not opened and that the router is not working properly.

     

    In some cases, a port forward may not work properly if you only have an IPv6 WAN IP address. Beyond that, sometimes it is also worth doing a factory reset and not restoring a backup and seeing if the issue is resolved. Since the backups are effectively NVRAM dumps, if there is any corruption in that area, a restore of a backup will simply restore the corrupt values, thus a good troubleshooting step is to have a backup just in case a factory reset doesn't work to fix the issue, but do not immediately use it during troubleshooting.

    • Wolfa's avatar
      Wolfa
      Aspirant
      Jul 04, 2024

      It could be i am not 100% understanding what you're trying to explain to me. For that i am very sorry...

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        Razor512
        Prodigy
        Jul 04, 2024

        I will have to wait for the forum software to finish processing the images so that they can be visible to others. But in the mean time, if forwarding ports for the ark server, the settings would look like this.

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        Assuming default ports, you would forward ports 27015, as well as ports 7777-7778.

        The internal IP address will be the LAN IP of the PC running the server software. (Do not assign a PC that is LAN side, an IP that matches the WAN IP or you will not have any connectivity.
        For example, if the LAN IP of the PC running the server is 192.168.1.100, then that is what will be on the internal IP address setting.

         

        PS, ARK's dedicated server software can often behave weird with the server browser when multiple systems on the same LAN try to access it, sometimes it will not show up in both, but if you use the console command to manually connect to the server. For example if it is 192.168.1.100, then in the console command window in ark, you will type the following command that I put in bold text.
        open 192.168.1.100:7777

        If the device is on the WAN side of the network, e.g., a friend across town wants to connect, then they will do open WANIP:7777

        For example, pretend that the WAN IP is 212.227.94.130

        The person on the WAN side will type in open 212.227.94.130:7777