Weird Dedicated Server Issue

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Lazlo

Refugee
Hi, All,

I am trying to setup a dedicated server on a spare Windows 10 machine I have. I think I have everything setup properly but I'm getting a strange error when I connect.

I used this link to run steamcmd and download the files, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oYfQa4U79A

I used this link to setup my serverconfig.xml, https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/7_Days_to_Die_Dedicated_Server

Before I messed with the port forwarding I confirmed I could connect from my main desktop PC over to the server and play without issue on my LAN. Then...

I used this link to configure the port forwarding on my router, https://portforward.com/tp-link/archer-c9/

I setup my server with a static IP and these are the ports I enabled on the router:

7 Days to Die

TCP 8080-8081, 25000-25003, 26900

UDP 8080-8081, 25000-25003, 26900

When I try and connect from the Internet this is what I see in the game console, https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/513494035965411356/712407904426262558/lazlo_connect.png

That steam ID matches what I see on my server startup:

2020-05-20T22:05:15 52.582 INF [Steamworks.NET] GameServer.LogOn successful, SteamID=90135408548578306, public IP=75.118.168.75

2020-05-20T22:05:18 55.992 INF Calculating hashes took 5686 ms (world size 683 MiB)

...so I feel like it's reaching the server but throwing that weird error.

On the physical server I confirmed the Windows firewall opened up a port for the 7 Days to Die Server. On a lark I completely turned off the software firewall and it still didn't work.

Any ideas what is occuring? My serverconfig.xml is pretty standard and I can post it if needed.

If you know a better forum for assistance with dedicated server questions please let me know.

Thanks In Advance

Edit: This site also shows things look good, https://www.canyouseeme.org/

 
The link on valvesoftware talks about opening up  ports 26900-26902 UDP, instead you opened 25000-25003, which isn't mentioned at all ???

 
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> The link on valvesoftware talks about opening up  ports 26900-26902 UDP, instead you opened 25000-25003, which isn't mentioned at all ???

Well, that's huge.  I got my ports from the PortForward.com website.  Let me try the ports from the Valve document.

 
And ports should be 26900-26903. The client only uses 26900-26902, but I've seen a few oddball cases where you couldn't connect unless 26903 was open as well.

 
I've added the ports in the Valve doc and I've added 26903 as well.  I've tested it myself and I want to tentatively say it's working.  I'm going to have some friends test as well before I consider it a done deal.  Thanks to both of you.  That's a very weird error in PortForward.com's doc.  I wonder how long it's been incorrect.

 
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