Port not opening

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Tannermon11
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Port not opening

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So in the past people have been able to connect to my server. Now when I turn the server on, in the command prompt it shows:

[0] Bound socket to *.*.*.*:55696.
[0] Bound socket to *.*.*.*:4534.
[0] Setting CYCLE_BRAKE_DEPLETE (Group: Annoying) deviates from its default value; clients older than 0.2.5.0 may experience problems.
[0] Connecting to Master Server 1...
[0] Killing user 0, ping 1.25.
[0] Login information sent. Waiting for reply...
[0] Got address 130.13.81.68:4534.
[0] Login Succeeded. User Nr. 1
[0] Syncing with server...
[0] Relabeling NetObjects...
[0] Syncing again...
[0] Done!
[0] Sending my server info...
[33] Killing user 33, ping 1.25.
[0] Logging out...
[0] Done!
[0] Killing user 0, ping 0.270032.
[0] Closing socket bound to *.*.*.*:4534
[0] Bound socket to *.*.*.*:4534.
[0] Connecting to Master Server 2...
[0] Killing user 0, ping 1.25.
[0] Login information sent. Waiting for reply...
[0] Login Succeeded. User Nr. 2
[0] Syncing with server...
[0] Relabeling NetObjects...
[0] Syncing again...
[0] Done!
[0] Sending my server info...
[33] Killing user 33, ping 1.25.
[0] Logging out...
[0] Done!
[0] Killing user 0, ping 0.279811.
[0] Closing socket bound to *.*.*.*:4534
[0] Bound socket to *.*.*.*:4534.
[0] Connecting to Master Server 3...
[0] Killing user 0, ping 1.25.
[0] Login information sent. Waiting for reply...
[0] Login Succeeded. User Nr. 1
[0] Syncing with server...
[0] Relabeling NetObjects...
[0] Syncing again...
[0] Done!
[0] Sending my server info...
[33] Killing user 33, ping 1.25.
[0] Logging out...
[0] Done!
[0] Killing user 0, ping 0.250927.
[0] Closing socket bound to *.*.*.*:4534
[0] sn_SetNetState: Unable to open accept socket on desired port 4534, Trying next ports...
[0] Bound socket to *.*.*.*:4535.
[0] Connecting to Master Server 4...
[0] Killing user 0, ping 1.25.
[0] Login information sent. Waiting for reply...
[0] Got address 130.13.81.68:4535.
[0] Login Succeeded. User Nr. 2
[0] Syncing with server...
[0] Relabeling NetObjects...
[0] Syncing again...
[0] Done!
[0] Sending my server info...
[0] Logging out...
[0] Done!
[0] Killing user 0, ping 0.247001.
[0] Closing socket bound to *.*.*.*:4535
[0] sn_SetNetState: Unable to open accept socket on desired port 4535, Trying next ports...
[0] Bound socket to *.*.*.*:4536.
[0] Ping charity changed from 0 to 500.
[0] Nobody there. Taking a nap...
[0] Timestamp: 2010/06/30 12:32:07
[0] Closing socket bound to *.*.*.*:4536
[0] Bound socket to *.*.*.*:4536.

I don't know why it has stopped now..
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Re: Port not opening

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Since it ends in

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[0] Bound socket to *.*.*.*:4536.
i would say the server is connectible. Or at least on my server it says that 1 million times before stopping and it is still connectible.
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Re: Port not opening

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Yeah, and at least one master server has been told the correct port in that log, so all should be reasonably fine. It's an odd anomaly with your operating system, we do free the port before re-opening it, that should work in all cases. Maybe a pesky personal firewall software ruling over the ports with an iron and lazy fist?

As a workaround, if you absolutely want to have it listen on 4534, you can start the server once with TALK_TO_MASTER 1, have it quit immediately, then restart it with TALK_TO_MASTER 0.
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Re: Port not opening

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When you say start it then quit immediately, are you saying to just turn the server on then turn it off the second the command prompt pops up?
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Re: Port not opening

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Yeah, that, or run it with a very short DEDICATED_IDLE.
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Re: Port not opening

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When I tried opening with master 1, then closed, then opened with 0, it wasn't showing.
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You'd need to give it an extra bit of time. The masters' first connection attempt is likely to fail and you'll need to wait for the second.
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Re: Port not opening

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People were able to sucessfully get on but..I noticed for example if I go on the server then leave, the port sometimes doesn't stay open, making it so people can't connect. It doesn't do it everytime I leave, but it does it sometimes. What Might be causing that?
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The same mechanism. To work around other problems (mysterious breaking sockets), the server shuts down networking and restarts it every time everyone leaves a server. To work around THAT, put DEDICATED_ILDE 0.000001 into everytime.cfg. This will make the server restart completely after people played, then everyone leaves.
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Re: Port not opening

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[quote="Z-Man"]DEDICATED_ILDE 0.000001 quote]

i use 1, works fine..
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