Master Game Server Has wrong port Info

#1 If someone could direct me to where the port info is actually sent I could debug it myself as well. So far I've had no luck in locating that.

#2 I thought of a pretty nasty hack I could do to get around this. but its really not what I want to do. please anyone with a small bit of advice.

#3 Do you have a static IP address for your internet connection and are you behind a hardware based firewall/router?

Edit: also, when you fire up the dedicated server, then you go into the game are you querying LAN or Master server for the connection?

Are you also using two machines, one for dedicated server and one for the game connection?

#4 Yes I have a static IP address. I am behind a router, but the correct ports have been routed (except when it picks random ports to send to clients). I havent been using a dedicated server, its been host and client. I have been working with both on the same system and on two different systems, and even two different internet connections (different IP addresses). As far as I can tell the problem stims from information the host is sending to the mastergame server, its just wrong information. at one time I thought maybe my router was causing the problem but I even tried hooking up directly to see if that fixed the problem but I got the same result.

Edit: Oh and I am doing a master query

Edit: Query lan returns the correct port. only master game server has the wrong port info.

#5 hmm, it's been a while since I did anything like this. My decicated server it setup to allow certain ports connecting to it via a firewall. It uses a static IP address, and I ensure that the prefs.cs file is setup to connect to the server correctly. If it works on LAN, and not via the Internet then it must be something to do with Network address translation where your ports are being changed. You could probably add a static route through your firewall/router for that specific port or IP/host name only for GG master server to see if that resolves the problem.

#6 Well. I messed with router settings. and the problem magically went away, which worries me. but its working now.....worried about it tho :)

#7 must have been network address translation (NAT), or where you didn't have a rule in your firewall to allow the port through.. you may have a very secure router :) Just make sure you've not opened lots of ports!

#8 Well. it magically broke again. Didnt even touch my router. awesome. becoming frustrated.

#9 dodgy router?

#10 HI bud. I found issues with 1.8.2 TGEA look over this thread.. it is old.. but.. the answer was there.

http://www.torquepowered.com/community/forums/viewthread/111921

Hope it helps.

T.

#11 well its nice to know I'm not the only one with this headache.

rolling back to 1.8.1 isnt something I want to do. if this is a known issue with torque itself. I'll do a simple hack.

for now I just told it to ignore whatever port the master game server says it should look for and just use what port I tell it too.

#12 if anyone else runs into this problem. Here is the hack I did to last till they fix the problem. Its not to nasty, it just assumes the port the master game server gives is wrong and to use a set one.

// Enter all of the servers in this packet into the ping list:
for ( i = 0; i < serverCount; i++ )
{
stream->read( &netNum[0] );
stream->read( &netNum[1] );
stream->read( &netNum[2] );
stream->read( &netNum[3] );
stream->read( &port );

port = mStaticPort; // define mStaticPort as a console var or something.

dSprintf( addressBuffer, sizeof( addressBuffer ), "IP:%d.%d.%d.%d:%d", netNum[0], netNum[1], netNum[2], netNum[3], port );
Net::stringToAddress( addressBuffer, &addr );
pushPingRequest( &addr );
}