Connection problem

[kane280484]

Hi everyone, I browsed through multiple topics but I've decided to start my own and seek help.

OS: Windows 10
FG: 3.3.6 Ultimate
Port forwarding: Enabled as per instructions
No other soft is utilizing 1802 on my ip address

...and nobody can connect to me, testing connection within FG provides FAILURE. Everything was working fine last time, we didn't played for two months though.

What I did so far:

Router reset (hard)
Computer reset
Double-check port forwarding setup on router
Turn of antivirus and windows defender
Turned off firewall on router
Called my ISP, they claim they made no changes that could interrupt this

NOTHING. Anybody had similiar problems and can give me some tips what else can I check?

P.S. If I missed a relevant topic, I apologize, but there are many and they all seem a bit different in details

My port forwarding setting:25571

[damned]

You havent mentioned Private network profile and you havent supplied a tracert 8.8.8.8

[kane280484]

Ok, I have public network on my connection if that's what you asked.

Tracert:


Tracing route to google-public-dns-a.google.com [8.8.8.8]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 17 ms 7 ms 7 ms 89-75-3-113.infra.chello.pl [89.75.3.113]
4 13 ms 8 ms 8 ms pl-waw04a-rc1-ae36-1417.aorta.net [84.116.193.93]
5 8 ms 8 ms 7 ms pl-waw26b-ri1-ae51-0.aorta.net [84.116.134.94]
6 7 ms 7 ms 15 ms 72.14.222.250
7 11 ms 9 ms 10 ms 108.170.250.209
8 9 ms 11 ms 8 ms 216.239.48.155
9 20 ms 9 ms 8 ms google-public-dns-a.google.com [8.8.8.8]

Trace complete.

[Zacchaeus]

Change your network to private in Network settings.

[kane280484]

Ok I fixed it. Windows Defender firewall somehow didn't have FantasyGrounds on whitelist. Which is weird, because I let it through some time ago, maybe it restored to defaults at some point or sth overrode this.

tip: Earlier, when battling the issue, I tested FG with Windows Defender turned off with no result, so if anyone finds this topic be sure to check firewall access on Windows Defender, as turning it off didn't seem to make difference.

[Zacchaeus]

Turning off AV or a firewall is not a sure fire method of testing since things get left behind as you have discovered.

Windows Defender tends to create a new rule when FG updates because it thinks it is a new program. You may find after a while that you have multiple rules for FG in there. This will eventually cause an issue, so keep an eye on that and delete all rules every so often and create a fresh one.

[Bidmaron]

You have to be private on network. That is the big thing

[midas]

Another possibility is that when you whitelisted Fantasy Grounds before your network may have been set to Private. If your network changed to Public then the allow rule would stop working unless it was set to also exist on the Public (or All) profile.