Set a static IP on your PC.Quote:
Originally Posted by X-baby longshot
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Set a static IP on your PC.Quote:
Originally Posted by X-baby longshot
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/1924...-or-windows-7/
Perhaps I didn’t do a good job explaining, I had set a static IP address for my PC, when I started it back up the following day it would not connect to internet. So I changed back to automatic IP address and was able to connect. So I looked at the address that was preferred in my config all file and it changed from the day I set it static. So it appears that each time I reboot my PC I will have reset the static IP and virtual server on my router or is there a way to prevent that from happening?
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Okay folks, been through 13 pages on this thread and I am still having issues. Not sure why, last time I had this many issues was with the Wii and that had to go outside everything. I'll note that I have a double router setup. However, to avoid issues I've connected directly to my Brighthouse cable modem/router, instead of also through my Neatgear router. I've restarted both the PC, Router, and FG several times in the process as well. Windows firewall is completely off, no AV software enabled. I would love some advice! Even tried using my static IP in a DMZ and that didn't work.
One network connection active.
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Static IP set.
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Virtual Server (Port Forwarding) set.
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FG connection failure :cry:
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hi healdhj - very useful supporting images - thanks!
It looks like:
1. You have correctly defined the static ip
2. you have correctly setup the port forward
So the most likely causes here are:
1. Windows/AV/Software firewall is preventing PUBLIC connections to TCP1802 or to FantasyGrounds.exe
2. You are not actually connected to the Cable Modem and are still getting double NAT - please open a cmd prompt and do: tracert 8.8.8.8 and post the first half dozen lines here....
3. If you click the click to retrieve your external IP does it come back with a value? if not you are probably getting blocked at the FG server end... (this looks less likely as you do have an alias showing)
damned, thanks!
1. Any idea how to check that?Quote:
Originally Posted by damned
2. Image here. Attachment 10776
3. External IP shows up in FG with no issue, and has repeatedly throughout the process.
Thanks again and in advance :)
1. A good first check is to Load your Campaign and then open a second instance of FG on teh same computer and connect to localhost. This wont tell you if connections are being blocked to public connections but it will tell you if FG is being blocked in general by a local firewall...Quote:
Originally Posted by healdhj
2. Its a pity the 2nd hop didnt resolve but it looks like you should be ok on that front
3. Good then its not being blocked at the FG server/license check end
Good news! I'm not a total idiot :)
Cable company/ISP double checked my work and all was as it should be. They played around on their end - no joy.
Today they replaced the cable modem and put in the same settings and all works! FG says SUCCESS!
Thanks all.
Huzzah!
I suspect that FG doesn't play nice with UPNP on Windows 10. I had it going fine on 8.1 but can only make it work with manual port fowarding now. It is possible there is a Windows setting I am missing although I did enable FG in the firewall dialog.
I can manage this way but also prefer to avoid poking holes in my router.
It could be a newer UPnP version that isnt being read properly by your Router?
It sure could. I did verify latest firmware on the router (WZR-1166DHP Version 2.13) but didn't troubleshoot beyond this point. I knew I was on thin ice when I noticed the router version date was well before Windows 10.
Check this setting: https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001367.htm
Need some help accessing port 1802 & connecting to the FG server to host a game. I am not a hardware person at all, but do well with RTFM for most GUI software. I have created rules in my firewall that should allow 1802 to work. That was relatively easy. Completely stumped at this point. Any help would be appreciated.
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You don't actually connect to a FG server provided by SmiteWorks - the GM Fantasy Grounds instance is the server running on your computer. Have you logged into your internet router and setup port forwarding to your GM computer IP address? What tests are you doing?Quote:
Originally Posted by tadkil
Yeah... non-technical kind of guy. Turned off my firewall and still could not connect. May need to remote in some IT support.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trenloe
Brilliant help. Damned is awesome.
Trying to setup fantasy grounds on new Surface Pro 4 running windows 10. I have a Netgear C6300 cable modem/wireless gateway. I set up the DHCP server on the gateway to always give the surface the same IP address. Then I set up port forwarding for port 1802 (external and internal) to the IP address of the Surface (which I have confirmed matches the address I input in the C6300 port fwding table). I first tried to create a path through windows Firewall by adding an inbound rule to allow FantasyGrounds to receive incoming TCP traffic from any port. Didn't work. So I tried to be more specific and created inbound rule to allow FG to receive incoming TCP from 1802. Didn't work. I created a rule to allow any program to accept TCP on port 1802. That didn't work. So I disabled Windows Firewall altogether and my connection test still failed. In a different thread I saw the netstat -a - p tcp command to check to see if the surface was listening on port 1802. It is not, even with Firewall disabled. Any ideas what might be causing the communication breakdown or how to correct it?
Oh I also tried disabling ipv6 on my network adapter and giving the surface a static ipv4 address (with appropriate subnet mask and DNS servers). That didn't seem to help either and it made my internet access a bit dodgy so currently relying on modem to always give the surface the same IP through DHCP.
heya warwick!
it looks like you are (were!) going about things the right way.
lets roll back to your initial setup -
router gives surface same ip each time = good
port forward tcp 1802 on router to surface = good
create windows firewall rule on surface to allow tcp 1802 from ANYWHERE = good
stop there
now on surface what does FG tell you the External IP address is?
on the router what does it think the WAN/Public/External IP address is?
open a cmd prompt and type:
tracert 8.8.8.8
can you post the first 4 hops?
send me a PM if you like.
FG will only listen once you have the application running with a "campaign" running. As in once you hit Start on Load Game or Create Game. It isnt listening while you are on that Test screen (except for the test packet).Quote:
Originally Posted by warwick
First, thanks damned *tremendously* for the tech support. With your help I am up and running in FG.
Second, to add to the knowledgebase. I have a NETGEAR C6300 Router. To add port forwarding seemed pretty straight forward. In the 'ADVANCED' tab expand the 'Advanced Setup' bar on the left of the screen to reveal a link to among other things 'Port Forwarding / Port Triggering'. Click that link. Click the '+Add Custom Service' button.
Enter a reasonably logical Service Name. In this case FG1802. Select TCP from the Service Type drop down menu. External Starting and Ending Port should both be 1802. The Internal Starting and Ending Port fields will auto populate. Enter the appropriate IP address for your fantasygrounds machine. Leave the External IP address field set to Any. Then click the 'Apply' button. This takes you back to the Port Forwarding Page.
I thought I was done at this point. The Enable checkbox was checked. All of the parameters looked correct. I figured the router automatically enabled it since, you know, the check box in the "Enable" column was still checked, but what it turns out I was missing was the need to actually activate the port forwarding.
So the final step is to click the radial buttons for Port Forwarding/Always/and the FG1802 service we had just set up. Then click the 'Apply' button. The Port Forwarding Portmap Table will reload and appear exactly as it looked before this final step. But now, port forwarding for port 1802 will actually work.
Thanks again damned for the assistance.
Hello all!
I just bought Fantasy Grounds and I am having trouble connecting. I was anticipating this, I'm just not sure what the problem is.
I downloaded Fantasy Grounds Ultimate. I logged on and did the self test and got "Success". Good so far.
Before I went further I turned off all firewalls on the computer I was using.
I had a player log on and I gave him the stated IP address. He put it in but after attempting to connect he got the "unable to connect" message.
I'm guessing this is an IP/port forwarding issue. Here is my question:
My ISP comes into a cable modem
the modem connects to a router (ASUS N66R)which then connects to three computers via Ethernet:
Desktop 1
Desktop 2
Laptop 1 (this is the computer I am running Fantasy Grounds from).
Can I do the static IP/port forwarding procedure for just the computer I am on or do I need to configure the others since they come from the same router?
Also, I disabled the firewall on the Laptop but not on the other computers or the router itself. Could this be an issue?
I would appreciate any help I can get.
Thanks
Are you giving him the internal IP address or the external one? Also, you can try to "Enable Alias", generate a new alias, then give the player the alias instead of IP address.
I tried both the internal and external IPs but I did not try the alias. I'll try that tonight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andraax
Hi all, please help.
I'm trying to get a group on fantasy grounds right now and they can't connect to me.
I am using Windows 10 and tried adding an inbound rule to allow people on Port 1802. Still doesn't work. Any ideas?
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Well, it looks like that worked. Thanks AndraaxQuote:
Originally Posted by Andraax
Too bad this doesn't work with a PfSense firewall. I setup port forwarding with On WAN -> 1802 TCP -> To 1802 To My PC's IP -> Apply. Still nothing.
Welcome on3moda. There is no reason why this cant be made to work thru PfSense. Have you any other stateful packet inspection or similar going on. What do your PfSense logs say?Quote:
Originally Posted by on3moda
Got it. I needed to add PASS.Quote:
Originally Posted by damned
Good work on3moda!
So now Tadkil attempted to connect to my game server last night and was running into connection issues. I configured port forwarding on my router and put in my machine's dynamic ip address. Do I need to setup my machine with a static ip address? Do I need to setup port forwarding on the modem to send the signal to my router's ip address?Quote:
Originally Posted by tadkil
I always recommend using a static IP address when using port forwarding, as otherwise you're telling your router to forward traffic to an IP address that may change. If you statically assign your IP on your computer--or at the very least set up a DHCP reservation so that your machine always gets the same IP; particularly recommended path if you need to use wifi--then you can be assured that the traffic will aways be forwarded where it needs to go.
I think that tadkils issue might be at his end. Im trying to work thru that with him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Baron28
It looks like FG might still be getting blocked outbound on hos computer.
I'm on the FG teamspeak if you need anything from me. Thanks for helping out.Quote:
Originally Posted by damned
i need some help getting my friend to connect..i have a netgear10 and i read thru all this but im not technical savvy with all this modem coding stuff :(
Did you get this sorted out? Also, I'm not seeing any results for Netgear10 in their production lineup. Do you have a model number on the label on the back/bottom (like WNR2000 or something)?
I just got a new computer and upgraded my internet speed and after running FG for over a year, I can't connect. Some of the players helped me set up a static ip and I still couldn't connect. I bypassed my router and went straight to my modem and I could connect and the players could connect to me but at about 15 minute intervals I was disconnected from all the players and then reconnected- very frustrating. I have a Arris modem tm822g and Belkin 600n router. I have made sure that the firewall is allowing FG through. thanks in advance.
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