29 Apr 11, 09:17AM
I suspect the problem here is a firewall issue. When the server is started, the MS sees it; there's an entry in the MS log. However, the AC server is not getting a response and is showing "registration failed: failed pinging server", and it's not appearing in the MS list. The port forwarding is working fine, as I was able to connect to the server using /connect.
Criz_213 has the Windows Vista firewall and a firewall on his router. I would assume that forwarding rules create exceptions in the router firewall and the Vista firewall has ac_server.exe allowed and ports 28763-4 allowed. I hope someone with experience of the Vista firewall can shed some light; I think it's more advanced than the XP "firewall" that I'm used to. Turning it off completely had intermittent results :/ We tried turning off IPv6 support too, with no success.
I'm sure there's something obvious I'm missing...
Criz_213 has the Windows Vista firewall and a firewall on his router. I would assume that forwarding rules create exceptions in the router firewall and the Vista firewall has ac_server.exe allowed and ports 28763-4 allowed. I hope someone with experience of the Vista firewall can shed some light; I think it's more advanced than the XP "firewall" that I'm used to. Turning it off completely had intermittent results :/ We tried turning off IPv6 support too, with no success.
I'm sure there's something obvious I'm missing...