contacting server....

Hans4 · 12-30-2009, 08:53 PM

im trying to set up my own server but everytime i try to connect i keep getting contacting server. i know you have to forward ports, i dont know much about it, so when i added vent i said ports 3784 to 3784 idk if that matters....and i enabled DMZ on my router....help =(

Prog-Rocker · 12-31-2009, 10:27 AM

[FONT=Verdana]Testing Local Connection[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana]For PC’s connecting on the same LAN as the server:[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]If you’re connecting the client from a different PC than the server then configure the client to use one of the internal ipaddresses of the server for the servername.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana] [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]If you’re running the client on the same PC as the server then use 127.0.0.1 or “localhost” as the servername.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana]Most home routers will not loopback a connection if you specify your external ipaddress or hostname in the Ventrilo Client - Server setup.[/FONT]

Hans4 · 12-31-2009, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prog-Rocker

[FONT=Verdana]Testing Local Connection[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana]For PC’s connecting on the same LAN as the server:[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]If you’re connecting the client from a different PC than the server then configure the client to use one of the internal ipaddresses of the server for the servername.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana]If you’re running the client on the same PC as the server then use 127.0.0.1 or “localhost” as the servername.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana]Most home routers will not loopback a connection if you specify your external ipaddress or hostname in the Ventrilo Client - Server setup.[/FONT]

yeah i am running the server on the same computer as the client, so if i tell the ventrilo server my external ipaddress it should start to work? sounds good but how do i do that...?

Hans4 · 12-31-2009, 01:58 PM

like i can connect to it if i use my internal ip from my router...its just other people cannot

lcplfarrar · 12-31-2009, 05:09 PM

Just where it asks you to put the ip in for the server type in "localhost" and you should be able to connect, but as you said others will not be able to connect. Because it doesn't require you to loop back through the router.

Prog-Rocker · 12-31-2009, 07:37 PM

@hans4

can the status page see your server? [URL]http://ventrilo.com/status.php[/URL]

check your portforward settings on the router to make sure they haven't changed.

also try powering off the router for 60 seconds then re-check the settings

12-30-2009, 08:53 PM	#1
Hans4 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 3	contacting server.... im trying to set up my own server but everytime i try to connect i keep getting contacting server. i know you have to forward ports, i dont know much about it, so when i added vent i said ports 3784 to 3784 idk if that matters....and i enabled DMZ on my router....help =(

12-31-2009, 07:37 PM	#6
Prog-Rocker just tryin to help Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Local Space/Time Continuum Posts: 23,459	@hans4 can the status page see your server? [URL]http://ventrilo.com/status.php[/URL] check your portforward settings on the router to make sure they haven't changed. also try powering off the router for 60 seconds then re-check the settings Last edited by Prog-Rocker; 12-31-2009 at 07:42 PM.

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12-31-2009, 10:27 AM	#2
Prog-Rocker just tryin to help Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Local Space/Time Continuum Posts: 23,459	[FONT=Verdana]Testing Local Connection[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]For PC’s connecting on the same LAN as the server:[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]If you’re connecting the client from a different PC than the server then configure the client to use one of the internal ipaddresses of the server for the servername.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]If you’re running the client on the same PC as the server then use 127.0.0.1 or “localhost” as the servername.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Most home routers will not loopback a connection if you specify your external ipaddress or hostname in the Ventrilo Client - Server setup.[/FONT]

12-31-2009, 01:58 PM	#4
Hans4 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 3	like i can connect to it if i use my internal ip from my router...its just other people cannot

12-31-2009, 05:09 PM	#5
lcplfarrar Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 4	Just where it asks you to put the ip in for the server type in "localhost" and you should be able to connect, but as you said others will not be able to connect. Because it doesn't require you to loop back through the router.