Windows 10 Server Network Setup
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 5:27 pm
Hi,
I am trying to get BZFlag working over a network (and eventually over the internet) so I can play against some family and friends while we all self-isolate due to the dreaded coronavirus
In principle what I am trying is dead simple and seemed easier to do a decade or so ago. I am using two machines (both Windows 10 Pro 64) and can run bzfs.exe on my "server" which has a static IP of x.x.x.60 and can connect a game on that machine to it so that proves the server is actually working. I can do the same with my client (i.e. server/client, same machine) but cannot get my "client" machine (DHCP currently x.x.x.133) to connect which, given the game will connect to itself on my server, suggests that my problem is network related; unfortunately, my networking these days is a little rusty and Windows 10 seems to be more secure than it once was.
I have (or I think I have, these days it's anyone's guess) opened TCP and UDP for ports 5154-5200 using Windows Defender Firewall but can't get a response (telnet x.x.x.60 5154) however I CAN get a response using telnet on the server itself so again I'm back to something blocking it across my local network.
I'll keep on trying, of course, but I retired from IT a while back and now I'm a bit lost so is there anyone here who has set up a BZFlag network on Windows 10 and can maybe help me out?
Thanks
James
I am trying to get BZFlag working over a network (and eventually over the internet) so I can play against some family and friends while we all self-isolate due to the dreaded coronavirus
In principle what I am trying is dead simple and seemed easier to do a decade or so ago. I am using two machines (both Windows 10 Pro 64) and can run bzfs.exe on my "server" which has a static IP of x.x.x.60 and can connect a game on that machine to it so that proves the server is actually working. I can do the same with my client (i.e. server/client, same machine) but cannot get my "client" machine (DHCP currently x.x.x.133) to connect which, given the game will connect to itself on my server, suggests that my problem is network related; unfortunately, my networking these days is a little rusty and Windows 10 seems to be more secure than it once was.
I have (or I think I have, these days it's anyone's guess) opened TCP and UDP for ports 5154-5200 using Windows Defender Firewall but can't get a response (telnet x.x.x.60 5154) however I CAN get a response using telnet on the server itself so again I'm back to something blocking it across my local network.
I'll keep on trying, of course, but I retired from IT a while back and now I'm a bit lost so is there anyone here who has set up a BZFlag network on Windows 10 and can maybe help me out?
Thanks
James