Help Port Forwarding

kurikitty

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Hi guys, I'm trying to run an Ark Survival Evolved Dedicated Server, but to this day I am still having trouble port forwarding. I've looked at tons of youtube videos and guides online, nothing seems to be helping.

My router is an ASUS RT-N56U

Here's the ports I forwarded:

http://prntscr.com/b8f7qd

I've also set it up in my Windows Firewall.

Any help is much appreciated!
 
Solution


it needs to be, contact your ISP they will help you set it up.
You shouldn't have to change any Windows Firewall settings... at least I didn't setting up my dedicated server. Are you sure it isn't working? Have you made sure to show private servers on the client side when attempting to join it? Can you join it locally or is it outside traffic that can't find it?
 

kurikitty

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I can join it so can my brother, but anyone not in our house it says the ports are closed and nobody can see the server.
 


How are they searching for your server? By name or by your external IP address? Try IP address first and make sure that they are selecting in their game browser to Show Private servers. It is drop down in the client in the bottom left I believe. You could always try to put the server on the DMZ host port also to see if they can connect.

I had some issue with my dedicated server not always showing up in the server browser window. You can bypass this by having them add your server IP address as a favorite in the Steam client.