• Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning old domain name stealing credentials

  • Special Server Maintenance

    Just when you think you have everything running some what better...

    You get a message from the Hosting company. Short story they need to move us to a new server. I have been working with them to plan a good date for all concerned. Here is what we have come up with as a schedule.

    1. November 4th 17:00 -5UTC shut off the forums and start backup proceedures. During this time there will be no access to the forums or the Resource Section.
    2. November 5th Continue with Backups and download same until complete.
    3. November 6th 7:00 turn over server to hosting company to move system to new server
    4. November 7th - 8th restore backups and upgrade forum software.

    If all goes well we should be back online on November 8th.

    To keep you updated we will post updates on AVSIM forums.

    Thank you for your support.

Port Forwarding almost there!

falcon409

falcon409

SOH-CM-2026
I have the necessary ports setup in my router (Netgear R6220) but when I ran the Port Tester mentioned over on the Flight Server it showed that the ports were timing out, something wasn't right. I found a different tester and when it loaded it said it was testing the ports through this ip Address (192.168.1.7), that's not what I found when I ran "ipconfig" (192.168.1.2). Anyway, I went back into the router and reassigned the various ports to go through the new ip address. Closed out the router setup and ran the test on the various ports needed for multiplayer. . .every one passed, no problems.

GREAT (or so I thought) Loaded FSHost, gave it "23456" to locate a session. . .zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. . .nothing! FSHost is program that is "Allowed" through the firewall, so it isn't being blocked by the firewall. I was using a payware version of Avast Virus Protection software and uninstalled that and opted for the freeware version instead (long story). The necessary programs are also in the "allowed" list there.

Anyway, going back to last evening, before I changed the ip address in the router to 192.168.1.7, I was using 192.168.1.2 and I was able to use FSHost, found all the servers and actually flew a few legs in Multiplayer. . .BUT. . .the port tester showed that the ports were timing out. Fast Forward to today, I change the ip address, the ports are now open and playing great but FSHost doesn't find any servers, lol. :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:
 
UPDATE: After some much needed assistance from our resident Server Guru (DangerousDave), it was decided that the problem was with the hardware and not the act of port forwarding. I have a new Router and Cable Modem coming tomorrow that will hopefully be the remedy. Fingers crossed..
 
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