[ASCENT] Others can connect but no one on my network(LAN) can

[DarkJade]

I have people from around the world connecting to my server, but when someone tried to connect that are on my router they can't. I think i have done everything. I have looked at all the guides and switched everything possible. People are able to login but they get a realm loop or just get stuck at logging into game server. I don't know what else I can do... I have changed my hosts file and put in my dynamic dns... my realms.conf has 3 realms, one for the LAN, one for internet and I really don't know what the third one is for but yeah it is using 127.0.0.1.. We have all the necessary ports forwarded. I really don't know what to do... Any help would be great. Thanks in advance.

DarkJade

[MentaL]

[alexw]

I think your problem is by the Router itself.
BTW do you use the External or the Internal Ip to connect.
If you use the external and the Database Realmlist is also on the external that you can connect, but you cant connect when you connect to the internal and the Database Realmlist is on the external. If you just want the play with friends/family in lan and not outside i sugest to set the Database Realmlist to Internal ip...

Alexw

[Darkhomb]

you only need 2 realms, dont need the 127.0.0.1... make sure the lan ip is the lan ip that the server is on. also make sure they are logging into the 2nd realm and not the first (name the realm Lan access only).

[GIRunit]

yeah uhm alex.. i really don't make many posts but i noticed this and i have your answer. I'm a network engineer so the solution was easy for me.

the config files bind the server to a specific DNS entry. it's like a host header. if the "host header" isn't presented to the server upon connection, then the server won't answer. SO, either A. you make a DNS server for your internal network that your.server.ip.### points to the DNS name you gave it for the outside world, OR, you can have your hosts file point to the internal IP and put the DNS name for it.

either way it's basically an A record that points an internal IP to a resolvable DNS name. your hosts file is %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and open in notepad. IP first then tab, and then the DNS name.

[TragicManner]

GIRunit,I'm having a similar problem, and if I understand correctly then I'd need to go to all the computers I want to play on my LAN and edit their host files? If not, is it just something I need to change on my server? I do have a host file that, as far as I can tell, should be able to resolve this issue, but then again I don't completely understand host files.

[strollerr]

Thanks GIRunit Had the same problem with my LAN players and your suggestion worked.