Local server going nuts

[Emblis]

Okay, I am trying to get a local server up, to play with some friends. But this is really odd...

Sometimes, it goes up without a problem and people are able to join. But mostly, it just says that the server is behind a firewall and only LAN clients are able to join.

But I do not change anything about it, it is like it just don't want to. Running Windows 7 with Bit-defender as AV if anyone have experienced this before. But its more like it just does not want to work, restarting the server sometimes fix it, but not likely.

I am at loss.

[Pieface]

Are you trying to get the server up to play with friends on your LAN or on different networks?

[Emblis]

Are you trying to get the server up to play with friends on your LAN or on different networks?

I am trying to get it up so anyone on the internet can join. It have worked a few times, seemingly random.

[Pieface]

A good place to get started would be to read the Wiki Server Manual (http://nimblygames.com/wiki/index.php?title=Altitude_Server_Manual), the Windows Firewall (http://altitudegame.com/firewall?ip=unknown&os=windows) page, and Maimer's Port Forwarding (http://altitudegame.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1602) thread.

Have you set up your firewall and router to allow port forwarding? The UPNP support seems a bit spotty so you might want to try setting it up manually if the server's not working automatically.

[Emblis]

I am not using UPNP and I do not need to, this computer goes directly to the modem and out. It says that it is a firewall issue, but I doubt that since it worked before -.-