[Solved] Connecting to non-local Photon Server

JakobOerum

I've been successfully running an RC7 Photon Server, which I can connect to remotely. This was made possible by changing the public IP Address property in the following files:

deploy\Loadbalancing\GameServer1\bin\Photon.LoadBalancing.dll.config
deploy\Loadbalancing\GameServer2\bin\Photon.LoadBalancing.dll.config
deploy\Loadbalancing\Master\bin\Photon.LoadBalancing.dll.config

For the RC8 server, I can't get it to connect remotely. It works fine if the server runs locally.

I've done the same modifications to a Photon Server RC8, except that the config file in the Master folder no longer contains any <applicationSettings> tag, under which to set the public IP address.

I've tried adding an <applicationSettings> section, with the result that the server didn't start at all.

So, my question is, what's changed that I need to know about, to be able to connect remotely?

dreamora

For the master it was never required to set the public IP as it is the 'main application' in the PhotonServer.exe.config within the bin/Win64 or Bin/Win32 folder where you would control that

Philip

Thats right only the GameServer require a publicIp setting. They register when they connect to the Master and the master sends it to the clients when they request a game.

So it should work ... have you checked your firewall, does it allow to connect? It could be blocking the new PhotonSocketServer.exe.

You should be able to telnet port 4531 from a remote pc.

Note: in our default PhotonServer.config we set the listeners to 0.0.0.0 which tries to bind all available ip's. So no change should be necessary there either.

JakobOerum

I've tried disabling the firewall. It had no effect.

In Unity I get 3 messages when connecting remotely:

1. OnConnectedToPhoton
2. OnFailedToConnectToPhoton
3. OnDisconnectedFromPhoton

When connecting locally, there are no issues connecting or creating/joining rooms.

dreamora

What error do you get on the unity side in the console / log, whats in the photon server logs?

I assume you didn't modify the local master ip / master port in the gameserver config nor in the photonserver config?

JakobOerum

My error in Unity: OnFailedToConnectToPhoton, StatusCode: TimeoutDisconnect, so I'm guessing that it connects to the Master Server, but the reroute to the game server goes bonkers.

It doesn't seem to be a firewall issue, as I've disabled Windows Firewall on the host machine.

I assume you didn't modify the local master ip / master port in the gameserver config nor in the photonserver config?

Nope, I only changed the public IP of the game servers

JakobOerum

It seems I need to wait about 5 minutes after enabling/disabling the firewall, before it actually changes behaviour. I'm now pretty sure that it's a Windows Firewall issue, but don't know what it is, since I've added exceptions for all ports for both UDP and TCP for photonsocketserver.exe.

JakobOerum

The issue has been resolved. It was a port forwarding phantom, that now and then allowed me to access the Photon server, and now and then didn't. It's been fixed by the system admin

Tobias

Glad to read this.