I've been messing with this for a while and it's time to beg for help!
I'm in the process of getting a Quake (one) server up and running. I have a cable modem connected to a router/wifi-gateway (Netgear WRN2000v3 running DD-WRT firmware). The "server" computer is wired to the router with an ethernet line (LAN IP for the server is 192.168.1.20, static IP).
The server appears to be working correctly. People outside my local network can connect + join the server (the required ports are forwarded). Within the local network, computers can connect to server if connected to the routervia wifi.
However, other local computers CANNOT connect to the server when using a wired ethernet connection to the router. They can only connect when using wifi. This is REALLY bizarre and I can't imagine why this is the case. Two separate laptops cannot connect via ethernet but can with wifi. Internet and other online services work fine with the ethernet connections.
My wifi signal is flaky at times and I get bad lag spikes (that also spike the server for all clients!), so I really want to get the wired connect working, but cannot for the life of me figure out the issue.
Any ideas or suggestions?
- I've disabled all firewalls
- I've open large port ranges
- I've used static IP's vs. DHCP ...
- Is it a router configuration issue? Or a computer ethernet specific issue? i just don't know.
Here's the IP config from one of the client's
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MezMSI
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.mi.comcast.net.
System Quarantine State . . . . . : Not Restricted
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.mi.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : [hidden MAC]
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::d99a:a50c:df71:ba75%29(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.12(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, September 13, 2015 9:31:03 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, September 14, 2015 10:12:12 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : [hidden]
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : [hidden]
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
75.75.76.76
75.75.75.75
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 4:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.mi.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : [hidden]
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter isatap.hsd1.mi.comcast.net.:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.mi.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
I'm in the process of getting a Quake (one) server up and running. I have a cable modem connected to a router/wifi-gateway (Netgear WRN2000v3 running DD-WRT firmware). The "server" computer is wired to the router with an ethernet line (LAN IP for the server is 192.168.1.20, static IP).
The server appears to be working correctly. People outside my local network can connect + join the server (the required ports are forwarded). Within the local network, computers can connect to server if connected to the routervia wifi.
However, other local computers CANNOT connect to the server when using a wired ethernet connection to the router. They can only connect when using wifi. This is REALLY bizarre and I can't imagine why this is the case. Two separate laptops cannot connect via ethernet but can with wifi. Internet and other online services work fine with the ethernet connections.
My wifi signal is flaky at times and I get bad lag spikes (that also spike the server for all clients!), so I really want to get the wired connect working, but cannot for the life of me figure out the issue.
Any ideas or suggestions?
- I've disabled all firewalls
- I've open large port ranges
- I've used static IP's vs. DHCP ...
- Is it a router configuration issue? Or a computer ethernet specific issue? i just don't know.
Here's the IP config from one of the client's
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MezMSI
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.mi.comcast.net.
System Quarantine State . . . . . : Not Restricted
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.mi.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : [hidden MAC]
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::d99a:a50c:df71:ba75%29(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.12(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, September 13, 2015 9:31:03 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, September 14, 2015 10:12:12 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : [hidden]
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : [hidden]
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
75.75.76.76
75.75.75.75
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 4:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.mi.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : [hidden]
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter isatap.hsd1.mi.comcast.net.:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.mi.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes