#RCON refuses to work

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fallen path
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Did you port forward the Rcon ports?

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Since you said you only forwarded 16261 and 16262

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Rcon uses the 27015 port

ruby hornet
fallen path
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Seems to be TCP

ruby hornet
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forwarded, trying

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nope

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doesn't work

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IP and Port, I do enter the RCON port or the server port?

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tried both 31.130.156.245:27015 and 31.130.156.245:16261, nothin'

fallen path
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You should not enter any port actually

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As far as I understand the tool you are using

ruby hornet
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huh

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nope

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doesn't work without ports

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if I enter a port it hangs a little before closing

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without a port it closes instantly

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although

fallen path
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Hm, and you have Rcon enabled in the game settings?

ruby hornet
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yes

fallen path
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And the port is set to 27015?

ruby hornet
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yes

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LOG : General , 1691144038799> 297,716,748> RCON: listening on port 27015

fallen path
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Try opening both TCP and UDP then

ruby hornet
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do i need to restart the server after each port opening?

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restarted just to be sure

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also, on some server restarts, the discord integration bot keeps renaming to servertest

ruby hornet
fallen path
ruby hornet
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well it can, just have to go to the discord dev panel

fallen path
# ruby hornet no dice

Likely an issue with the tool you are using or you may be writing the port incorrectly, try a different one?

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Or read the description and see the options it has

ruby hornet
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not much room for options

fallen path
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From the link you sent

ruby hornet
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not sure how to use those

fallen path
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I suppose through the command line

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You open it in the directory, use ./rcon options

ruby hornet
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what rcon tool do you use?

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cause even battlemetrics can't connect

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fallen path
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Hm, and you are very certain that you port forwarded the rcon port right?

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You using Windows or Linux?

ruby hornet
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DMd you the password, try if you want/can

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I know the risks

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31.130.156.245

ruby hornet
ruby hornet
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oh

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wow

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alright

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now it's 27015

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still doesn't work

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let me restart real quick

fallen path
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It should be opened in your firewall as well

ruby hornet
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setup a rule in the firewall to let in 27015 traffic

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let's see

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no dice

fallen path
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And you tried both variation in the cli tool?

ruby hornet
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I don't know any other rcon tools

fallen path
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I meant the ports

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16261 and 27015

ruby hornet
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gimme a minute

fallen path
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Just gave a test with my own server, the port has to be the Rcon port

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27015

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The tool you linked works fine

ruby hornet
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can you send me a screenshot of the console window?

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how it's supposed to work

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(don't forget to hide the psw)

fallen path
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That is all, it will connect then

ruby hornet
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connect how?

fallen path
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You press Enter

ruby hornet
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yeah but how does that look like

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cause when I press enter

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it just closes

fallen path
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Are you launching the .exe or using the command line?

ruby hornet
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the exe

fallen path
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Go through the command line instead as mentioned above

ruby hornet
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how do i do that

fallen path
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Open a terminal in the location of the rcon exe

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Write .\rcon.exe

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Press enter

ruby hornet
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cli: auth: rcon: dial tcp 31.130.156.245:27015: connectex: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.

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now we're getting somewhere

fallen path
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Yep, seems like something is still blocking / refusing it

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I can only either blame the ports not being opened, or perhaps any other security measure blocking rcon connections

ruby hornet
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maybe outbound traffic?

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added a rule

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didn't help

fallen path
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Hm, try changing the password? Just as a test

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The server itself seems to be fine as far as I can tell, it uses the right port and everything

ruby hornet
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yeah I've tested the server with multiple people

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the server itself works perfectly

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except all the balancing and debugging and mod options I have to do

ruby hornet
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target machine actively refusing it

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what does that mean

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stack overflow states:

If this happens always, it literally means that the machine exists but that it has no services listening on the specified port, or there is a firewall stopping you.

fallen path
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Yep, the server is listening to the port though as the server message says

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So the firewall or some sort of router security is blocking it

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Or it still is not opened right, you sure the port is written correctly this time? In the firewall as well?

ruby hornet
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i don't know anymore

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quite honestly