Zomboid B42 Issue Intializing server

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Hi, its been stuck on this and ive tried multiple things to try and getting it to work

Theres no mods on either

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Your screenshot shows the server started correctly

What issue are you having when connecting to it?

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My friends specifically cant join

ive given my public and private ip to them

and let the server pass through my firewall

nothing

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i have both port 16262 and 16261 open to my internal ip for asus routers, using the udp protocol

then using my public ip and internal ip but neither work with any combination

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That means you yourself can join, correct?

If you can join, it means the server itself is set up correctly, the issue is always up the chain in this case

Firewalls, antivirus, router, internet provider and so on

Do you have a public IP assigned to you by your internet provider? Rather than a shared one.

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yes i do, i checked the firewalls and thought i cleared them out but how do i know if the antivirus or firewalls is blocking the server?

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and yes

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Testing, disable the firewall, then check the connection

Disable antiviurs, check connection