stormblade282
AAdmincraft
•Created by stormblade282 on 4/24/2025 in #questions
Port forwarding and getsocketopt error
Hello, I've been having many problems trying to port-forward my home server recently, all resulting in 'Connection refused: getsocketopt' i've read every relevant post I could find online, and haven't seen a solution that could help.
The server is running on ubuntu 24.04 with cubecoders AMP and webmin installed; my stopgap solution has just been to use tailscale to connect but i'd rather avoid this when others start to play.
Tailscale and playit.gg both work, as well as connecting with the internal ip. The port (the server is on 2566) is open with TCP-UDP, as I've tested it with an online tool. I have also allowed all relevant apps through the firewall on the linux machine, and I've tried to get people to connect with our public ip (I've already checked a few different ways for CGNAT, it's not an issue)
The server is also listening for the correct port, and it's open for tcp/udp - I also checked the ifconfig and everything else I could to make sure it wasn't a firewall issue.
Since portforwarding isn't the issue (at this stage) the only two things I saw online that could be possible is a separate ISP block further down the line or some firewall issue with them, or something wrong with the ip i'm inputting somewhere.
In the portforward settings I've used the 25566 port for external and internal ports, I have the external ip set to * (I tried 0.0.0.0 and it didn't change anything) the internal port set to the internal servers ip addr (as given by amp, which I connect with in game) and as I said earlier the port checker tool online shows the port as open for my public ip, which is the same ip i'm using to try to connect in game (the server is hosted on a separate machine so I assumed I could connect via the public ip myself to test it, but I also got a friend to try join and they got the same connection error)
Does anyone have any solutions or is my only option tailscale/a reverse proxy/cloud hosting/etc, just not port forwarding?
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AAdmincraft
•Created by stormblade282 on 4/21/2025 in #questions
Self-hosted server specs
Hello, I'm looking into upgrading (theseus ship'ing) a server I recently setup at home on old hardware. Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask, if it is can anyone point me in the right direction?
My current hardware is:
CPU: amd fx-6300
GPU: gtx 750-ti
RAM: 2x4gb ddr3 kingston hyperx fury
MOBO: Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard
PSU: Silverstone SFX 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply
I'm considering of upgrading to:
CPU: intel core i5 14400
RAM: kingston fury 2x16gb ddr4 3600mhz
MOBO: MSI PRO H610M-G DDR4 Micro-ATX LGA 1700 (still not sure on this mobo)
I want to re-use the same case that I'm not sure the model of, and whatever else inside the desktop I can.
My question is whether these are the right parts to upgrade to, or if I should go for the i5 14600k or a different CPU/mobo
In terms of games the server will generally be for modded minecraft (not too many mods to start but maybe some more intensive modpacks) so I wanted to upgrade to a CPU with good single thread performance, for 2-5 players I think. A (potentially silly) concern of mine is just longevity and ability to upgrade in the future from this without needing to replace all of it.
I'd like to spend as little as I can for the most of course, I also am conscious of overall power consumption from the upgrade. It's also running on ubuntu 24.04.2
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