Hexed Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Ark X-Play Dedicated Server works in LAN but not WAN Background info: I have been running a dedicated server for cross-play on Windows 10 for months without issues with both Xbox and PC users connecting over the internet (and myself connecting locally via Xbox). I recently installed Malwarebytes free version (which comes with a 12 day trial of premium), ever since then my server can only be connected to locally all join attempts from outside get a "Join Failed" message. Neither Malwarebytes or Windows firewall logged any notifications about blocking any incoming connections. I have since then tried many things to get the server running correctly again along with several troubleshooting tests to try and narrow the problem down. What I've tried: Uninstalling Malwarebytes (both through windows and using Malwarebytes removal tool) Adding inbound rules for Ark on Windows firewall Tested with the firewall completely disabled. I have verified that it's not a modem/router issue by launching Ark dedicated server on another PC and on an Xbox and everyone was able to join without issue to either of those. I have ran a flushDNS on the problem PC. I have factory reset the router as well. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Ark on the problem PC. I have reinstalled windows 10 files (with the option to keep Apps and personal files checked). Final thoughts: I feel I am left with doing a full Windows 10 reinstall. Does anyone have any ideas on how to get this problem resolved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iEzJay Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 I've used MalwareBytes many times in my life and I have never known it to mess with ARK.. I don't see you mentioned what port is being forwarded and that NAT(Port Forwarding) was setup on the router. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SylenThunder Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 21 hours ago, iEzJay said: I've used MalwareBytes many times in my life and I have never known it to mess with ARK. I have Malwarebytes Premium installed on my Windows server that hosts my Ark cluster. We have zero issues with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexed Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 It is good to know that the MalwareBytes installation may just be a odd coincidence then. As far as port forwarding on my router goes I originally didn't have any ports forwarded (just UPnP turned on) and it worked like that. Since these issues began though I have forwarded the following ports on my router: 53 80 88 500 3074 3544 4500 7777 7778 27015 I ran a "netstat -ab" while the server was loaded on my PC thinking I would see it listening on one of the above ports, but it didn't appear to be listening on any port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingkong57 Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 any update on this? I too have this issue after checking my nat type is open and portforwarding the above ports as well as upnp enabled... kinda thinking it was an update to ark that broke player dedicated servers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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