Till then GG.Updates to Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released.
For now I consider this issue to be closed but I will definitely update this post if and when I can connect. At this point my only option is to wait for my ISP to issue me a different IP address from the DHCP pool but who knows how long that'll take. So as far as I can tell the issue is server side from the gamehost not liking my IP for whatever reason. Thus I can rule out my router as being the culprit.
When I reverted the MAC address to its default and powercycled my modem I got a different IP and was able to resolve the server just fine (server was full so couldnt join). Sure enough it pulled the same IP address the Airport Router receives, and I couldnt resolve the server name in Steams Server Browser nor connect.
So I cloned the MAC address of my Airport router to my PC and connected that directly to my modem. So as far as I know Im not banned (not sure why my IP was in the ban list if it was though?). As explained before if I get a different IP by connecting directly to my modem bypassing my router, I can see and join the server just fine.
I assume if I was banned you'd use my SteamID since ppl can just spoof IP/MAC addresses to get around a ban.Īn update: I decided to try an experiment. I may very well just buy an Edgerouter and use my Airport Extreme as an access point in bridge mode but Im desperate to find out what this is, been nagging me all week.Įdit: Just tried again with connecting my PC straight to my modem and I was able to enter a game. Is it possible the server host you guys use is blocking something on my end? Is it possible my IP or MAC address has been blocked by accident? I get a new IP and different MAC address if I connect directly to the modem, but get another if I use my router. If I can connect to the server by going directly to my modem instead of thru the router then theres something about the router but I cant imagine what since like I said its pretty slim on config options and I havent changed anything in months. I checked my hosts file and its normal/unmodified. Been using it for at least a year or whenever it was introduced. I use Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 DNS server which applied to my router. I played on the 6th Rangers server last night and saw Eshkibok was on and asked here if the server was down but she said no. I messaged them but havent heard back yet but just wondering if theres any issues on your guys end or if its me. Maybe my ISP (mediacom) has issues with the Telia backbone.
I can ping just fine, but tracert shows 2 timeouts: I can see other servers like the 6th Rangers server which ran normal for me.ĭid a ping and tracert of your server ip. I dont recall this ever happening before. I was on Monday night with no issues then took a break and quit the game, but noticed that your server was no longer showing up in my favorites. My ISP speed is very good and I have no issue with any other online game. I usually have low ping around 60ms but over the last few weeks I've experience massive lag spikes at times. I play as Larry David on the server almost every night starting around 8pm CST.