Re: [pio-general] Help running pioneers-server-console

[Roland C. <rc...@us...>]

Hello Francesco,

On 19/05/2022 22:54, Francesco Ariis wrote:
> Il 19 maggio 2022 alle 22:13 Francesco Ariis ha scritto:
>> I want to play Pioneers with my friend and so decided to run a
>> private server. I have:

 >> - run `sudo service avahi-daemon start`
 >> - launched `pioneers-server-console`
...
 >> But when I run the client from another machine and select “Join 
private game”, the program gets stuck at
 >>    22:10:23 [INFO] Connecting to 134.122.108.198, port 5556\n

> I will answer my own question.
> 
>      sudo ufw allow 5556
> 
> was needed. It would be nice if this info was clearly stated in the
> manual.

In addition to the manual in the Pioneers client, you can also find an 
online version of the manual here:
http://pio.sourceforge.net/manual/ch03.html

The exact command is indeed not listed in the manual.

In the FAQ section, the question 'I've seen a game at the metaserver, 
but I cannot join?' indicates that a firewall might be involved. The 
instructions for dyndns appear to be offline, perhaps I have a copy 
somewhere, which I can host myself.

The wording in the manual is rather vague, there are millions of ways to 
configure the router to do port forwarding.
If you have a proposal, I'll update the manual accordingly.

The Avahi service is only needed to advertise games in your local 
intranet. The 'Join' button in the 'Avahi' section will allow you to 
select such a game, without having to type host names or port numbers.

The program might appear to be stuck at 'Connecting to...', but it is 
waiting for a time out. The time out might be a few minutes, which gives 
the impression that the program is stuck. This depends on whether the 
firewall has a DROP or REJECT rule.

With kind regards,
Roland Clobus