Why cant anyone joinn a server I host

[mcek]

[closed] So we have an old pc with windows that we have been hosting servers on and me and my sibling in England and some friends from Canada have been able to join. I have got a new pc that is better than the old one and I am trying to set up hosting on it (edit. btw it uses linux). I have got a server hosting on the terminal and I am able to join but no one else can. whenever my siblings or our friends try to join it says connection timed out. We allowed the ip through the firewall the same as we did for the other computer (with the same port 3002) after removing what we did for the other computer that was hosting just fine.

[Blockhead]

That must not be very fun. You may have already tried these, but here's a few ideas:

• Does the new PC run the same version of Windows?
• Does the new PC have an antivirus? Is Windows Defender on or off?
• Could the new PC have a different IP address and you haven't allowed that IP address through?
• Does the new PC have VPN software which adds its own firewall rules to block traffic not going through the VPN?
• When you first started the Minetest server from the terminal, did you check the checkboxes to allow Minetest to operate on private and public networks? If you remember, which type is your LAN configured as in Windows and which did you tick? But maybe you updated the firewall rules later and this is irrelevant.

[mcek]

Oh I forgot to say I am using linux mint cinnamon on my new pc. sorry for that. I meant we set up the router stuff (i forget what it is called) for my computers ip and the server port to host through it but I didnt do anything on my computer as I dont know if there is anything I need to do or what to do. Also when I started the server there wasn't any check boxes. When the server it says listening on 0.0.0.0:30002 and I can join using my ip and server port 30002 but no on else, not even on our LAN can join.

[mcek]

I solved the issue. I installed firewall config and allowed the port to go throught the firewall.

[DeFi]

attempting to run LAN server on my windows 11 for 2 computers only, Failure time and again


used command
Minetest --server --terminal --worldname <blank>

ERROR[Main]: Cmd arg --terminal passed, but compiled without ncurses. Ignoring.
ACTION[Main]: [MOD] Animalia [0.6] loaded
WARNING[Server]: SQLite3 database has been locked for 250 ms.
ERROR[Server]: SQLite3 database has been locked for 1000 ms; this causes lag.
ERROR[Server]: SQLite3 database has been locked for 3000 ms - giving up!
WARNING[Server]: Server: Maximum lag peaked at 3.01609 (steplen=0.05)
ERROR[Server]: An unhandled exception occurred: "Failed to commit SQLite3 transaction: cannot commit transaction - SQL statements in progress"
ERROR[Server]: In thread 27944:
ERROR[Server]: /home/runner/work/minetest/minetest/src/server.cpp:96: virtual void *ServerThread::run(): A fatal error occurred: "Failed to commit SQLite3 transaction: cannot commit transaction - SQL statements in progress"
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ACTION[Main]: World at [C:\Games\Minetest\bin\..\worlds\DGS_Caasa]
ACTION[Main]: Server for gameid="mineclonia" listening on 0.0.0.0:30000.

[Blockhead]

I think this usually occurs when you already have the world file open in two instances at the same time, e.g. you're running two servers or you already have the world open in singleplayer and try to launch the server on that world.