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Network.TestConnection how to?

Discussion in 'Multiplayer' started by nafonso, Jul 27, 2008.

  1. nafonso

    nafonso

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    Hi,

    I'm currently trying to figure out just how Network.TestConnection works. The thing that confuses me the most, is that we are able to set Network.connectionTesterIP and Network.connectionTesterPort.

    So I though, if I want to test my Network capabilities, I just set connectionTesterIP as 127.0.0.1 and the port to the one I want to open up if I create a server. However, when I do this, I always get Undetermined in Network.TestConnection. And what confuses me more (maybe it is a bug?), if I try again to determine the network capabilities without setting the IP and Port (like it is on the example in Network.TestConnection documentation) I always get Error. In order to make it work again, I have to close unity and relaunch it.

    So, basically, when should I use connectionTesterIP and Port? When I want to get info about a server that is not registered with MasterServer (i.e. direct ip connection)?

    Regards,
    Afonso
     
  2. Der Dude

    Der Dude

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    When Unity tests the connection to a specific server, the server must already be running (if I remember correctly).
    So before starting the test, start the server.
     
  3. shaun

    shaun

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    You can run the connection test any time, no need to start a server.
    The connection tester runs on the same IP as the master server and just helps to establish, from outside, whether you are on a public/private IP and if you are NAT punchable.