having a ping

[MasterLemons]

Hai, I'm wondering why I dont have a ping when I'm hosting a server.


Will one of yall help?

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[zenloth]

If you are using Port Forwarding rather than UPnP I believe your ping will display as ---.

[EndGame]

If you are using Port Forwarding rather than UPnP I believe your ping will display as ---.

I believe it's the opposite of that. UPnP = No ping, PF'ing = ping.

[MasterLemons]

No, I'm not using port forwarding, im using a router (atleast i have one)

[zenloth]

No, I'm not using port forwarding, im using a router (atleast i have one)

Can people actually join your server?
If not you will need to enable UPnP or Port Forwarding (which is done on your router).

[EndGame]

Just in case you end up wanting to port forward.

[MasterLemons]

Ok

[Meekl]

HAMMER GOES PING

[Triple Nickels]

Your router does not have UPnP enabled. If you go into your router settings (Depending on your router type it's different, but it's probably 192.168.1.1) by typing your router's internal IP address into the address bar of your browser. Click buttons and stuff untill you find stuff talking about UPnP and enable it.

[MasterLemons]

Your router does not have UPnP enabled. If you go into your router settings (Depending on your router type it's different, but it's probably 192.168.1.1) by typing your router's internal IP address into the address bar of your browser. Click buttons and stuff untill you find stuff talking about UPnP and enable it.

Does it do anything except having a ping?

[Hellriot]

If your ping isn't displaying:
I'm sorry, I can't help you there.

If your ping is reading 0:
It's because you're the host. A server host doesn't get any ping, because the server is running off of their computer.

[Kalphiter]

If your ping is reading 0:
It's because you're the host. A server host doesn't get any ping, because the server is running off of their computer.

No, the host does get ping, but it takes less than a millisecond(0ms) to reach the server.

[MasterLemons]

Does it do anything except having a ping?

Answer my question -_-

[Triple Nickels]

Does it do anything except having a ping?

A ping is how long it takes to send a message to the server and get it back.

Example:

You -> Ping
Server -> Pong

Your BL measures the time between when you sent "Ping" and when you got the message "Pong". If you don't have a ping, that means the server is not sending the "Pong" message back to you. The main reason it would be doing this is because your computer is blocking all messages to the server, so it never sees the "Ping" and so it never replies "Pong". To unblock incoming messages you have to enable UPnP, which I explained how to do above.

[MasterLemons]

So, all it does is make you have a ping?