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Sometimes, when I start the server, I get a message "Failed to recognize external IP address. There may be problems with connecting other players to you".
And very often, my friend xXFarosXx has a game crashing when he plays on my server.
You can see him post here: viewtopic.php?p=262987#p262987

WIZ4 wrote:Sometimes, when I start the server, I get a message "Failed to recognize external IP address. There may be problems with connecting other players to you".
And very often, my friend xXFarosXx has a game crashing when he plays on my server.
You can see him post here: viewtopic.php?p=262987#p262987

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Thanks for the report,

This error is more typically a result of your local network configuration,
such as a router or firewall filtering setting