EASY ANTI CHEAT Rust 2025 GUIDE IN CASE anyone runs into THIS!!! issue without resolution.

[dontsayvinegar]

so i got "Authentication Timed out (1/2)" and have went through all other troubleshooting steps but what fixed my issue after 5 hours of troubleshooting i opened up "services" in windows search bar and set Easyanticheat From "Manuel" to "Automatic" and Made sure i only had one set of rust files on one hard drive afterwards i verified integrity ran rust and now finally its booting a server! i now have peace i hope this helps yall out good luck and if you need a further breakdown just add me as a friend and ill try n get back with you . thank you for reading !!