Private gaming server on dynamic Ip

[Wedge]

Hi I have set up a small server for my mates and I to learn ark together.
Yes I have tried to host game but the rubberband to the host is stupid.

I have it set and we have played with no problems however when my isp changes my ip, I have to redo the port forwarding and ‘stuff’(that’s technical term for I have limited knowledge)

I signed up to noip.com and set that up but when I got to add the redirect address, steam can’t see the server.

Has any smarter then me got any advise to help

[zerassar]

So the internal local IP address of your server should never change. You need to set it to a static IP address and configure your port forwarding to that appropriate internal address.

Your ISP does not have access to your internal IP's, this is on you to manage and control.

What your ISP can do, is set your public IP address. It is this that your users will be connecting to.

That is where noip.com comes in. You install this on a device on your local network and it regularly confirms what your public IP address is. When it notices a change it updates the DNS results for your custom noip.com domain. I assume something like "wedgeArk.noip.com".

If your users bookmark/save this URL they can connect without issues.
The steam favourites though, even if you add the URL, only saves it as an IP address. So when the IP changes they would need to readd it again.

[Wedge]

Thank you for the speedy reply..

I have setup the internal static IP. I will digest the info.,

This is driving me mad at the moment.

[Wedge]

OK, Ark server manager is set to the internal, steam can see the server if I try to add a server and use the noip domain, so guessing thats a good sign.

[enhjester]

If you can't connect directly through the Ark game, try using the Steam Server list.

[Wedge]

@enhjester - thank for your time to post. The steam server list is fine, I just can’t seem to find a place within Ark to enter IP:PORT.

I ended convincing my ISP to give me a static IP, so all should be good, once I replace my router

[zerassar]

Originally posted by Wedge:

@enhjester - thank for your time to post. The steam server list is fine, I just can’t seem to find a place within Ark to enter IP:PORT.

I ended convincing my ISP to give me a static IP, so all should be good, once I replace my router

You can't... But adding a server to your steam server favourites does show the server in game under favourites.

The problem was that ark doesn't let you save your noip domain as a server favourite. If you could have done this, you wouldnt need a static IP at all.

Minecraft is an example of a game that can take a domain as a server connection and not just IP address.