Having Difficulties Setting Up a Source Engine Listen Server

[Hotline]

so, i've been trying for the past hour to get a listen server for E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy set up for me and a buddy of mine, and i'm admittedly shit at handling stuff regarding servers / internet connections. all i've done so far that i know i'd need to do would be forward ports, but after that didn't work i've tried a few other things on top of that (forwarding more / different ports, changing firewall settings, setting up a static IP + DNS server) unfortunately, whenever he tries joining (we've attempted both invites and also connecting via IP in the console) he gets this window.

[t]http://puu.sh/jpgEM/bc71d878f6.png[/t]

my regular procedure each time i test is to set up the server, and then, when i'm in-game, typing "sv_lan 0", and "heartbeat" into the console, and then restarting the server with the "changelevel" command.

for clarification, and because i believe the issue lies somewhere in these two screenshots, here's the port setup, and static IP / DNS address setup (i guess i should add that after doing this it said my DNS server wasn't responding, but i've been connected to the internet just fine since).

[img]http://puu.sh/jpgnb/d04cdde018.png[/img]

[img]http://puu.sh/jphaf/b85236bec0.png[/img]

in an ideal setting, where everything works fine, how would connecting to this server work for me and my friend? would he be able to just join from an invite i send him? also, is there anything that's required on his end for this? thanks in advance

[Dilbert]

Have him type "connect (insert ip here)" into the console. It's worth a try.

[Hotline]

[QUOTE=elevate;48373308]Have him type "connect (insert ip here)" into the console. It's worth a try.[/QUOTE]

yeah unfortunately we had tried that already but it didn't seem to make a difference

[frankpetrov]

disable your firewall and ask if he can see it then. if so, it's a firewall issue. if not, it's either something with your router or your isp.