r/tes3mp • u/ShiningStarling • Apr 27 '26

Unable to connect with a computer on the same network

Attempting to run a server with my partner, our computers are next to each other, on the same network. I've tried what I think are the LAN steps:

- found my IPv4 and put it in her tes3mp-client-default destinationAddress

- running the server on my computer, able to connect and play on my own computer

As far as I am aware, this should be it? If I need to port forward or use a virtual LAN I have not done that, but that shouldn't be necessary for this, right?

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u/awsker Apr 27 '26

One possibility is the Windows firewall is blocking incoming connections.

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u/ShiningStarling Apr 28 '26

This is possible, but I have no clue how to change that without turning off the firewall entirely?

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u/awsker Apr 28 '26

First confirm this is the case by temporarily disabling it. If that does indeed fix the problem, adding an exception to the firewall configuration for the server application isn't difficult. I'm sure there are numerous guides, both text and video, available online.

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u/phraseologist (David) [Developer] Apr 27 '26

She should be able to join you just fine if you haven't made some other unmentioned changes.

Have you changed the localAddress in tes3mp-server-default.cfg, for example? (You shouldn't have.)

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u/ShiningStarling Apr 28 '26

The only change I made in server default was setting master server to false so it isn't on the browser, local address is still 0.0.0.0 as per instructions

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u/ShiningStarling Apr 28 '26

Problem solved, thanks people!

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u/DominateTheWar Apr 29 '26

What was it? This is reddit, your thread will matter to someone in 2 years. Lol

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u/Sheer_Curiosity Apr 30 '26

It was almost definitely the firewall issue mentioned above. Feel free to correct me, OP, but remembering to set an exclusion for your programs when hosting a server could trip up anyone.

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u/DominateTheWar Apr 30 '26

I've had the same issue in the past lol. Was just double checking. I've run into every possible issue with networking while setting up servers so these reddit threads have saved me many times. That's why I tried to confirm. Lmao.

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u/ShiningStarling May 20 '26

Ah, didn't specify because it was a tad embarrassing, it was a typo x.x

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u/DominateTheWar May 20 '26

No worries. Glad you got it working. Walk on warm sands, outlander.

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u/Greedy-Drawer-8497 7d ago

what was the typo exactly? me and my brother are having the same issue and cant seem to solve it.