I have discovered a couple items that have me stumped and hoping for some clarification if I've missed something obvious.
First item. My wife and I have a multiplayer server setup on our LAN network. In the text8.dat file I did not specify ports as I had assumed (and if I recall from document reading) the defaults were 29888 TCP and 29889 UDP. I had not specified an external IP at the time, only the internal IP to the machine running the server. We are running the NO-GUI version of the server and so far we both have been able to connect and play together.
We have a couple of people in our flight group that are planning to buy EL and wish to play along with us on our MP server, so on this weekend that passed I decided to get things prepped. First, I added my external IP in the text8.dat file and set the line 502 to value of 1. I also had set the port forwarding on our router with 2 entries- 1 for port 29888 TCP pointing to the internal machine; 1 for port 29889 UDP for that same machine. When I log in now using the External IP address, I get the following..
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-> < Welcome to the Outer Rims >
< Connection failed, no response from server on UDP port. > (1)
-> < Welcome to the Outer Rims >
< Connection failed, no response from server on UDP port. > (2)
< Docking tractor beam engaged >
< Close inventory console to disengage >
< Welcome to Rucker Outpost >
Second item. In the multiplayer server text8.dat file.. the line 900 allows for a default password for the server. I had taken that to mean when one connects they would be prompted for the password, so I gave that a test this morning. I set a password and started the server. Once I connect to the IP address of my server, it goes through the normal process, checklists, etc and when the "Start up : 5" displays, the screen goes black and then I see a blue box appear briefly then the session quits and I am back at the main menu. I assume where I saw this box is the challenge response to enter the password?
For us, these are not deal breakers. I just wanted to bring this forward because it is driving me to the brink of needing to solve (it's the IT side of me) and already have got over the manual 5x and a vast amount of coffee.