Ubuntu nor Windows Server allows 22005

[JakeHoyt]

Any ideas on this one... installed ragemp server on windows  - after fighting with it trying to get 22005 opened (windows fw disabled, port forwarding enabled on my Unify fw) port 22005 does not pass. Tried other ports and they fail also.. i even switched a port from a known good forward list going to another service and that failed too.

 

so switch to ubuntu ... same freaking issue! lol fw is disabled, i even deplyed the box on my internal network , port forwarding does not work coming it on 22005. so ok.. another way.. lets telnet to the port from a system on the same network.. (source) 10.x.x.4 -> telnet 10.x.x.10 22005 - fails. 22006 works fine

this leads me to believe the server is not actually listening on 22005 even thou it says it is. netstat -an shows something listening on that port but the server is not accepting the connection. 

 

I went round and round on a windows box troubleshooting.. thought maybe windows socket was blocking so i went the easy way in linux and it shows the same behavior.

 

I can tell you it is not my fw ...(not to sound arrogant or anything) . I actually am a real life network admin for a company and i work fw's all day long. so I know what i have opened is correct. something server side app is not working correctly. 

 

pretty basic config.json

"maxplayers" : 100,
        "name" : "RAGE:MP Unofficial server",
        "gamemode" : "freeroam",
        "stream-distance" : 300.0,
        "announce" : false,
        "csharp" : "disabled",
        "port": 22005
}
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I didnt even try to bind it with the local IP yet, but that wont work as it didn't on windows.

The 2 boxes i am testing with are on the same internal network with no fw in between.. so i really think i missed a setup step or the process is really not listening on the port that it says it is.

has anyone figured this out yet? Did i miss something somewhere?