burn wrote:
I can recall "timeout issues" on other servers in the past, but it's been so rare (that I've seen at least) that it would be hard to pinpoint. Since you tried disabling your firewall (I assume it's the only blocking software you have), I would check your resources (network, cpu, memory, etc) to see if anything is peaking that could slow things down.

Alright, thanks for the advice. As this is now obviously on my end this can be closed

Threads are rarely 'closed' so feel free to update when you resolve your issue

Good luck with it...

chimaera500 wrote:
Threads are rarely 'closed' so feel free to update when you resolve your issue

Good luck with it...



I ended up contacting my host's support as the issue was so strange.

They have something called a "GAME firewall" which apparently was activated by default and automatically had a whitelist for 27015. As to why it sometimes allowed traffic on the other game ports and sometimes not, I have no idea (really strange for a firewall IMO). It was also hidden deep inside their control panel. If anyone else finds this issue on Google, I'm using OVH and you have to go the IP's management tab and then hit the cog all the way on the right and hit configure.

Excellent news, and thank you for sharing that information.