HELP! Wanted! Authentication Timout

[kalyptos]

So this is what i suffer from.. all day ive tryed to read and search for fixes and stuff.. no luck at all.

 

Ive just installed my new server Windows server 2008 R2 

 

Downloaded arma 2 and arma 2 ao from steam. install all that x86 libs i needed so the server will start.

then i installed the latest beta patch from arma 2 website.

 

Then i downloaded the latest epoch server files from epochmod.com (this site)

and client files from dayz commander.

 

copyed arma 2 to my server dir then i copyed arma 2 ao.

after that i copyed epoch server files. 

 

Made the database and changed the config files so it was attuned with my mysql db.

 

Now i should be able to start the server and join it.. but no!! get authentication timeout... and this ive gotten all day..

Its server side.. i know.. cause i can join my gtx gaming server.

 

MY QUESTION is.. IS THERE a FIX for THIS?

[Balor_Gafdan]

Post your RPT - there will be something in there that will point to why the client is hanging on "waiting for authentication from server'.

[Fully]

Do you need the beta patch?

I thought it was incorporated into the new steam .exe?

[kalyptos]

Finally i figuered out the problem.. not that google.com had any straith answers for me..

 

what i needed to do was install trough steam

arma 2 (cleane)

arma 2 ao (clean)(after install go in to properties and beta and choose -beta)

arma 2 beta (obsolete)

 

run arma 2

run arma 2 ao

 

copy arma 2 to the server dir

then copy arma 2 ao to the server dir

download epoch_server files and copy them to the server dir

 

copy the config example of the map u are going to use to the root of the server dir (remember the bat file aswell)

 

change the hive and config file to match you db and all that

 

and here is what i think did the trick. change the bat file before u lunch it, so u delete the /expantion/beta before the arma2aoserver.exe in the startup line.