"Server is not responding" Error When Connecting to a Multiplayer Server

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"Server is not responding" Error When Connecting to a Multiplayer Server

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Hello, I have recently tried tried playing multiplayer with a friend of mine, but when I connect to his server (or any other server in the Browse public games list) I get an error saying "Server is not responding". Screenshot:
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I don't know if it matters but I play on Ubuntu 20.04, via Steam, the game version is 1.0.0 build 54889.
Thank you.

Edit: for anyone experiencing a similar problem, I found a work-around by changing the port.
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I would guess that it could be a firewall issue.

Can you post your log file.
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I'm not sure which log you refer to so I'm attaching both factorio-current.log and factorio-previous.log.

I configured ufw to allow all communication via port 34197.

Thanks for the reply!
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Server packets reach you way too late or get lost. This is likely causes by network congestion or a general network issue.

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Is there anything I can do about it? I do not experience any other network related issues anywhere else...

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Are you on wifi or ethernet, can you do aa speedtest.

Can you do a ping to your router and to a reliable website like google.
Post the results.

Seems your network may be unreliable. Could be local, could be time to call the isp.
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Thanks for the help.
I managed to get around the problem, turns out the ISP (or perhaps someone else) blocked Factorio's default port, changing the port solved the problem.

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