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Jump in: Your guide to joining a server.

In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the steps to join a server. If you hit any snags or have questions, hop into our Discord — we’re always happy to help!

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Important Notes

• For Reclamation or any vanilla servers, use a clean vanilla BF2142 setup — no addons or file tweaks in \mods\bf2142.

• To join Reclamation servers, you’ll also need to install their map pack.

• For modded servers, install the exact same mod and files the server is running.

Joining a LAN Server

A local server is a game server that shows up in your local server browser and can be accessed by anyone on your LAN network.

Server is not showing up in the local server browser

First, make sure you’re connected to the same LAN network as the server host. If you still can’t find the server in the local server browser, even when it’s running, try this:

1. Click ONLINE in the game.

2. Go to the ADVANCED tab and click CONNECT TO IP.

3. Enter the server’s local IP address (usually something like 192.168.x.x) and click OK. The server host can find their local IP on the loading screen after launching the server [].

Why this is happening ?

If your PC has multiple network adapters (e.g., from Hamachi, VirtualBox, VMware, ExpressVPN), the game may pick the wrong one for multiplayer.

How to fix this ?

Disable adapters you’re not using and keep only the one(s) needed. []

1. Go to Control Panel → Network and Sharing Center → Change adapter settings.

1. Right-click the adapter you want to disable → Disable.

If you can’t disable it via UI, use PowerShell (Run as Administrator):

• Disable: Disable-NetAdapter -Name "Adapter Name"

• Enable: Enable-NetAdapter -Name "Adapter Name"

Do this first on the server computer, then on any computers trying to connect. This should help your LAN server show up in the local server browser!

Reference: https://superuser.com/questions/610733/networking-games-cant-see-join-anyone-elses-lan-servers-unless-i-host

1

Select MULTIPLAY → LOCAL.

2

In the JOIN tab, click UPDATE LIST until the LAN server appears.

3

​Once it shows up, double-click the server to join.

Joining a Public WAN Server

A public server is a game server that shows up in the online server browser and can be accessed over the Internet.

1

Click MULTIPLAY → ONLINE.

2

In the ADVANCED tab, uncheck all the filter options and click UPDATE LIST [].

3

You should now see a list of public servers. Double-click one to join and play.

Joining a Private WAN Server

A private WAN server is a game server that doesn’t show up in the online server browser, but you can still access it over the internet if you have its public IP address.

1

Click MULTIPLAY → ONLINE.

2

In the ADVANCED tab, click CONNECT TO IP.

3

Enter the server's public IP address and adjust the if needed.

4

Click OK to connect.