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If a client does not connect, likely a firewall causes the problem. Let's check this quickly from the command line.

Check the connection
Grab the address and port of your RPort sever. 
Open the configuration file /etc/rport/rport.conf or C:\Program Files\rport\rport.conf with a text editor and look for the line that contains your RPort sever address. Or grab it directly from the console using grep "server =" /etc/rport/rport.conf on Linux or find "server =" "C:\Program Files\rport\rport.conf" on Windows.
The server settings consist of the FQDN or IP Address and the port, divided by colon. Optionally there is a protocol prefix http://.
Example: server = "v0e0vj4l5j1m.users.rport.io:80" The server address is v0e0vj4l5j1m.users.rport.io and the port is 80.
On Linux, execute echo > /dev/tcp/<SERVER>/<PPORT> && echo "All good"||echo "Server not reachable".
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echo > /dev/tcp/v0e0vj4l5j1m.users.rport.io/80 && echo "All good"||echo "Server not reachable"
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-bash: connect: No route to host
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-bash: /dev/tcp/v0e0vj4l5j1m.users.rport.io/80: No route to host
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Server not reachable
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On Windows, use the PowerShell and execute 
Test-NetConnection -ComputerName <SERVER> -Port <PORT>.
If the above check fails, a firewall is blocking the outgoing connections. 
Observe the logs
If the client is not connecting, you should look at the logs.
From a Windows PowerShell execute
Get-Content "C:\Program Files\rport\rport.log"| Select-Object -Last 100.
From a Linux console execute
tail -n 100 /var/log/rport/rport.log.
You might get a hint why the client is not connecting. 

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