P4PORT Perforce client error in Windows 10

I am new to perforce and i am trying to connect to perforce remote server but i am getting error as:

Perforce client error: Connect to server failed; check $P4PORT. TCP connect to : failed. connect: :: WSAETIMEDOUT.

I tries setting the port also but still I am facing this issue. Can someone please suggest where the things might be going wrong?

1 Answer

Based on the error message it looks like your P4PORT is set to just a single : character, which can't be correct. Do:

p4 set P4PORT=your.perforce.server:1666 p4 info 

where your.perforce.server is the address of your Perforce server. (1666 is the default port number for a Perforce server.) If you don't know what it is, talk to your Perforce admin. Once the P4PORT is set correctly, p4 info should show you the server info.

For example:

C:\>p4 set P4PORT=: C:\>p4 info Perforce client error: Connect to server failed; check $P4PORT. TCP connect to : failed. No such host is known. C:\>p4 set P4PORT=public.perforce.com:1666 C:\>p4 info User name: Samwise Client name: COMPY386 Client host: COMPY386 Client unknown. Current directory: c:\ Peer address: 52.119.114.217:62631 Client address: 52.119.114.217 Server date: 2019/09/20 09:36:02 -0700 PDT Server version: P4D/LINUX26X86_64/2019.1/1845410 (2019/08/28) ServerID: guru_maser Server services: standard Server license: Licensed Case Handling: sensitive