i got rid of my linksys and used a box to put in a smoothwall. www.smoothwall.org it completely rocks. super secure, awesome web interface, completely custom kernel, so on and so forth.
kev ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan Hoeppner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 8:21 PM Subject: RE: Server problems | | I find it interesting that we haven't seen many of these Linksys problems on | the list recently... | | I remember not so far back we had at least 1 or 2 posts a week from Linksys | buyers. | | StanTheMan | TheHardwareFreak | www.hardwarefreak.devastation.cc | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | > -----Original Message----- | > From: Lythium [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | > Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 6:30 PM | > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > Subject: RE: Server problems | > | > | > | > Another Linksys victim. Do yourself the biggest favor and | > get rid of it | > right away. Netgear is about the same price and beats the hell out of | > linksys(I've abused both extensively and the netgear is much | > faster and | > stable). Linksys is aware of the problem(it has been going | > on for about | > 2 yrs now that they've been out) and has no real solution | > yet. The tech | > I spoke with at Linksys explained how their routers flake out with | > fragmented and/or very large udp packets. Aside from this, no two are | > even the same. I was able to host without disconnects with the 1.34 | > firmware. Other's were not. All the newer firmwares either broke mine | > or barely worked. Goto www.practicallynetworked.com, they have the | > entire history of releases or just goto ftp.linksys.com and try out | > different versions until you find one that may work well for yours. I | > know several people who are doing great with the latest beta | > 1.39 and I | > know some that work fine with 1.33(there's been no continuity in how | > these routers work except for the fact that they really really suck). | > Make sure your disabling "block wan request" and don't put anything in | > dmz. Also, I have no idea why your forwarding all those | > ports when you | > only have the single inbound udp 27016 to deal with. | > | > Lythium | > | > -----Original Message----- | > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | > Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 7:11 PM | > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > Subject: RE: Server problems | > | > | > | > Stan, | > | > I tried your suggestion -- there appear to be no errors when I | > use the internal private IP -- only on the public IP address. I have | > ports 27005-27030 open on the Linksys. Alternatively, I could get | > another IP from my provider and direct connect the server (no | > firewall)... I'm reluctant to do that, however, for obvious reasons... | > | > Thanks, | > | > John | > | > | > At 02:38 PM 10/7/2001 -0500, you wrote: | > > | > >First, test by connecting the clients directly to the | > internal private | > >IP of the server and see if you get the same errors. To do | > this, open | > >the game console on the client and enter: | > > | > >connect 192.168.1.3:27016 (or whatever the server's actual IP address | > >is) | > > | > >StanTheMan | > >TheHardwareFreak | > >www.hardwarefreak.devastation.cc [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > | > >> -----Original Message----- | > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | > >> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 8:16 AM | > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > >> Subject: Server problems | > >> | > >> | > >> | > >> I'm working on setting up an Internet server to play the | > DoD Mod for | > >> Half-Life. I am running HLDS.EXE on Win2K. The machine is an AMD | > >> Duron 850 with 256MB RAM, and an Intel 10/100 Card. The card is | > >> connected to a | > >> Linksys DSL router. | > >> | > >> On the router, I have opened ports 27005-27030 through to | > the server | > >> machine, bidirectionally, for both TCP and UDP. | > >> | > >> I start the HLDS.EXE prog with the following: -game dod | > -port 27016 | > >> +maxplayers 20 +map dod_sicily | > >> | > >> HLDS starts properly, and registers the server. When I launch the | > >> client, the server will appear in the "master list" and I can enter | > >> the game. | > >> | > >> However, my clients (including me, connected locally to | > the same hub | > >> as the | > >> server) repeated get booted out from the game with one of the | > >> following | > >> messages: | > >> | > >> CL_Parse_Version: Server protocol is 12283163 instead of 45 | > >> | > >> CL_EntityNum 1230 is an invalid number, CL_MAX_EDICTS is 1185 | > >> | > >> CL_ParseServerMessage: Illegible Server Message - svc_bad | > >> | > >> Host_Error DispatchUserMsg: Illegal User Message 237 | > >> | > >> | > >> sv_minrate is set to 1000 | > >> sv_maxrate is set to 6000 | > >> | > >> These sound to me like network errors, so I tested all the cables, | > >> the connections, and all the cards. Everything is working | > perfectly | > >> (the clients can connect to other servers flawlessly). | > Also, the box | > >> running the server can run the client and reliably connect to other | > >> internet-based servers. | > >> | > >> Additionally, I have tried this on three separate boxes, | > ranging from | > | > >> a P2-350 all the way up to a AMD Thunderbird 1.1GHz with the | > >> same results. | > >> The only thing in common with these boxes is the Linksys DSL | > >> router. I have | > >> not had any trouble with this router before, and when I | > >> connect to internet | > >> sites, downloads, etc, everything seems to work without issue. | > >> | > >> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! | > >> | > >> | > >> | > >> | > >> | > > | > > | > > | > | > | > | |
