You guys really need to brush up on your basic IP communications. When a firewall reports the port of any connection, it will show you two numbers. First is the listening port (27015), second is the dynamically assigned port (49152+). The purpose of this being so that the server can listen for new connections on the "listening port" and communicate with each client on a "dynamic port". Basically, be sure that you are looking at the right number on your firewall monitor.
To figure out your port type "status" in the server console. Since the HL engine only allows for the port to be set once (at startup), that will tell you time and time again that your port is the one that you set in your start command. Adam > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hlds- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Megatron > Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 8:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [hlds] floating port? > > I had this same symptom when I was using a Watchguard firewall. > The server port was stated 27017 on the command line and also when checked > in the server console. The port was forwarded correctly in the firewall > settings. However, every time the server was restarted it had a different > port when viewed from outside the firewall. The console still reported the > port as 27017 but it was always something different when viewed from > outside > the firewall. It would stay the same until the server was restarted. It > was > never 27017 when viewed from the outside. The server was on the master > list > when viewed from the outside and not seen from inside the firewall--This > is > normal. > Sorry, I never resolved the issue. I ended up putting the server on a > separate box outside the firewall. Of course, there was nothing on that > unprotected box except operating sys and game server. > > Megatron > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Deadman Standing > Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 2:59 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [hlds] floating port? > > DHCP changes the IP address not the port. The port will remain at what > ever you tell the server to run it at and DHCP can do nothing to change > it. So if you use the default 27015 it will always be 27015. You just > have to tell your firewall to forward that port to your games box. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Metallica Danzig > Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 5:37 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [hlds] floating port? > > Have a hlds 1.5 server running TFC. My problem is that > th e port used is never 27015. The server is running > behind a hardware firewall (d-link 604 router), but i > have port 27015 forwarded to the server computer. I > also have static dhcp setup. The port changes evertime > i start another server. Do i need to get rid of dhcp > all together? > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. > http://messenger.yahoo.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
