Actually I'm not sure, I've had it happen to 2 separate machines though, but each time taken the lan ip down to fix it and left it down just so it doesn't cause further problems with auto updates etc. So not sure, we haven't had the problem on some other machines though, so not exactly sure what the criteria is for steam picking up the lan ip as the source address. Maybe someone like Alfred knows so could clarify which IP it picks and why.
On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 18:10:57 -0700, Ook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps I should have asked - can this cause it to intermittently do this? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ian mu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 7:51 AM > Subject: Re: [hlds] Auth server down? > > There's a bug/feature where steam sometimes picks up a lan IP address > if you have one when trying to auth, even if you've specified the > correct wan IP address in the startup (and console shows it having the > correct IP as well), so it tries to authenticate with a lan IP and > naturally doesn't get anything back. If able and you have a lan IP, > might be worth temp taking it down, try starting up server and see if > it will auth in case its the same problem. Fixes mine whenever I have > that problem anyway, but naturally auth problems could be an issue > with the auth servers as well, just a possibility worth checking for > some. > > On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 21:41:46 -0800, Alfred Reynolds > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What is the exact text of the error you are seeing? > > > > - Alfred > > > > > > > > ----Original Message---- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MAB's Fighting > > Arena [CH] Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 9:08 PM To: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [hlds] Auth server down? > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > I've been watching people get dropped from my server all day with > > > > the message "server was unable to contact authentication server". > > > > Is the auth server down/flaky today? > > > > > > Same problem here. I restarted my server about three times, but I > > > still got the error message. I also deleted both .blobb files and > > > executed HLUpdateTool, no success. > > > > > > > > > Greetz > > > > > > Marc-Andr� > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
