Here is a cut and paste from my previous post: The master server list (gameserver list) and that error message are from two separate subsystems, but they both depend on sending UDP packets to our backend servers to operate.
I would suggest using the "hping" tool to debug connectivity problems like these (http://wiki.hping.org/). If you run this command line: hping --destport 27015 --udp 207.173.177.13 --traceroute (207.173.177.13 is one of our steam servers) Then you should see something approximating these two lines at the end of the hping output: hop=13 TTL 0 during transit from ip=207.173.69.238 name=gw-cust-VALVESOFTWARE-COM.bllv.eli.net hop=13 hoprtt=45.7 ms ICMP Port Unreachable from ip=207.173.177.13 name=steam3.steampowered.co_ If you see this then you have successful UDP connectivity to our backend servers. If you don't then find the line where the trace stops, contact your ISP/Hosting provider and ask them why. If you see "Could not establish connection to Steam servers." and the above command is successful OR you have seen "Connection to Steam servers successful." from your machine before then you can ignore this error as it will be due to us doing work on the backend servers. - Alfred ----Original Message---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim B Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 4:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [hlds] Re: HL2MP and CS Source Servers not Listing > -- > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Alfred, > > Sorry to ask you to resend the dping tool steps, but after reading > back thru all the threads I have seen, some how absent minded me > seems to be over looking it. > > Thanks, > > Jim aka Crash Dummy > > Alfred Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To repeat myself, getting "Could not establish connection to Steam > servers" will NOT effect the operation of your server in any way > right now UNLESS you have used the VAC2 beta flag. If you see this > message it could be because of two causes, either your connectivity > to our servers OR our servers are undergoing maintenance (which > during this beta period is common). If over the course of a few days > you never get a successful connection then follow the instructions I > email earlier to debug the problem (using the dping tool). > > Enabling sv_enableoldqueries is not recommended. > > - Alfred > > ----Original Message---- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Lawyer > Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 12:14 AM To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [hlds] Re: HL2MP and CS Source Servers not Listing > > > -- > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Well the CTF server > > is down twice in as many days. After updating I was having problems > > and I implemented the "sv_enableoldqueries 1" solution for third > > party server monitoring and then it started working fine. Later, it > > crashed from a "sv_broadcastmessage" error which resulted in the > > unable to read memory at an address location error. After that all > > I get is a "Could not establish connection to Steam servers" error. > > I hope there is a solution quickly as there are many servers > > idleing and maybe a more aggresive testing strategy before future > > 'update' > > releases. > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Yahoo! Mail > > Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour > > _______________________________________________ > 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
