I want to host a simple HLDM1 server online with a bunch of old custom maps but even with the default hlds settings I cannot connect to the server from "outside".
Here's my setup: Hardware: Windows Server 2003 SP1, all patches, all updates, fresh vanilla install. Dual Opteron 246 (2GHz), 2GB of ECC RAM, 2x copper GigE. The server is connected *DIRECLTY* to the internet and has it's *OWN* public IP address. (No NAT, no firewall, no BS, straight up!) I have tried to run the server and disable any form of software firewall including the dinky MS firewall that comes with windows 2k3. Here is the .cfg file for the server: sv_aim 0 sv_clienttrace 3.5 pausable 0 hostname "blah!" sv_maxspeed 270 sv_lan 0 sv_maxrate 4096 sv_minrate 0 sv_maxupdaterate 8 maxplayers 14 ip xx.xx.xx.xx (public IP of the server) sys_ticrate 512 Here is the cmdline I use to launch the server: C:\blargh\blergh>hlds.exe -console -game valve -port 27015 +exec server_custom.cfg Here is a nmap scan from a *remote* machine: C:\Documents and Settings\xxx>nmap -sU -p U:27000-27100 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Starting Nmap 4.20 ( http://insecure.org ) at 2007-07-06 01:59 Pacific Daylight Time Interesting ports on netblock-xx-xx-xx-xx.xxx.com (xx.xx.xx.xx): Not shown: 96 closed ports PORT STATE SERVICE 27015/udp open|filtered halflife 27016/udp open|filtered unknown 27017/udp open|filtered unknown 27018/udp open|filtered unknown 27019/udp open|filtered unknown Nmap finished: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 3.813 seconds I was indeed running *5* instance of the hlds server on ports 27015,27016,2017,27018 and 27019 so the scan *checks out*. Here's the *interesting part* of netstat -a from the *local* machine: UDP ludos:27015 *:* UDP ludos:27016 *:* UDP ludos:27017 *:* UDP ludos:27018 *:* UDP ludos:27019 *:* "ludos" is the name of the local machine and indeed we have 5 UDP port being "taken" so it checks out too. PROBLEM: I CAN'T for the LIFE OF ME connect to the server remotely no matter what I try. It just says "server not responding"... I have asked several other person to do the same and same result, they can't connect... Please help! I'm not an amateur at this, I have hosted several HTTP/DNS/FTP and other games server before but for some reason THIS simply does not work... Before you ask, no, my ISP does NOT filter any port on my line since I am currently hosting several httpd,shh, dns and ftp servers and they all work just fine... I also know my cvars might look a bit shady but even when I launch the server with default settings... well... still no go. I would very much appreciate ANY help since I am really frustrated by this because I know I'm doing the right thing... I MUST be missing something really stupid tho.. :-P One last and very weird thing: When I use the steam gui to launch the server MIRACULOUSELY i can connect to it... seriously... wtf mate? Please help!! _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
