-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Add +ip <insert public ip address here> to your command line startup
On 7/6/07, Stephane Bagneris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
