I am running a l4d demo server and have dyndns running because I have a dynamic IP address. When the server starts it assigns it a local IP e.g. 192.168.1.xxx. I can have people connect to my server using my dynamic dns name just fine. e.g. test.gotdns.com.
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Rick Payton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With as long as this type of behavior has been going on, I would go with > option 4, not likely to be implemented. And there was also an update a > little earlier today that fixes having a steamgroup exclusive L4D > server. > > I agree being able to specify to the world what your external IP is > would be a treat, as it is now you can tell if someone is running a NAT > server via a simple status command in the client console (provided you > know all the dedicated private IP ranges). > > mauirixxx > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jevon > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 12:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [hlds] External/Public IP, NATing firewall > > Hi all, > > > > Apologies if I've missed a discussion about this somewhere, I've looked > many > different places and come up blank. I run a DS (specifically L4D) for > some > friends on my desktop machine. I am behind a router which does NAT so > have a > private/internal IP (10.0.0.2). Naturally, my friends need my public > address, and I make use of dyndns for ease (port forwarding is working > fine). > > > > I can't see an easy way to get this set up working cleanly but I can't > imagine it's a rare configuration. Is it possible to specify separate > "external" IPs and internal IPs? > > If I let the server pick up the IP, it detects 10.0.0.2, as expected, > and > although people can connect in the console ("connect l4d.dyndns.org" for > example) it won't show up correctly anywhere else - people can't browse > it > in any way (and with sv_password not working at the moment, it's open to > anyone as the sv_steamgroup stuff doesn't appear to work either). > > > > If I specify my external ip, either on the command line or in my > autoexec.cfg, the server starts barfing and doesn't talk to the VAC > servers > - the following is all that gets shown: > > ... > > NET_GetBindAddresses found 10.0.0.2: 'NETGEAR 108 Mbps Wireless PCI > Adapter > WG311T' > > WARNING: NET_OpenSocket: bind: WSAEADDRNOTAVAIL > > Trying to open socket on 10.0.0.2 > > WARNING: NET_OpenSocket: bind: WSAEADDRNOTAVAIL > > WARNING: NET_OpenSocket: bind: WSAEADDRNOTAVAIL > > Trying to open socket on 10.0.0.2 > > WARNING: NET_OpenSocket: bind: WSAEADDRNOTAVAIL > > Trying to open socket on 10.0.0.2 > > Socket bind failed (WSAEADDRNOTAVAIL) > > Network: IP xx.xx.xx.xx, mode MP, dedicated Yes, ports 27020 SV / 27015 > CL > > ---- Host_NewGame ---- > > Compact released 131072 bytes to the backing store > > Host_NewGame on map l4d_dem_hospital01_apartment > > Executing dedicated server config file > > Commentary: Could not find commentary data file > 'maps/l4d_dem_hospital01_apartment_commentary.txt'. > > CreateBoundSocket: ::bind returned Win32 error 10049 > > cminterface.cpp (932) : Assertion Failed: NULL != m_hConnection > > > > It looks like the server tries to bind to the external IP, which > naturally > is assigned to the router, not the computer, so it bugs out (as you'd > expect). Ideally, I need to be able to tell the server to bind to the > "internal" IP, but publicise a specified external IP (e.g. a new server > variable along the lines of external_ip which I could set to either a > DNS > entry or an IP like with the existing ip variable) to the Steam > servers/other users. Obviously there might be a slight issue if other > people > were on my internal network but it should still play ball connecting to > the > external IP. > > > > Is such a thing: > > 1) Possible now, just differently > > 2) Should be possible similar to above but broken > > 3) Planned but not implemented > > 4) Unlikely to be implemented > > > > Hopefully having written all that it's not going to be something > blindingly > obvious that I've overlooked and which makes me look like an idiot :-( > > > > Cheers, > > > > Jevon > > _______________________________________________ > 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
