Steam should fix that wording... most dedicated servers are technically in a DMZ. A DMZ is any zone not protected (or minimally protected) by a hardware firewall.
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Patrick Shelley <[email protected]> wrote: > Important: > > Steam does not support gameplay on machines operating in a network DMZ. You > must remove your machine from the DMZ in order to play through Steam. > > > https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6776-MYXU-0480 > > > On 2/3/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Greetings folks. I have decided to jump into the server community > > (specifically to run some L4D servers). Just loaded hldsupdatetool last > > night and set it to load L4D. I've already been made aware of > > http://serverwiki.info/wiki/Main_Page and > > http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Main_Page as resources, but I > was > > hoping I could mayhaps inquire of general 'tips' for starters. > > > > Aside from any general advice, I did have some specific questions: > > 1) Can anyone think of any thing that would be preventing me from logging > > onto my own server? I am running srcds on the same machine that I am > > running the L4D client on (this shouldn't pose any problems, should it?). > > I've done so far as to enable 'DMZ' for my machine so there shouldn't be > > any blocked ports or anything (yes, windows firewall is disabled). > > > > 2) When running hldsupdatetool to load the L4D server files, it stopped > at > > 99.7% (can't remember the exact line item atm . . . I can get that later > > today). I tried running it again, but it said it was all up to day. I > later > > started up srcds and it indicated that I may need to rebuild my library > as > > I was missing some items . . . but then it finished loading and players > > were able to join my server. Anyone else see anything like this? Should I > > scrap my install and do a fresh one? > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
