I also was surprised to see this. I've been able to play all of my Steam games with no problem (no counting this server bit) while using DMZ on my IP.
All the same, I'll disable it and set up port forwarding manually for Steam tonight and see how it goes. Thanks! On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Kveri <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting, it used to worked for years on my network. > > Kveri > > Patrick Shelley 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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
