Thank you very much. I had a feeling it was something to do with my router but had no idea it was called nat loopback. That hint in your first e-mail sent me looking and your link in the second also gave me some very useful info. I now have heaps of info and lots of things to try.
Thank you everyone for your help. It's funny too cause just playing with my server before I noticed L4D almost gets around this problem automatically. If I do a manual connect to my public IP L4D automatically tried to connect to my public and my local IP and eventually connects on the local. It's a shame though it doesn't work for lobbies. 2009/6/27 Da-Huntha <[email protected]> > Even though I'm sure this doesn't need to be said: make sure your > router's firmware is up-to-date. > > A quick google search brings me to this very interesting patch: > http://www.waveform.plus.com/netgear.html > It contains a fix you can try to get the NAT loopback working correctly. > (This fix only works with certain versions of your router, so you want > to check your router's version first) > > If not, you can google further and see if there's a fix for it: > http://www.google.com/search?q=DG834GT+nat+loopback > > > On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Tim Fletcher<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Maximilian L > >> mh, good question. tried > >> ms_force_dedicated_server LocalIP:PORT > > > > No didn't know about that. That will will work I think if I am the only > > person in the lobby but if others are I think I will connect but they > will > > fail. I would at least be able to start a game by myself and then they > could > > join later. > > > > > > And the router is a Netgear DG834GT > > Website is here > > http://kb.netgear.com/app/products/model/a_id/2328 > > > > 2009/6/26 Da-Huntha <[email protected]> > >> > >> Could you post your Router model and type? > >> It's probably a router configuration problem involving IP Loopback not > >> set correctly. > >> > >> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Tim Fletcher<[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Hopefully I can explain this well enough that people can understand my > >> > question. > >> > > >> > I have a L4D server running on a windows server on my local private > > network. > >> > It is setup with port forwarding from the router and my friends can > > connect > >> > from the internet through a lobby to my server with no problems. That > is > >> > working fine. Performance is great and pings are pretty good too. > >> > > >> > The problem is I can't connect to my server through a lobby. I can be > in > > a > >> > lobby with my friends and when they start the game they will all > connect > > to > >> > my server but I can't. I know what the problem is and I can work > around > > it > >> > but it would be nice to just connect as that way I can be the lobby > > leader > >> > and set the game up without having to manually set the server up > before > >> > hand. > >> > > >> > The real problem is that when I try to connect through the lobby it > trys > > to > >> > connect to the lobby through my public ip and I assume the router > can't > >> > handle that. I can connect to my server fine if I connect manually > using > > the > >> > console to it's local ip. > >> > > >> > So is there any way I can redirect network traffic from my public ip > to > > my > >> > servers local ip either on my router (netgear dg834gt) or on my local > >> > machine or is there anyway to do this in game some how? > >> > > >> > Thanks for any help in advance > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > 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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
