"Setup extra servers with no plugins that are locked and just say to go to the new IP address at x.x.x.x."
I think that would probably be the best solution. It'd be the quickest, most straightforward way to move the server without relying on using 2 IPs where one is going to eventually disappear. While Mike's idea has some merit, it's a lot more work and a lot more frustrating for an unsuspecting player for what boils down to the same result. On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Mike Vail <mike_v...@boomgaming.net> wrote: > I'd make duplicate server(s) using the new IP(s). Post an MOTD in the old > server(s) with the IP info change and scale the number of slots in the old > server(s) back to only like 5 slots on the old one(s) so people will only > get limited access to the old server(s). Change the old server hostname(s) > to something like "SERVER MOVED TO NEW IP xx.xx.xx.xx". There are plugins > available to redirect and accept the MOTD as well. This may force people to > read it. > > Just my 2 cents. > > Merry Christmas, > Mike Vail > > -----Original Message----- > From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Matt Stanton > Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 10:52 AM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] Help with Multiple IPs & SRCDS > > Yeah, I would imagine there is some sort of ipchain/iptables magic that > could be performed to do some kind of NAT-like routing from the old ip > address to the new one. This still won't really solve the issue of your > players knowing what ip to change to. It would probably be best to use an > advertisements-style plugin to notify people on the server of the new ip > address. Of course, having both ip addresses pointing to the same game > server would make it so that they could update their favorites accordingly > and still be able to connect to the server. > > Shane Arnold wrote: > > His problem is the other way around, one DNS to two records. His > > clients are connecting via IP (or I assume that is what his concern is). > > > > He could always add more than one A record to his DNS and get his > > clients to use his DNS instead... but that doesn't solve his issue. > > > > Blood Letter is on the right track, route your old IP to your new one > > and then bind srcds to your new IP. > > > > On 26/12/2009 8:00 PM, Christoffer Pedersen wrote: > > > >> If you are using DNS-records for pointing to the IP-addresses, why > >> don't you just change the IP-address which the record points to? > >> > >> Christoffer Pedersen > >> CEO > >> ScanServers > >> christof...@scanservers.eu > >> www.scanservers.eu > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > >> [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Shane > >> Arnold > >> Sent: 26. december 2009 11:17 > >> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > >> Subject: Re: [hlds] Help with Multiple IPs& SRCDS > >> > >> In my experience, srcds binds to whatever IP address the local > >> hostname resolves to. So you need to specify this (or your interface > >> metrics) in your hosts file or networking configuration. > >> > >> On 26/12/2009 3:02 PM, Blood Letter wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Redirect all traffic at the NIC level? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> From: jeffsu...@gmail.com > >>>> Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:07:09 -0800 > >>>> To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > >>>> Subject: [hlds] Help with Multiple IPs& SRCDS > >>>> > >>>> Okay, so-- > >>>> > >>>> We have to move IPs for our gameserver soon, but as of now we have > >>>> access to both the old and new IPs in order to make it easier to > >>>> transition the players to the new address. The plan was to have the > >>>> server accessible from both the new and old IPs, and then > >>>> eventulaly drop off the old IP once we were ready. However, srcds > >>>> doesn't seem to want to let me do that. It's one IP or the other, so > far. > >>>> > >>>> When I have no +IP specified, it uses the new IP, and the old IP > >>>> won't function. If I specify the old IP, the old IP works, but the > >>>> new one doesn't. Lastly, if I set it to +ip 0.0.0.0, the new IP > >>>> works and the old one won't. I got the idea for the 0.0.0.0 from > >>>> near the bottom of http://forums.srcds.com/viewpost/63761#pid63761. > >>>> I need people to be able to access it both ways for a bit, so we > >>>> can retain as much of our playerbase as possible, but it's going to > >>>> be really difficult if I can't have both working as described. > >>>> > >>>> Anyone have any ideas or anything? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> Jeff // Atreus > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >>>> archives, > >>>> > >>>> > >> please visit: > >> > >> > >>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> _________________________________________________________________ > >>> Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. > >>> http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/ > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
