By my experience with running [ UNDERGROUND ] servers the steam browser gives up if it doesn't get a response right,now immediately. It seems to expect all servers to be in high-speed data centers. Someone on the same ISP subnet usually connects OK but others get a "server not responding" error. If they keep trying, then eventually a response will come through. Usually telling someone to use console and type "connect xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:27015" works when all else fails. I've tried tweaking some cvars I know to increase the server response but with little improvement.ie....
//Server Browser Tweaks sv_visiblemaxplayers -1 //Overrides the max players reported to prospective clients sv_max_queries_sec 10 //Maximum queries per second to respond to from a single IP address. Default Value: 3 sv_max_queries_sec_global 60 //Maximum queries per second to respond to from anywhere. Default Value: 60 sv_max_queries_window 30 //Window over which to average queries per second averages. Default Value: 30 I think a sever needs some uptime to get a listing in the server browser but I'm just guessing on that point. I usually use GameTiger <http://gametiger.net/> to check my running UnderGround servers to see if their viewable from the outside world. I always bind to the server localhost interface IP and I connect using the local network IP. If others try to "follow me" it fails because they will be connecting to the local IP address I am advertising. But if I have a player-baiter connect from the outside then there are always lots of followers because they are following the external IP being advertised. *Maybe Steam should be fixed to never advertise a local IP to friends....* I have never been able to connect to a local networked server using the external IP while being a client also on the same local/external network. On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Flaming Maniac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The IP showed up correctly. The IP of my friend on the same ISP came up > different as well, so all should be okay on that front. > > Also something I should have mentioned, I am running a Teamspeak server on > the same box, and it works (and has been working for over a year) just > fine. > The same people that can't connect to the counterstrike server are sitting > on the teamspeak server without a problem. > > Thank goodness you're wrong. :) > > -Ray > > On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 5:44 PM, Guy Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Your ISP may be using a NAT or proxy server of some sort. I have had > > players with the same IP and ISP but did not know each other. > > > > Check that your IP is what you think it is. Here is 1 method to > determine > > what the rest of us would think your IP address is. > > > > http://whatismyipaddress.com/ > > > > If the wrong IP address shows up, you can't host a server unless your ISP > > helps you. Unlikly IMO. > > > > If the wrong IP address shows up, have your friends also try. If they > have > > the same ISP, it may show the same IP address for them as it does for > you. > > > > Hopefully I am wrong. :) > > > > Astro > > > > > > } -----Original Message----- > > } From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hlds_linux- > > } [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Flaming Maniac > > } Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 11:26 PM > > } To: [email protected] > > } Subject: [hlds_linux] Cannot see server in browser > > } > > } I would appreciate any help or possible ideas on what is going wrong, > at > > } this point I'm pretty desperate. > > } > > } I have installed an HLDS server for CS 1.6 on a computer running > openSUSE > > } in > > } my house, behind our router. The server works, and I can connect to it > > } using > > } the external IP of my router when I have the local IP specificed in the > > } run > > } line or without specifying anything. One friend who has the same > internet > > } as > > } me, but is not behind our router can also connect using the console. > > } Another > > } friend with a different ISP cannot connect at all, and neither friend > can > > } join through my friend list, because it appears to be attempting to > join > > } the > > } local, not external IP. > > } > > } The server does not show up in the browser list, and while I don't > > } particularly mind that since this server will primarily be used as a > > } private > > } server, I have a feeling that if this is not the root of the problem, > it > > } is > > } a primary symptom. > > } > > } I have sv_lan set to 0, that's how it should be even though the server > is > > } behind my router? I have also specified the external IP and port 27015 > in > > } the server.cfg. > > } > > } All the ports I can find that are needed are forwarded. > > } > > } As far as I can tell all firewalls are completely disabled on the > server. > > } > > } Thanks for your time, Ray. > > } _______________________________________________ > > } To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > } please visit: > > } http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux

