I do the exact same thing connecting to public server on the Internet. The server sees my 3, 4, or 5 connections as all from the same ip but with different ports, and because the server looks at ip/port combinations, not just ip, it works just fine.
Unless, as I mentioned in a previous port, there is a bug in srcds that causes it to periodically get confused if the ip or ports are the same, even if the ip/port combination is different. Or the router is doing something stupid like giving two outgoing connections the same port. This shouldn't happen - the router should not do that, but there are a lot of cheap consumer grade crap routers that have gosh only knows what bugs in their firmware. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Stuart" <[email protected]> To: "'Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list'" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 5:55 PM Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] TF2 Multiple clients from the same IP > if they are both coming off of one lan with one net connection they will > present the same public IP to the game server > hence the issue, im sure client ports will sort it > (you could have some jazzy setup with x amount of public ip's and nat'd to > each pc on yer network) > > you said connecting to your server, I guess this is a server running > locally on your own private lan? if so then it will see the private ips > a remote server shouldnt see your private IP only the public facing IP > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ook > Sent: 20 December 2009 01:41 > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] TF2 Multiple clients from the same IP > > The only time I've had to use clientport was when I was running something > on > > the same box that was causing a conflict. Two seperate computers using the > same outgoing port won't cause a problem because they have different ip > addresses. I've done this for years - the server doesn't care - I've > connected to my server with five computers at the same time, all using the > same outgoing port. Never had a problem with it. The server recognizes > that > they have different IPs, and doesn't care if the port is the same. Neither > does the router. IPs or ports don't have to be unique, but ip/port > combinations absolutely must be unique, and they will be unless two > computers have the same IP, or your router is doing something stupid. > > I wonder if TF2 has some issues with clients using the same port, even > with > the ip is different? Or vice versa, problems with clients using the same > IP > but different ports? I would not say this is not a TF2 or L4D/L4D2 bug > with > srcds. > > Toss a coin - heads, it's a router problem, tails it's a srcds problem :-) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Eid" <[email protected]> > To: "Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 1:40 PM > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] TF2 Multiple clients from the same IP > > >> It sounds like they just need to set an alternate clientport. On one >> machine, no changes will need to be made. The second one will need to >> have >> a launch option added: >> >> +clientport xxxxx >> >> I think the default clientport is 27005, which the client that is not >> setting a clientport using launch options will be using. The one that >> needs >> to add this to their launch options can use whatever, but 27006 is a safe >> alternative. >> >> Both clients behind one router connecting to two different servers at the >> same time shouldn't experience this issue, but if you have two clients >> behind the same router and you're both trying to connect to the same >> server, >> one of them needs to use an alternate clientport. >> >> Then again, maybe I'm misunderstanding the problem and this won't solve a >> thing. Good Luck! >> >> -Richard Eid >> >> >> On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 4:28 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I can vouch for the same problem on my own Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 >>> servers. My roommate and I can both connect to some dedicated servers, >>> however my own and a few others, one of us gets in and the other >>> eventually times out and is never able to connect. >>> >>> Richard Eid wrote: >>> > Is your server denying them the connection or is it just a local >>> > timeout >>> on >>> > their end? Have they set +clientport on one of the clients so they >>> > both >>> > aren't trying to connect through the same port? >>> > >>> > -Richard Eid >>> > >>> > >>> > On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Tony Paloma <[email protected] >>> >wrote: >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
