It's in the first line of the log he pasted ;) Are you running any addons (+ plugins) on both servers? The "No challenge" lines can usually be ignored from what I heard.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Saul Rennison Sent: Mittwoch, 12. Mai 2010 14:33 To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] A2C_PRINT, can it DOS a server? That's the master server talking to you there. Where does it say Steam connection was lost, anyway? On Wednesday, May 12, 2010, Peter Reinhold <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been observing some random fallouts (all people getting > disconnects, and reconnect after 20-30 seconds) on my L4D2 servers, > and I have been trying to figure out whats causing the problem. > > First thought was that the server simply was overencumbered, even > though its running at around 80% utilization when all forks are filled. > > But then I observed the same behaviour just now, and at the time, > only 2 forks were populated (around 15% utilization), and what was > even stranger, a TF2 server I am also running, did the same exact > thing, and there were no players on that at all. > > In the TF2 log, I could see the following. > > -- > Connection to Steam servers lost. > A2C_PRINT from 216.207.205.99:27011 : > No challenge for your address.A2C_PRINT from 216.207.205.98:27011 : > No challenge for your address.Connection to Steam servers successful. > VAC secure mode is activated. > -- > > It seems like theres an A2C_PRINT connection, which in turn causes > the server to loose connection to the Steam servers. > > Am I correct in assuming that the A2C_PRINT is the cause for these > system hiccups? > > And if so, are there any way to disable them? (Are they needed for anything?) > > > Thanks in advance, > > Peter > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > -- Thanks, - Saul. _______________________________________________ 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
