Thanks for the great info. That does help quite a bit.
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 7:05 AM, Ondřej Hošek <[email protected]> wrote: > The IP tells the server which network interface to use: LAN, WiFi, ... One > of these interfaces is the "loopback interface", the virtual device that > provides access to, among others, 127.0.0.1. It tends to be called "lo". > > Unless there have been massive changes recently, the Linux server decides > which interface to use by default by resolving your hostname. Most systems > are set up to first consult /etc/hosts and then DNS. > > Let's assume my machine is called "caesar". Its fully qualified domain > name would be "caesar.local" (unless I have an actual domain; then I can > use that). If the following line is in /etc/hosts: > 127.0.0.1 caesar.local caesar > then hlds will bind to the loopback interface, making external connections > impossible. If, on the other hand, I go for > 192.168.123.45 caesar.local caesar > where 192.168.123.45 is the IP address I have on my LAN, then hlds will > bind to the LAN interface and accept incoming connections. (Your router > forwards datagrams arriving at your external address to your server's > internal address; hlds mostly need not worry about the external address.) > > This default choice ("I resolve my own hostname") can be overridden using > the CVar "ip". > > Note that it is IMPORTANT that the first hostname of each entry in > /etc/hosts is fully qualified, otherwise the magic described above won't > work. > 192.168.123.45 caesar.local caesar > is fine, > 192.168.123.45 caesar caesar.local > or > 192.168.123.45 caesar > are not. > > Also, you can add multiple aliases: > > 192.168.123.45 caesar.local caesar gaius caius > > Note that if you type in your external IP address, hlds will protest > simply because your server has no network card with that address. > > Hope this clears things up. > > Cheers, > ~~ Ondra > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
