Yea... my community is actually doing that today/tomorrow. One problem we are going to have is that we are physically moving our box to a different location so there will be no old server to have up.
What we have been doing is have our server IP on a DNS for our website. IE, our website is http://www.506th-pir.org and our servers are on http://server.506th-pir.org What this allows us to do is change the DNS and anyone that is using the server URL instead of the IP won't have to change anything. Also, we got the new IP a few weeks in advance and have posted it on our website, on our forums, in our MOTD, etc. where our regulars could see it. Hopefully everything will work out alright, but we'll see tomorrow afternoon. Lebson Systems Administrator for the 506th PIR Software Engineer for Resistance and Liberation > > it sucks, but (almost) everyone has to do it at some point... > > What we did was announce the new IP a couple weeks before making the move. > If possible, keep the new server as well as the old server up for a week > or so. Change the name of the old server to "<Community> HAS MOVED TO > <IP>". Add all of your regulars to your friends list, and ensure that you > keep in contact with as many people as possible. If you have a community > group, make sure to post multiple announcements about the move. > > You'll definitely lose a bunch, but you should rebound quickly if you do > it right. > > Thank you, > Alec Sanger > P: 248.941.3813 > F: 313.286.8945 > > > >> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:56:28 -0500 >> From: dustin.wy...@gmail.com >> To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com >> Subject: [hlds] Anyone with active servers move to new IP addresses? >> >> Looking to get thoughts from people with the experience of moving their >> game >> server(s) to a new IP. >> >> Specifically I'm concerned about the effect on your community and on >> your >> server popularity. >> >> Discuss! >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live Hotmail®: more than just e-mail. > http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_more_042009 > _______________________________________________ > 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
