Is the only way to obtain a different content server to delete the ClientRegistry.blob and its possible be assigned a new content server? How does it know our region? By IP or the servers we connect to?
_____________________________ Britt Priddy Network Engineer Power Zones Gaming Network www.powerzones.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alfred Reynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 9:53 PM Subject: RE: [hlds_linux] Selecting Content Servers > The Steam client currently auto-discovers your "region" based on a graph > of content servers we have defined. There are no user configurable parts > to this system. > > ----Original Message---- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of AgentHH > Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 7:44 PM To: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Selecting > Content Servers > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > I haven't tried it, but I'm not sure how well it will work. I've > > > sniffed the traffic thats flowing when updating steam before, and it > > > seems to contact a master (authentication?) server in the US which > > > then says use this content server. I'm not sure if the master server > > > cares that you can't contact the server. I would hope the client > > > would > > > go, can';t get to that server, give me another.. but it's something > > > worth playing with! > > > > > > john > > > > I can't say I'm having stellar successes right now. Steam seems to > > contact a master server (I've seen Valve Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 14) and > > uses that for a content server as well. If I disconnect my Internet > > connection, it tries a combination of those three and then says > > "Steam cannot connect blah blah blah". > > > > I think _VALVE_ should do something to help us out here by allowing > > to select a specific server, or at least specify our (client) region, > > as this seems to be something that's going to be an ugly hack, if it > > even works. > > > > --AgentHH > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
