2008/11/11 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hey, > > > > I know some other people are having trouble running many instances of the > Linux left4dead server on the one box, and I believe I have worked out at > least a partial cause, and a workaround for the same. > > > > When you start up an hlds server, it tries to listen on the following > ports: > > > > UDP port of gameserver - default 27015 > > TCP port of gameserver - default 27015 > > UDP SourceT V port (even if sourceTV is off) - default 27020 > > UDP clientport (even although it's not a client) - default 27005 > > 1 other UDP port (possibly master server link)- default 26901 possibly > > Left4dead only: TCP console (will bind to all interfaces even if an IP is > specified) > > > > The issue is that the default gameserver port is 27015 and the default > sourcetv port is 27020. So try to start more than 5 servers from the one > fork and the last one will be trying to use the hltv port of the first one > as its gameport. The servers will increment port and try again, but only > 10 > times for the game port and source tv port. (The clientport tries a lot > more. Not sure how many, though) > > > > The workaround is to specify a sufficiently different tv_port number on the > command line: > > ./srcds_run -ip 84.244.189.89 -netconport 99## -fork howevermany +tv_port > 26900 > > > > .is what I'm using > > > > Setting clientport on the command line like this is ignored completely. > > This gets you up to 11 servers. What happens then is that the last server > is listening on 27025, and the client port can't find any free port above > 27005 until it gets to 27026, which it takes. The next server tries to > bind > on 27026, fails, and uses 27027 instead (clientport nabs 27028). The next > server tries to use 27027, fails twice, and uses 27029. This would again > lead to the thing failing at about 25 servers per IP (I can't do the maths, > and testing with so many is making my server fall apart), which is probably > acceptable ;) At which point, you just set up a new fork, with -port 27060 > or whatever. > > > > I've tested, and this issue exists on tf2 as well as l4d. I've just never > been able to start up enough servers that it became an issue before ;) > > > > Longer term, is clientport needed for the server? If so, can we set it on > the command line? > > > > More to the point, does what I've said make sense, or am I even more > idiotic > than my friends assure me? And have I leaked my rcon password to the list > again? ;) > > > > Comments welcome > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > nice catch
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