Hello,

Most of those ports are blocked by our main campus firewall, so srcds is 
listening but it's not possible for anything to connect.

     Thanks,
     Dave

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> L4D (and indeed any srcds server) seems to use the number of udp ports
> whether forked or not; it's just that forking and the decrease in cpu usage
> by the Linux server have led to port conflicts being much more common.  That
> being said, that number is "4", not "a screenful", so there's something odd
> going on there... if you use a stateful firewall, it may be worth examining
> the connection tracking table to see what, if anything, is connected to the
> other end
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hlds_linux-
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David A. Parker
>> Sent: 13 November 2008 15:56
>> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Lots of ports (Is this normal?)
>>
>> Thanks.  There has been much discussion about which ports L4D uses when
>> forked, but I'm not using a forked server in my set up.  It seems
>> abnormal to have a server process bind to 40+ apparently random ports
>> which would most likely be firewalled anyway.
>>
>> Any ideas from the Valve devs?
>>
>>      Thanks,
>>      Dave
>>
>> Pete wrote:
>>> I rember reading around somehwere that l4d uses random ports, so
>> maybe
>>> this is the reason.  But I wasent really looking into it so I could
>>> have got the wrong idea.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>>
>>> 2008/11/12 David A. Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>>> Possible bug, perhaps?
>>>>
>>>>     - Dave
>>>>
>>>> Antoine Libert wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 21:34, David A. Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a single-instance L4D server (no forks) running on a
>> specific IP
>>>>>> address.  When the server first started it bound to the normal
>> ports
>>>>>> (TCP 27015, and UDP 27005, 27015, 27020) and not much else.  But
>> after
>>>>>> running for a few days, it's now bound to 47 UDP ports:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [lots of ports]
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm experiencing the same thing on my dedi too...
>>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Dave Parker
>>>> Utica College
>>>> Integrated Information Technology Services
>>>> (315) 792-3229
>>>> Registered Linux User #408177
>>>>
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