Re: Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread gerald
I was unable to join my server now I know I have it setup Properly in port forward I just dont understand now why I cant connect?? I also tried a few experiments in Doom I was able to see the game servers. In Call of Duty I was not able to see the server list?? I joined in LOMAC and that worked t

RE: Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread Edward Luna
I run several dedicated servers and the only port I have open for all the game servers is 27015 for TCP. In router jargon this is the "initial connection" port and must be opened so the Internet can get to it. Of course the IP addy that the Internet sees is the Public (no need to say external)

RE: Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread Michael Jordan
No need for the whole group to see this. Please continue to use the group for troubleshooting. I am sending a picture of my server console so you can see it. If you look close the IP address listed is an internal IP address of 192.168.1.101 and my external IP is 75.117.144.3 I am also inclu

RE: Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread Edward Luna
Close enough, hehehe... but your puter can have an internal and an external IP if it is multi-homed...like mine is. The rest of what you said is fairly accurate, in a down and dirty kinda way... well done. -Original Message- From: Ryan Brady [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, Octob

Re: Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread Ryan Brady
you are still not understanding. yes, you give out your external ip to users, no you do not bind your server to that ip. - Original Message - From: "gerald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 11:09 PM Subject: Re: Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because.. > well I just ope

Re: Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread gerald
well I just opened what Steam Support said to open?? if I dont need all them why do they say to open them all?? I mostly fly Flight Simulators and I do not give out my internal IP for those I have to give out my external IP same goes for TS2, and Roger wilco Voice comms. I also was going by what S

RE: Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread DLinkOZ
Wow, that's a lot of ports you have forwarded... All you need to forward is UDP for the port the server runs on (as long as you allow outbound without rules). As for requesting that info, it's basic troubleshooting for just about anything sitting behind a firewall or NAT device. The point that yo

Re: Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread gerald
@DlinkOZ I Port Forward the Proper ports that was shown in the Steam Support site. Ill post the screenshot of the Port Forward test page on another website here is the link: http://www.simhq.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=64&t=001290 Port Forwarding is NOT the problem Please Stop As

Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread Link Pankratz
Not quite true. If you have a decent router and you set an internal server as DMZ, it's NIC will have the public IP value. The reason why it's best to run dual NIC's on a server that faces the public. Keep the networks separated. Link Ryan Brady wrote: ok, here is how a router works. the router

RE: Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread DLinkOZ
I'll ask again, can you tell us exactly what port forwarding you've done? Such as: "I have forwarded UDP 27015 to my server" That would give us something to go on. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Brady Sent: Friday, October 06, 200

Re: Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread Ryan Brady
ok, here is how a router works. the router gets an ip from your ISP. you plug your computers into the router. the router gives your computers thier own 'internal' IPs. your computer does not have an internal and external IP. when you send and recieve data, the router says 'oh michaels computer is g

Re: Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread Kyle Caulfield
-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] what is your native language, maybe I can help you better if I knew that... On 10/6/06, Michael Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At least try running a dedicated server. If your computer has enough > power, > you can play too. I was able to

Re: Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread gerald
@Michael I ran a dedicated server and recieved this error: ERROR: couldn't open custom.hpk. Dropped Nephilim from server Reason: Client sent 'drop' will that help figure out my problem?? Also I noticed it is using my Internal IP shouldnt it use my External?? - Original Message - From:

RE: Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread Michael Jordan
At least try running a dedicated server. If your computer has enough power, you can play too. I was able to do it for a few days while fixing my server. At the very least, maybe there will be an error message in the server console that will give a hint to your problem. BTW, your screen shot of the

Re: Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread gerald
@Scott I have a normal IP if that is what your looking for?? I realise they need nuthing special but it just doesn't work, I have no Problem Hosting other games just Halflife on Steam?? and I dont wanna do a Dedicated server as I wanna play as well. Yes, Steam has a TEST port page I found it on t

Re: [hlds] srcds.exe - Application Error keeping fire daemon from restarting hl2mp

2006-10-06 Thread James McKenna
Well, it just errored again with -nocrashdialogue Moving onto the next suggestion with the registry. - Original Message - From: "Steve Rabouin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 7:46 PM Subject: Re: [hlds] srcds.exe - Application Error keeping fire daemon from rest

RE: Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread Scott Tuttle
Steam page to test ports What is that? I am not aware of that. There servers really do need NOTHING special to work. When you go to http://www.whatismyip.org/ what is your ip address? Also what is the name of your server so you can check for it on www.gametiger.net ? If the ports are open

Re: Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread gerald
@DlinkOz here is a screenshot of the Steam page to Test Ports as you can see I passed so the ports are open and it is NOT a PF Problem if it was that simple I could solve it!! THNX Gerald - Original Message - From: "DLinkOZ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 1:09 PM

Re: [hlds] Css dedicated server problem [OS windows]

2006-10-06 Thread Jamie Garside
Well it will be listed in LAN because it is on the local network, even if it is running in Internet/sv_lan 0. Have you actually tried to get your friends to connect to it? Mr. Wanker wrote: -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Hi, I start my server and when i look into the server

RE: Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread DLinkOZ
I may have missed it, but what forwarding rules exactly have you put in place? Honestly, it takes only 1 rule with any decent firewall to allow direct IP connections. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gerald Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006

[hlds] Css dedicated server problem [OS windows]

2006-10-06 Thread Mr. Wanker
-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Hi, I start my server and when i look into the server list,its in LAN. What do i have to do? Is it something with my firewall? I set my firewall to " allow all " but that doesn't help and sv_lan 0 doesn't either. I just want to start a server so I

Re: Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread LDuke
-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] The server definitily shouldn't be bound to the external port on your router. It shouldn't even be possible to do that. The server IP will be something like 192.168.0.4. People connect by using your public IP and the router forwards the traffic.

Re: Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread gerald
well you would LOOSe that bet;) Port Forwarding is Setup Properly It is NOT a PF issue THNX for you comment tho!! - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 11:50 AM Subject: Re: Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because.. I would bet that this guy does n

Re: Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread gerald
SORRY but I am VERY Familiar with Port Forwarding it is setup Properly it is NOT an issue with port forwarding - Original Message - From: "Whisper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 12:00 PM Subject: Re: Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because.. -- [ Picked text/plain

Re: Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread Whisper
-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Hence the reason he was sent to the STEAM Forums Do not pass go Do not collect $200 On 10/7/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would bet that this guy does not have port forwarding set up properly. > If port forwarding is do

Re: Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread mjjordan
I would bet that this guy does not have port forwarding set up properly. If port forwarding is done right the game server will work, people will be able to connect and it will eventually show up in the master server list. I do not have my server bound to the external IP and it works just fine.

Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread Sailor Mercury-sama \(NL\)
When using hlds.exe from the command prompt (or addressing from a batchfile): hlds.exe -game tfc -port 27015 +maxplayers 30 +map dustbowl +ip 123.123.123.123 -console -zone 1024 -game -tfc -> start a TFC hlds -port 27015 ->on port 27015 +maxplayers 30 -> with a max of 30 players +m

Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread Sailor Mercury-sama \(NL\)
"if you want your server to appeare in the server list" If you mean to have your server appear in the master list at valve: not relevant If you start a game server on steam (and it's properly configed/connected) your server will be added to the master list automatically. All a domainname does is

Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread Jose Pacheco
No, the +ip 123.123.123.123 command in the start u is correct, but the domain would be if you want your server to appeare in the server list, so the domain would be setup to the computer/server that is hosting the srcds box. Otherwise you would have to change your plublic ip manually in the startu

Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread gerald
@Sailor Sorry for noobish question but where would I find the Startup String?? THNX Gerald - Original Message - From: "Sailor Mercury-sama (NL)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 7:21 AM Subject: Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because.. @gerald In the startup string a

Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread Ook
Cany anyone explain why Steam is using his internal IP? How many thousands of servers are out there that don't use +ip still work just fine? Is there more to the story here? YES I have Heard of Google but I was Directed here if you DONT wanna Answer my Question thean DONT!! My Problem is NOT

Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread Sailor Mercury-sama \(NL\)
@gerald In the startup string add: +ip for example: +ip 123.123.123.123 That should do it. @jose . really, how is a domainname going to tell an application that wants an *IP* which IP it should use? You need to use an IP address for this and not a domainname. - Original Message

Re: [hlds] Unable to HOSt because..

2006-10-06 Thread Jose Pacheco
Hey dude it's really easy, you can simply get a free domain like www.no-ip.com or http://freedns.afraid.org i believe is one, there are more but you can Google that. And Srcds does work off a domain instead of ip as well. So that would be your best solution right now. Hope this info helped out