Connection failed after 10 tries; What am I doing wrong?

[TeamZombieKiller]

Let me start off by saying, this is the first dedicated server I have ever tried to host myself, for l4d2 or otherwise.

I'm trying to run the server from my Asus EEEpc, we got it to work as long as everyone is on the LAN, but if any of my other friends tries to join, they all get the same error, connection failed after 10 tries.

The EEE is running XP Home
Intel Atom 1.6GHz
1GB Ram
Left4dead 2

Code:

D:\scrds\left4dead2\srcds.exe -game left4dead2 -autoupdate -exec server.cfg

And the server.cfg says

Code:

//Main Server Info

hostname TeamZombieKiller // server name
mp_disable_autokick 1     // Disable Autokick
sv_spectatoridletime 60   // disables timeout

//Client Config

sv_alltalk 0 //team chat only

// lan, region and network

sv_lan 0            // not a lan game

//steam group

sv_steamgroup "1218917" // steam group that has access to the server
sv_steamgroup_exclusive 1 // only for members of certain steam group
sv_allow_lobby_connect_only 1 //force lobby connect
sv_cheats 1

My bandwidth is 16.45Mb/s DOWN 2.86Mb/s UP
Internal IP 192.168.1.7
External IP is 24.20.52.159
The router is a netgear router, the EEE is hard-wired to the network (not wireless)

It performs flawlessly, as long as everyone is on the LAN, so what am I doing wrong?

[SBT]

Open 27000-28000 instead of 27015 and see if that works.

[BloodAngel]

I would have a read of http://forums.srcds.com/viewtopic/9982 .

Also slightly off topic, how does the 2 core 4 threaded atom run SRCDS's ;D?

[TeamZombieKiller]

(11-30-2009, 08:36 AM)BloodAngel Wrote:  I would have a read of http://forums.srcds.com/viewtopic/9982 .

Also slightly off topic, how does the 2 core 4 threaded atom run SRCDS's ;D?

I'm not playing on my server, I'm using my desktop PC to run the game and the Netbook as the server. In the same house, my boyfriend is running his copy of the game on his desktop, and a few miles away my friend and his roommate are also trying to join the server, and get the timeout error.

All 4 pc's trying to run the game are dual procs or better.

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(11-30-2009, 06:50 AM)SBT Wrote:  Open 27000-28000 instead of 27015 and see if that works.

I don't know if I can. As you can see in the jpg, my boyfriend has ports forwarded for borderlands in the 27000-28000 range.


That would undo the ports he needs to host a WAN game for borderlands, correct?

[Mnkras]

you didn't declare a map either use +map in the startup with a map name or put map then the mapname in the server.cfg