03-14-2006, 01:31 AM
I've been trying to get this thing up and running for a while now and I just can't get it to work. My problem is that nobody can connect to the server. Nobody can see it and nobody can connect to it.
I followed the steps outlined here, and similarly at other places, and the source dedicated server comes up and running, it looks like it should look, as far as I've been able to gather.
I opened up the ports following the steps at portforward.com, I hope this looks right.
I've tried both using the '-secure +ip (my internal IP)' and not using it in the target for the srcds shortcut, they both produce same results. Using external IP produces 'cannot allocate dedicated UDP port' error.
The wierd part to me is that when I have the server up, gametiger.com does recognize that it is up. When I have it up and running, it neither appears in my favorites, nor can I connect to it manually, nor does it even appear in my Lan server menu option. (I don't attempt to play on the same computer I'm trying to run the server from, I play on a seperate computer that is connected wirelessly to the same router). However, when I don't have the server up and running, I *can* see the server on my favorites. The server name is Good Book of David, and it is there twice because I tried adding it using both the external and internal IP, I presume that because I am on the lan my computer recognizes both. I am at a loss as to why it only appears there when I don't have the server running, but I have tested it multiple times. The thing that confuses me most (though really it *all* confuses me) is that I can't even see the server on my Lan list.
Please, any help is appreciated, I feel like I've tried everything.
If I can provide any further information or technical details that might help, let me know.
I followed the steps outlined here, and similarly at other places, and the source dedicated server comes up and running, it looks like it should look, as far as I've been able to gather.
I opened up the ports following the steps at portforward.com, I hope this looks right.
I've tried both using the '-secure +ip (my internal IP)' and not using it in the target for the srcds shortcut, they both produce same results. Using external IP produces 'cannot allocate dedicated UDP port' error.
The wierd part to me is that when I have the server up, gametiger.com does recognize that it is up. When I have it up and running, it neither appears in my favorites, nor can I connect to it manually, nor does it even appear in my Lan server menu option. (I don't attempt to play on the same computer I'm trying to run the server from, I play on a seperate computer that is connected wirelessly to the same router). However, when I don't have the server up and running, I *can* see the server on my favorites. The server name is Good Book of David, and it is there twice because I tried adding it using both the external and internal IP, I presume that because I am on the lan my computer recognizes both. I am at a loss as to why it only appears there when I don't have the server running, but I have tested it multiple times. The thing that confuses me most (though really it *all* confuses me) is that I can't even see the server on my Lan list.
Please, any help is appreciated, I feel like I've tried everything.
If I can provide any further information or technical details that might help, let me know.