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04-29-2006, 01:45 PM
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I'm stumpted...
I know that I have to forward some ports in my router/modem to get srcsd.exe to work with my external IP on CS:S. The question is, which ports do I need to forward. I followed all of the instructions for my model DSL modem (Westell VersaLink: Model 327W) on http://www.portforward.com and still I get the same error. It says it cannot allocate the dedicated server UDP port.
I have forwarded ports 27020-27039 TCP, 1200 UDP, 27000-27100 UDP, and 27015 TCP to the server-bearing PC. If it helps at all, I have two PCs running Windos XP SP2 on this router/modem. The one with the dedicated server is the 'Static NAT'. I tried disabling it as that, but it didn't help. Also, my windows and modem firewalls are both off as far as I know.
What other ports are there for me to forward???
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05-01-2006, 08:14 AM
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Umm, I'm not double posting. Two completely different discussions. And if I opened all the ports I needed too, then what's the problem?
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Actually, I can't start up my sever at all because of the port error it gives me, so I can't really connnect to it. But if I start it up without using my external IP (it runs as if it were a LAN server even though I have sv_lan set to 0), everything works OK. Mani Admin starts up and my MOTD shows. It even says it successfully connected to the master servers. But when I use the external IP I got using http://www.whatismyip.com, it gives me the port error.
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Your port forwarding seems ok (you only really need 27015 though). I would double check that you are forwarding to the right internal ip. Also, I would check to see if your modem has any built-in firewall. I know that when I start my server, I don't even include a +ip line in the startup and it works fine. I do know that when my router is reset, it re-assigns the internal ip's, so maybe your ports are forward to incorrect ip. Other than that, not a clue.
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OK, so I went back to http://www.whatismyip.com and saw that my IP has changed, so I updated the server shortcut and it still wouldn't work. Then I went back to the tutorial I was using in the steam forums ( http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=189717) and saw that all I had to do was add my external IP to my LAN connection in the network connections. Just click on your connection and click on TCP/IP settings, click advanced, and add your external IP to the list of IPs.
After doing this, I got past the UDP port error, but now I have a new problem. When it gets to:
Adding Master Server <IP>:27011
Adding Master Server <IP>:27011
it says "Couldn't establish connection to Steam servers"
Thanks for your help guys, but I just get problem after problem :-D
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I have received the below error from time to time
Adding Master Server <IP>:27011
Adding Master Server <IP>:27011
it says "Couldn't establish connection to Steam servers"
The server still runs, but insecure, so I restart and it usually gets it on the first try unless the VAC servers are down....it happens from time to time.
I am sorry that no great ideas came here to help you out.
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Yeah, it makes sense that Steam may have been experiencing some difficulties at that time. When I tried to visit their website after I added the IP to my network settings, I couldn't even log onto their website http://www.steampowered.com so I'll try again later.
Thanks for the advice!
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Well, I tried just now and got the same results. At the end, it still says it "Couldn't establish connection to Steam servers". This time, I was able to log onto their website. How long can the VAC severs be down for at a time?
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Usually not this long, I know that mine was fine earlier today.
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05-03-2006, 12:45 PM
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Is there any way to manually turn on VAC secure in the server console?
The sever works just fine, just doesn't come up on Steam sever list.
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05-04-2006, 06:55 AM
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Tried again today, same results. Couldn't connect to Steam servers. I must be doing something wrong...?
Also found out today that other people can't connect to my sever. That's probably because it can't connect to the Steam servers, but if I run it in LAN it does connect, so it isn't Steam. Any suggestions?
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I've forwarded ports 27000-27100 TCP and UDP, I don't know wut else could be blocking it
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I think I love you...
You gave me a great idea. You see, I went to that site and it was the same as the one i was using. But then I had this great idea. I removed the + sign in front of "ip" in the properties of the shortcut and put ip <my IP> in the server.cfg and it connected.
Thanks so much!
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I have the same problem with my server. I can see it under my LAN connection, but I too get the "cannont establish connection to Steam Servers" error. I have opened all ports like you, but no luck. We have to be doing something wrong, b/c I have no clue what's going on. If anyone has any luck or knows how to fix. Plz post!
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Hey. Did you remove the enitre +ip <your ip> line from your properties, or just the +. And where and how did you add your ip address into your srcds.cfg file?
Brian
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