What Ports Can I Use?

[haza55]

Are there any restrictions on the ports SRCDS uses.
I have gotten 27010 and 27015(default) to work.
Could I use 27020 27025 27030 27035 etc

[hexitnow]

http://forums.srcds.com/showthread.php?tid=1417
That topic has the necessary ports for source to run on. Source by default runs on 27015 UDP. Although you could have it run 27666, you would just have to add +port 27666 on the end of your command line. Well you might wanna research it I dont remember if its +port or -port.

[Drocona]

its +hostport

thats what most people forget i think? port has never been a command in Source engine games

I'm not sure if theres a difference here between linux or windows tho, on wikipages it says -port, however this does not work on windows, on windows it's +hostport.
Is it different on Linux?

[hexitnow]

Thats weird becuz i could of sworn ive used -port and it worked. Oh well, go wit wat dro says and use hostport. He knows what hes talkin bout.

[Drocona]

Could be different on Linux tho, never used SRCDS on Linux yet, gonna try soon with my new server.

Sorry if I'm wrong about port command on linux and maybe confusing you lol

[hexitnow]

Well when i used -port it was on my windows installation. Best advice would be to try both and see what happens. But ya linux and SRCDS PWNS. You will notice the difference instantly when you join your server. Best switch i ever made.

[Drocona]

Well soon I will see how it all works out on the new server, it's a rental with 2GHz AMD CPU, 2GB memory and 2TB bandwidth on SuSe 9.2/9.3 or Debian 3.1 (can choose).

ok back ontopic:
When I first used my SRCDS I followed the wiki pages with the commandline, first thing was an unknown port commnand error showing up

[hexitnow]

Are you talkin about the couldnt allocate UDP port error?

[Drocona]

no it's just an error in the console, it tells you that the port command doesnt exist

like when you put +bla or -bla or soem nonsense command, it gives the error: unknow command : bla