Allowing multiple people from same IP

[TRaven]

Hi, i have a small dedicated server that is mainly for my friends and I. However, my friend has a brother who likes to play too. Apparently, the same IP cannot connect twice, is there a way to get around this? maybe i can set something up on the server? (I'm a newbie, so please, be gentle) Any help is appreciated, thanks!

[skeletor]

As far as I know it should work.. as long as they aren't both trying to use the same steam account.

[Drocona]

Like skeletor said, as long as everyone has a different steam account you can connect with thousands from the same IP if you want to.

[TRaven]

interesting, i was assuming they couldnt since they never can connect to the same server . . . . maybe something is screwed within their network . . .

Well, thank you!

[Uri Dead]

TRaven Wrote:Hi, i have a small dedicated server that is mainly for my friends and I. However, my friend has a brother who likes to play too. Apparently, the same IP cannot connect twice, is there a way to get around this? maybe i can set something up on the server? (I'm a newbie, so please, be gentle) Any help is appreciated, thanks!

Does his screen stay or go black after connecting?
Do you have mani-admin installed? If you do check the mani_server.cfg for the area on "ghosting", it can be allowed and disallowed there.

Now the same STEAM account can not be in use more than once so unless they have two different STEAM accounts then they will never be able to play at the same time. No way around that one.

[fqdn]

he has to connect on a different port, so in console he does connect yourip -port 27016 (or something like that) go to steampowered.com, but not the forums and click support, then search for 2 people same ip or whatever it will tell you the exact command.

[manofphat]

We've had 10 man LAN's where we all go and hop on our public server and rip it up. No port issues. Maybe it depends on the environment.

[skeletor]

Yea, i know on my home I have had well over 10 people all jump on a public server and no problems. the only time I ran into a problem a long time ago was when my wife was first playing and she logged into my account (while i was on it) and she tried to connect to the server i was on and it wouldn't let her. it would let her connect to another server though. So I bet they are using the same account.

[fqdn]

Quote:Question


How can I have multiple clients playing games behind a router at the same time?
Answer


To configure multiple clients to play from behind the same router, you must change one of the clients to use a different clientport number.

* Each machine must have a unique Steam account with different game licenses registered to the account.
* Each machine must have a different clientport setting.
* Each machine must have a unique Mac address.
* The router must be up-to-date.
* Your Firewall and router must have the required ports for Steam open.

The default clientport is 27005 and you can only have one game with that port active on the same lan.
Specifying a Clientport as a Launch Option

To specify a client port, please perform the following steps for each computer on the LAN

* Go to Steam's My games menu
* Right-click on the game you wish to play
* Go to Properties
* From the General tab, click on the Set launch options button
* Add a different client port number on each machine between 27005 and 27032 in the following format:
+clientport 270XX
Note: Do not use 27020
* Click OK

NOTE: This solution only works if you launch the game through the My games menu.

If you have already set other launch options, leave a space between the last character of your previous launch option and the + of your clientport setting.
Specifying a Clientport in the Userconfig.cfg

The benefit of this method is that the clientport will remain set whether you are launching the game from the My games menu or from a shortcut to the game.

* Navigate to the folder that holds the config.cfg for your game
Example: The config.cfg for Counter-strike: Source can be found here:
..\Steam\steamapps\<user name>\counter-strike source\cstrike\cfg
* If you have a userconfig.cfg in that directory, open it. If you do not already have a userconfig.cfg:
1. Right-click in the folder
2. Go to: New > Text Document
3. Rename the file userconfig.cfg
4. Open the file with Notepad
* Type into the document clientport 270XX where XX are the last two digits of the clientport number. Acceptable values include 05 - 19 and 21 - 32
* Save your userconfig.cfg
* Launch your game