Steam & CS Source Decicated firewall ports

[wg@osi]

Hi all,

I am a newb at setting up CS Servers and there is a minefield of information out there. I have followed the tutorial and can sucessfully set of a CS:Source server now.

The trouble I have is finding the exact ports UDP & TCP and what directions they need.

I have moved my server to our comany's DC as they are letting me use their bandwidth, but the firewall policies are very stringent.

My question is:

What ports does Steam need to work? (Incoming or Outgoing)
What ports other than TCP&UDP 27015 does CS:Source need to run. (Incoming or Outgoing)

What do clients need enabled to be able to connect and admin the server.

many Thanks

[Goofy666]

Goofy666 Wrote:[UDP] 1200 (used for Steam's Friends service)
[UDP] 27000 to 27015 (so that means all ports in between too)
[TCP] 27030 to 27039 (idem)
=> these are all Steam related ports

[UDP] 27015 and 27020 (default DS port, also used for HLTV)
[TCP] 27015 (you want to forward this for RCON access)
=> these ports are used by the dedicated server itself

http://www.srcds.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=585&pid=2750#pid2750

These are the ports I have opened, it works perfectly in my case.

[wg@osi]

Thanks I will try that

[wg@osi]

Works a treat thanks alot

[alt.]

So let me understand the difference between rcon on hlds and srcds.
hlds rcon works via udp? srcds via tcp? Thanks in advance.

[Goofy666]

I don't see another option, if the hlds works through UDP then they're just using different protocols. I could be wrong, but since that port configuration works perfectly here I don't think there is much of a problem with it.