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Okay just a general rundown on what my problem is, I have read literally 3 tutorials, on setting up a tf2 server, port forwarding, and another on port forwarding... and I can't seem to get people to be able to join my server... I have done EXACTLY what people said to do, but what i think the problem is is that every time I type sv_lan into the server, it is set to 0, but it still says it is a LAN game, anybody have some sort of insight on to what will help me? ): And I'll submit screenies a wee bit >.<
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that sv_lan thing is a bug. Just make sure sv_lan is set to 0 in your server.cfg.
Did you give people your external IP to connect to?
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sv_lan is 0 in the cfg file.... and the server just says its not responding to my friends lol >.<
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] sv_lan
"sv_lan" = "0"
- Server is a lan server ( no heartbeat, no authentication, no non-class C addresses )
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what is this non-class c addresses and all these other things that lan comes with?
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I have no idea lol, but my friend is having somewhat of the same problem, but pretty much both of our servers are stuck on LAN ):
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Again, THAT IS A BUG.
I just tested on an internet server... with users attached.
Typing in sv_lan says it's a LAN server but IT IS NOT.
However, since you are interested:
no heartbeat - Server information is not sent to the master steam servers (thus not listed).
no authentication - Users are not authenticated (not 100% sure how the authentication works)
no non-class C addresses - No IP addresses outside of the 255.0.0.0 subnet. In easier terms: Only IP addresses with the same first number (before the period) can connect.
However, if you can't even connect, it's a PORT FORWARDING or FIREWALL issue.
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Yeah, I have no idea what to do with my router and whatnot, I'm the biggest newb you will find for port forwarding or anything to do with routers >.<
