Trying to set up a CSS server....

[soviet]

I'm trying to run a CSS server to play with my friends. I've got it all set up properly and it works fine on LAN, but no one can join over the internet. I can see the server on the LAN list but I can't add my external IP to my favorites. The ports are open for sure because as I understand it CS 1.6 uses the same ports and the server for that works fine. I've also tried settings a DMZ, but that didn't help either. sv_lan is set to 0.

Any advice is appreciated.

[Beaverbeliever]

When running the server, try connecting via the LAN, and having your friends save your external IP to their favorites, and connecting. If they still can't connect, try contacting your ISP to make sure those ports are open on their end

[soviet]

That's exactly what I'm doing, and the ports should be open because I can do this with a CS 1.6 server which uses the same ports. I also remember running a Half-Life 2 Deathmatch server before and that worked fine...

[laloo]

try what I told casperlm
http://forums.srcds.com/viewtopic/9474

[soviet]

I've got gaming mode enabled, apparently it's on by default. Oh and what should the +ip switch be set to? My LAN or WAN IP?

[Ryan]

WAN always... your LAN address is private

[soviet]

When I set it to my WAN IP I get:

Engine Error
Couldn't allocate dedicated server UDP port

[realchamp]

You should use your LAN ip . It's not nessecary though.(Unless you have multiple IP's)

[soviet]

What do you mean multiple IPs? I have more than 1 computer on the network, but they all have static IPs. Why won't this work. >:/

[Ryan]

who is your isp?

[realchamp]

You can have just as many computers as you want on the network.


Try with disenable firewalls.

[soviet]

I've tried turning off all firewalls, both software and the router firewall. My ISP is Bell Canada.

[Ryan]

soviet Wrote:I've tried turning off all firewalls, both software and the router firewall. My ISP is Bell Canada.

The one thing I know is most Residential ISP's will not unblock 27015 on their routers due to the fact that it causes to much traffic on their system internally. I have a friend who works for Verizon and he said that is one of the reasons that Verizon will block that port on Residential connections.

[CGS|Todd]

Ryan Wrote:

soviet Wrote:I've tried turning off all firewalls, both software and the router firewall. My ISP is Bell Canada.

The one thing I know is most Residential ISP's will not unblock 27015 on their routers due to the fact that it causes to much traffic on their system internally. I have a friend who works for Verizon and he said that is one of the reasons that Verizon will block that port on Residential connections.

i have worked in the isp industry for 10 years in an engineering capacity, its pretty rare that ISPs block any inbound ports -- especially as relatively obsure as this. these days it can be legally dangerous to do this type of thing. people start crying about equal access. traffic caused by game servers is a drop in the bucket compared to many other types of traffic, i doubt verizon would put the effort/resources into doing this. that being said, its not impossible.

if verizon is doing it, its probably on a case-by-case basis. most isp traffic is inbound, there is usually a glut of outbound bandwidth (which is what game servers chew up). at peak we run about 400Mbps inbound and 50-100 outbound. I know people who have run source servers on verizon service. because of the new push/crying for equal access it can be a headache for an isp to block legitimate ports.

[Ryan]

CGS|Todd Wrote:

Ryan Wrote:

soviet Wrote:I've tried turning off all firewalls, both software and the router firewall. My ISP is Bell Canada.

The one thing I know is most Residential ISP's will not unblock 27015 on their routers due to the fact that it causes to much traffic on their system internally. I have a friend who works for Verizon and he said that is one of the reasons that Verizon will block that port on Residential connections.

i have worked in the isp industry for 10 years in an engineering capacity, its pretty rare that ISPs block any inbound ports -- especially as relatively obsure as this. these days it can be legally dangerous to do this type of thing. people start crying about equal access. traffic caused by game servers is a drop in the bucket compared to many other types of traffic, i doubt verizon would put the effort/resources into doing this. that being said, its not impossible.

if verizon is doing it, its probably on a case-by-case basis. most isp traffic is inbound, there is usually a glut of outbound bandwidth (which is what game servers chew up). at peak we run about 400Mbps inbound and 50-100 outbound. I know people who have run source servers on verizon service. because of the new push/crying for equal access it can be a headache for an isp to block legitimate ports.

so your saying the reason i cant run a cs:s source server out of my house is because my ISP isnt blocking anything.. But when i called them they said that port is blocked for the reason i listed. They told me if i would like to upgrade to a business account it would not be blocked which is $100/month...