06-24-2008, 10:12 PM
Hi all,
I'm in the process of setting up a dedicated Team Fortress 2 server.
It is a Win2k3 box (Xeon 1.6ghz (1.3ghz fsb) quad core, 4gb ram)
It's NIC is connected directly on a 4Mbit dedicated pipe, with an internet accessible IP address configured on the card.
I've got the binding IP set correctly to the internet IP address, ports 27015 TCP and UDP are opened on the firewall for incoming access, and the server validates with the steam master servers. sv_lan is set to zero, and sv_region is set to 5 (australia - where i am).
Obiously there is no address translation or portforwarding to be done, as it's a direct-internet connected host.
For some reason, the server fails to appear in the 'Internet' games list within the TF2 client, but adding it to custom servers using its IP address, I'm able to connect and play on it correctly...
Does anyone have any ideas on what might be causing this?
I've been scratching my brain about this for a couple of days and cant figure it out.
For reference, I'm not new to networking, servers and firewalls (its my day job), so low-level answers are preferred ;-)
Cheers
MJ
I'm in the process of setting up a dedicated Team Fortress 2 server.
It is a Win2k3 box (Xeon 1.6ghz (1.3ghz fsb) quad core, 4gb ram)
It's NIC is connected directly on a 4Mbit dedicated pipe, with an internet accessible IP address configured on the card.
I've got the binding IP set correctly to the internet IP address, ports 27015 TCP and UDP are opened on the firewall for incoming access, and the server validates with the steam master servers. sv_lan is set to zero, and sv_region is set to 5 (australia - where i am).
Obiously there is no address translation or portforwarding to be done, as it's a direct-internet connected host.
For some reason, the server fails to appear in the 'Internet' games list within the TF2 client, but adding it to custom servers using its IP address, I'm able to connect and play on it correctly...
Does anyone have any ideas on what might be causing this?
I've been scratching my brain about this for a couple of days and cant figure it out.
For reference, I'm not new to networking, servers and firewalls (its my day job), so low-level answers are preferred ;-)
Cheers
MJ