Not everybody can join my server.

06-05-2005, 11:11 AM

I have just made my first server and everything seems to work well except that some people can't join. I know that my server is working properly because I can join it without problems and some1 else already joined and played on it. But my friends either couldn't find it or couldn't join because their computer gave them an error that said "could not connect to server after 4 retries." Can anybody tell me how to fix this? I am using a DSL connection 1.5Mbps. And the server is taking up only 10% of my CPU. I looked through the forum and didn't find the answer. Either my question is really silly or rare. Please help. I really want to get my server working.

06-05-2005, 11:28 AM

Do you use a router? If so are the ports forwarded properly?

06-05-2005, 12:09 PM

I dont't know what the router is and I don't know how to establish the ports properly. I am very new to this. PLEASE HELP!

06-05-2005, 01:21 PM

Oh! one more thing. Can somebody please test my server. My IP address is 192.168.1.97
If you can join than great and if you can't than please tell me what error do you get. Your feedback is very important. Thank you very much.

06-05-2005, 04:54 PM

That IP is your internal IP, those from the outside cant hit it. You need your external IP

06-05-2005, 07:06 PM

Ok. Where do i find my external IP? I really don't know. Sorry for asking stupid questions.

06-05-2005, 08:28 PM

ipchicken.com

06-06-2005, 03:50 AM

sv_enableoldqueries 1

This is a command I had to put into our config a while back after one of the steam updates.

Some players could get on my server but others were getting refused and some strange messages in the console too.

This command in the server.cfg sorted it.

06-06-2005, 05:29 AM

sv_lan 0

06-06-2005, 08:08 AM

http://hlds101.com/hlds101/ports.htm

06-05-2005, 11:11 AM	#1
klevenskiy Guest Posts: n/a	Not everybody can join my server. I have just made my first server and everything seems to work well except that some people can't join. I know that my server is working properly because I can join it without problems and some1 else already joined and played on it. But my friends either couldn't find it or couldn't join because their computer gave them an error that said "could not connect to server after 4 retries." Can anybody tell me how to fix this? I am using a DSL connection 1.5Mbps. And the server is taking up only 10% of my CPU. I looked through the forum and didn't find the answer. Either my question is really silly or rare. Please help. I really want to get my server working.

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06-05-2005, 11:28 AM	#2
p90guy Guest Posts: n/a	Do you use a router? If so are the ports forwarded properly?

06-05-2005, 12:09 PM	#3
klevenskiy Guest Posts: n/a	I dont't know what the router is and I don't know how to establish the ports properly. I am very new to this. PLEASE HELP!

06-05-2005, 01:21 PM	#4
klevenskiy Guest Posts: n/a	Oh! one more thing. Can somebody please test my server. My IP address is 192.168.1.97 If you can join than great and if you can't than please tell me what error do you get. Your feedback is very important. Thank you very much.

06-05-2005, 04:54 PM	#5
p90guy Guest Posts: n/a	That IP is your internal IP, those from the outside cant hit it. You need your external IP

06-05-2005, 07:06 PM	#6
klevenskiy Guest Posts: n/a	Ok. Where do i find my external IP? I really don't know. Sorry for asking stupid questions.

06-05-2005, 08:28 PM	#7
Oompa Guest Posts: n/a	ipchicken.com

06-06-2005, 03:50 AM	#8
Cakk Guest Posts: n/a	sv_enableoldqueries 1 This is a command I had to put into our config a while back after one of the steam updates. Some players could get on my server but others were getting refused and some strange messages in the console too. This command in the server.cfg sorted it.

06-06-2005, 05:29 AM	#9
LazyBoy Guest Posts: n/a	sv_lan 0

06-06-2005, 08:08 AM	#10
.:\|AoD\|:. WiL Guest Posts: n/a	http://hlds101.com/hlds101/ports.htm