[HuntTheShunt]

I'm having trouble with port forwarding with a Billion 5100 router for Counter-Strike

I've spent 2 days or more on this and I still get "Couldn't allocate dedicated server IP port 27015.

Any one into this stuff?

[jmmijo]

Well my Linksys router has a nice local Web interface for logging onto the router configuration settings. I'm assuming this one does too.

Once you've logged onto the router you should be able to find an advanced setting that has something about the Port Forwarding.

You may need to specify a range of port addresses or just a couple of them and usually you have to specify whether it's going to be used for TCP/IP and/or UDP packets.

Do you have a manual for this router, perhaps an online PDF document that came on the CD with the router ?!?

Also check out the manufacturers website for more info on this as well

[American Zombie]

Go to Port Forward and I think you shall find the info you seek.

Port Forward has info on almost every router made.

[ross_aveling]

Great link there AZ, probably one of the most useful sites I've ever seen.

[HuntTheShunt]

[American Zombie]

I gave you the link in my other post.

Click on the words Port Forward.

[HuntTheShunt]

Originally posted by american zombie:

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I gave you the link in my other post.

Click on the words Port Forward.

Yes it is a good site and it is the one I used to check all my settings.
But it seems that the problem is providing open ports.

[jmmijo]

Originally posted by HuntTheShunt:

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Originally posted by american zombie:

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I gave you the link in my other post.

Click on the words Port Forward.

Yes it is a good site and it is the one I used to check all my settings.
But it seems that the problem is providing open ports.

OK, just a thought here, you have actually tried removing your firewall/router from the network and connected directly to your broadband modem/router or is this an all in one unit including the broadband modem as well ?!?

I'm just curious if indeed the problem still exists after removing something from the equation

[American Zombie]

Your router and Counter-Strike

[HuntTheShunt]

[jmmijo]

You may have inadvertently disabled/turned off something. You could look for a factory default settings button/option in your router and see if that helps or not.

Since I have a seperate RCA/Thompson Cable Modem and then a Linksys Router/Gateway, I basically only have to monitor and configure my Linksys unit.

Once in awhile the cable company will inform me of a speed increase and you have to power cycle your modem to get the new DOCSIS configs from them. Nice having a 4Mb downstream now

[HuntTheShunt]

Originally posted by jmmijo:

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Nice having a 4Mb downstream now

Jeez!!

[HuntTheShunt]

Originally posted by jmmijo:

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You may have inadvertently disabled/turned off something. You could look for a factory default settings button/option in your router and see if that helps or not.

I was thinking of PC software/operating system/Registry settings that control ports/ip's

Novice question:-
Does an exe open a port or does the operating system open ports?

[jmmijo]

Originally posted by HuntTheShunt:

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Originally posted by jmmijo:

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You may have inadvertently disabled/turned off something. You could look for a factory default settings button/option in your router and see if that helps or not.

I was thinking of PC software/operating system/Registry settings that control ports/ip's

Novice question:-
Does an exe open a port or does the operating system open ports?

Depends on the app I suppose, however, with my limited coding skills, I'm going to say that the OS does this at the request of said application.

Having said this it's a mute point of your hardware firewall filters these TCP/UDP packets from said port(s).

[HuntTheShunt]

Hi all,
User error ;(

I did have:-
E:\Games\SteamServer_v1120\hlds.exe -game cstrike +ip "public ip" -port 27015 +mapchangecfgfile "server.cfg" +log on +maxplayers 11 +map de_inferno +developer 2

I was in error using the public ip, must have read about it somewere.
Changed it back to private server ip.

Got an error message that my server was out of date.
Reinstalled the lot into a new directory.
Ran the update tool.

set the command line to just E:\Games\SteamServer_v1120_Numb2\hlds.exe
Fired up the HLDS worked first time no errors

Un-plugged my Game pc from the network.
Fired up and old 56k modem.
Started Steam.
Steam found my Server like a charm.
Started to play on the now working server.
Because the server and game pc were in no way localy connected job done.

Switched back to the server to see my self there on the server and within 2 minutes there were 6 on my CS server!!!

Thanks to all of you who have commented on this thread and kept me trying different things.