server doesnt show up on the list?

([ToC]Death) #1

my friend cant play ET becuz none of the servers in the master browser show up, and he also wants to make a server for our clan (ports are forwarded for that) but if he duznt see any servers, then ther cant be a server. he has 2 pc’s and this is the problem for both of them. he read the thing about this in the FAQ on e-t.com, forwarded all of those ports, and tried +set net_port 27960, +set net_port 27965, +set net_port 27950 and +set net_port 27952 (he tried those one at a time) and still it didnt work. he reinstalled ET and that didnt work. he deleted servercache.dat and that didnt work. he made a new profile and that did not work. what is his problem? btw, windows firewall is disabled and no other firewalls are running, except for the one in the router, which has all of the ports forwarded to it

Edit: there is no filters, the source is Internet and it shows All game types… still no servers. when he tried to connect from All Seeing Eye, it doesnt work

(Cerebrate) #2

Can he connect to a server?

([ToC]Death) #3

no, he cant connect to any servers… awaiting connection forever

(Cerebrate) #4

Queer.

([ToC]Death) #5

is there an easy fix, or is this a situation wher u get a new router,isp/computer type of thing?

(Sauron|EFG) #6

He could try without the router (after checking that his Winblows is fully patched of course). It’s also worth checking that the ISP doesn’t have a “firewall”, if they do he can probably get them to disable it for him.

(eq-Shrike) #7

You could also try enabling the DMZ option to the IP address of the client PC.
This weill direct ALL traffic to the IP address effectively negating any kind of firewall effect the router provides …

(Nocturne) #8

make sure your ET can pass through your firewall(s).

then look in your server.cfg and see if its been set to dedicated “2”

lastly make sure you connect to the correct master servers, coz some servers crash when they try connect to the “new et2.60” (which sends heartbeats to 5(!!!) master servers)

et 2.55 masterserver setting:


// MASTER SERVERS TO REPORT TO 

set sv_master1 "etmaster.idsoftware.com" 
set sv_master2 "master.gamespy.com:27900" 
set sv_master3 "master0.gamespy.com" 
set sv_master4 "clanservers.net" 
set sv_master5 ""

et 2.60 matser server setting (???):


// MASTER SERVERS TO REPORT TO 
//
//

set sv_master1 "master3.idsoftware.com"
set sv_master2 "master0.gamespy.com"
set sv_master3 "wolfmaster.idsoftware.com"
set sv_master4 "clanservers.net"
set sv_master5 "etmaster.idsoftware.com"

my windows server works fine with the 5 master serve report, but our linux server crashes with it, and runs fine with the 4 masterserver report :s

(Sauron|EFG) #9

Why do you want your ET server to show up in Quake3 and RtCW Nocturne???

(Ragnar_40k) #10

Did you open/forward port 27950?
http://www.splashdamage.com/index.php?name=pnPHPbb2&file=viewtopic&t=10670

([ToC]Death) #11

i explained all of this above, he forwarded all of the ports and he CANNOT see any servers and CANNOT make any that are seeable

(Nocturne) #12

errrrr… what do u mean? I took those from the standard ET files…

(Sauron|EFG) #13

“master3.idsoftware.com” is the Quake3 master and “wolfmaster.idsoftware.com” is the RtCW master, but it appears they can handle ET servers as well (my bad).

I’m not sure any server browsers actually query these master servers in case the ET master is down though (the in-game browser doesn’t), so I don’t know what good it does…

([ToC]Death) #14

update:

my friend enabled DMZ in his router, didnt work.
he disconnected his router, didnt work.
he updated his virus/ad-aware definitions and ran every type of scan possible. didnt work.
the master servers are set, he did /sv_master1 and it said “etmaster.idsoftware.com”

any other thigns he can do?

(Ragnar_40k) #15

When you use Windows XP SP2, did you check the built in firewall?

(Nocturne) #16

btw does he run more than 1 computer on his homenetwork? I have this problem that there cannot be 2 computers online running ET :s

(Ragnar_40k) #17

You need to run different ET installations on different ports with the +set net_port parameter to get it work.

(Nocturne) #18

thanks Ragnar lol

but since the ET installs are running on bioth comps, and ET autosets ports (fro playing) you should think that it would have done that alrerady :\

(Ragnar_40k) #19

http://www.planetwolfenstein.com/4newbies/RTCWFAQ.htm#multiplecomputer

The description is for RtCW, but there is no difference to ET in this matter.

(Nocturne) #20

k thnx, bookmarked it :wink: