Need Help w/ Dynamic IP and Linksys Router for UT server

[oakenfold]

I know this subject has probably been beaten to death, I read an article that said a fellow named Monty has had some success over here with setting a UT server up with a linksys befsr41. Maybe he or others can help me, thank you in advance for any!

Here's my setup

Adsl-----Dynamic IP
Linksys Befsr41 4 port router no SPI ----------- 1.37, Jan 03 2001
Server in question is
Ecs K7s5a
1Ghz Tbird
512 Crucial DDR

I'm not able to get my Tac OPS(mod for UT) to advertise on the internet listings, it's listed under the LAN section but no dice on getting it to the net. I've tried Port forwarding, DMZ(which I've heard multiple opinions on from many sources).
I've disabled the DHCP and assigned all PC"s on my lan Static IP's.
Also needed to add that I have disabled the block WAN requests.

Here's a sample of my script log

ScriptLog: UdpServerQuery(crt): Port 7778 successfully bound.
Log: Resolving unreal.epicgames.com...
Log: Resolving master0.gamespy.com...
Log: Resolving master.mplayer.com...
ScriptLog: Initiating local logging...
Init: Game engine initialized
Log: Startup time: 7.405600 seconds
Log: Resolved unreal.epicgames.com (65.168.118.20)
ScriptLog: UdpServerUplink: Master Server is unreal.epicgames.com:27900
ScriptLog: UdpServerUplink: Port 7779 successfully bound.
Log: Resolved master0.gamespy.com (216.177.89.34)
ScriptLog: UdpServerUplink: Master Server is master0.gamespy.com:27900
ScriptLog: UdpServerUplink: Port 7779 successfully bound.
Log: AInternetLink Resolve failed: Can't find host master.mplayer.com (WSANO_DATA)
ScriptLog: UdpServerUplink: Failed to resolve master server address, aborting.
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I'm wondering is it possible to use a DNS service just like I would for webserving? I'm sure I've forgotten to include some important info here but I"m pretty fried on the subject, my fellow's over at anandtech.com don't seem to be too interested in gameservers.

Oh and Nice forums! I might have to start coming here.

Oh and yes the search button is my friend, I've been digging through past threads but evidently I haven't found the right one.
Btw Brent and Vorpal, good job on that review of the linksys router, maybe one of you might have figured something out?

[YeOldeStonecat]

What ports do you have forwarded?

I know the Linksys firmware had some issues with games based on the UT engine, ran kinda flakey until some later version like 1.37 or 1.38 came out....problems like ghosting and spawning of WAN clients.

But for advertising...no home routers that I know are smart enough to pick up game servers from the outside, they'll always see them on the inside first. Yet when I got a Netopia router, this problem went away.

Can people connect manually? (open location) Can friends on the internet see your server listed after a while?

[oakenfold]

Since this router uses a firewall and I've got my ports set up to 7777/7778/7779/7780

And of course you would think the DMZ would work which would elminate my need to forward stuff but the DMZ appears to not be functioning.
Oh and it does not show after any amount of time, it only appears on the LAN side.
Thx for your reply Yeold!

[Spike~BC~]

Hi I had the same problem with this router even thow I had all the right ports open it would not advertise,
solution: was to edit a file in the game its self and believe it or not you can find all the info to get you started in the readme file and the rest I found at http://dedicatedadmin.com this was awhile ago and I didn`t check to see if this page is still there before posting this but I found this site by doing a search on dedicated game administration I know this isn`t much help but I`ll dig around and try to find the info I know I downloaded it.

seeya

[Spike~BC~]

Ok found this this should fix your problem:



The UT server running on a LAN is almost always easy to find from the UTBrowser under the LAN Tab, it shows up with the client box's IntrAnet (internal) address like 192.168.0.2 or something similar. The problem is you cannot find it on the IntErnet (external) address, it doesn't show up in the UTServers internet Browser Tabs.
Ok, there are a few steps you have to do to get the UT Server to advertise on the IntErnet and to get your remote admin website to work from the Internet:
In your UnrealTournament.ini or server.ini whichever you are using to run your UT Server, you need to find these sections:

[IpDrv.UdpBeacon]
DoBeacon=True ****Make sure this is set to True

next:
[UWeb.WebServer]
Applications[0]=UTServerAdmin.UTServerAdmin
ApplicationPaths[0]=/ServerAdmin
Applications[1]=UTServerAdmin.UTImageServer
ApplicationPaths[1]=/images
DefaultApplication=0
bEnabled=True
ListenPort=80 ****Make a note of this port number you need it for your RemoteAdminWeb
MaxConnections=30
ServerName=24.161.30.39 *****Right Here set this to your external (internet IP address belonging to the LAN's Server box

next:
[IpServer.UdpServerUplink]
DoUplink=True ****Make sure this is set to True
UpdateMinutes=1
MasterServerAddress=
MasterServerPort=27900
Region=0

Okay, now here is the hard part, I can only give you the general info, how you make this happen depends on the software used on your LAN to connect you to the outside world and get you thru any firewalls you have running.

You have to go to the LAN's Server "control window" or "server manager" or "firewall control window", and allow the ports needed by UT to have access permission or Port Forwarding set. The normal ports (UDP Ports) are 7777,7778,7779,7780,7781 and TCP port 80 for your RemoteAdminWeb site and I am not sure how the UDP Port 27900 comes into play. If you don't have access or permission to open these ports then you have a problem, so bribe, threaten or blackmail the Network Server Administrator in charge, to do this or else hehe ( Only kidding don't do this )

[oakenfold]

Thanks Spike! I'm gonna try it out today.
I'll let you know how it turns out!
I"m not sure whether to try this or get myself some tickets to see the new star wars film first!