Assuming router-related issue... can anyone help?

I've tried a number of methods to bypass the router. Direct connection worked as it should and the server immediately had port # 27015. Another thing I tried was connecting my modem to the first Ethernet port on my PC, and connecting the 2nd ethernet port to my router. I bridged the 2 connections to get the internet access available and then hosted the server on my Quad core. This also worked without a problem, I just could not get my other PCs to work on the router and the connection to the server wasn't as strong. It would cap and lag at about 10 players where normally it would at about 16.

Here is my server.cfg file. The config_arena.cfg is the exact same thing

// Team Fortress 2 Server Configuration File, To be used with TF2 only!

// Server Name
hostname "24/7 Arena Gaming Server DoomHammer PUB"

// Rcon Cvars
rcon_password "qwerty" //Set's remote control password
sv_rcon_log 1 //Enable/disable rcon logging.

// Server Cvars
mp_allowspectators 1 //Toggles whether the server allows spectator mode or not
mp_autocrosshair 0
mp_autoteambalance 1 //Toggles server autoteambalance
mp_bonusroundtime 12 //Time in seconds after round win until round restarts
mp_chattime 12 //amount of time in seconds players can chat after the game is over
mapcyclefile "arena_mapcycle.txt"
// Team sizes are derived from maxplayers. Each arena match has 3 teams, two playing and one waiting in the queue. So maxplayers 18 will give you a max team size of 6 (18/3).
tf_weapon_criticals 0 //Nocrit

mp_decals 1
mp_defaultteam 1
mp_disable_autokick 1 //Prevents a userid from being auto-kicked
mp_enableroundwaittime 1 //Enable timers to wait between rounds.
mp_fadetoblack 0 //fade a player's screen to black when he dies
mp_falldamage 15 //Amount of damage players sustains from a fall
mp_flashlight 0 //Toggles flashlight on or off
mp_footsteps 1 //Toggles footsteps on or off
mp_forcecamera 0 //Restricts spectator modes for dead players
mp_forcerespawn 0
mp_fraglimit 0
mp_idledealmethod 1 //Deals with Idle Players. 1 = Sends them into Spectator mode then kicks them if they're still idle, 2 = Kicks them out of the game
mp_idlemaxtime 10 //Maximum time a player is allowed to be idle (in minutes)
mp_maxrounds 16 //max number of rounds to play before server changes maps
mp_teams_unbalance_limit 2 //Teams are unbalanced when one team has this many more players than the other team. (0 disables check)
mp_time_between_capscoring 5 //Delay between scoring of owned capture points.
mp_timelimit 25 //game time per map in minutes
mp_winlimit 5 //Max number of rounds one team can win before server changes maps
sv_allow_color_correction 1 //Allow or disallow clients to use color correction on this server.
sv_allow_wait_command 0 //Allow or disallow the wait command on clients connected to this server.
sv_allowdownload 1 //Allow clients to download files
sv_allowupload 1 //Allow clients to upload customizations files
sv_alltalk 0 //Players can hear all other players, no team restrictions
sv_alternateticks 0 //If set, server only simulates entities on even numbered ticks.
sv_autosave 0 //Set to 1 to autosave game on level transition. Does not affect autosave triggers.
sv_bonus_challenge 0 //Set to values other than 0 to select a bonus map challenge type.
sv_cacheencodedents 1 //If set to 1, does an optimization to prevent extra SendTable_Encode calls.
sv_cheats 0 //Allow cheats on server
sv_clearhinthistory 0 //Clear memory of server side hints displayed to the player.
sv_consistency 1 //Whether the server enforces file consistency for critical files
sv_contact "thomas_g32@hotmail.com" //Contact email for server sysop
sv_enableoldqueries 1 //Enable support for old style (HL1) server queries
sv_pausable 0 //Is the server pausable.

// Lan or internet play, Server region cvars
sv_lan 0 //Server is a lan server ( no heartbeat, no authentication, no non-class C addresses )
sv_region 0 // Region Codes: 0 - US East coast, 1 - US West coast, 2 - South America, 2 - South America, 3 - Europe, 4 - Asia, 5 - Australia, 6 - Middle East, 7 - Africa, 255 - world

//server Logging
sv_log_onefile 0 //Log server information to only one file.
sv_logbans 1 //Log server bans in the server logs.
sv_logblocks 0 //If true when log when a query is blocked (can cause very large log files)
sv_logecho 0 //Echo log information to the console.
sv_logfile 0 //Log server information in the log file.
sv_logflush 0 //Flush the log file to disk on each write (slow).
sv_logsdir "logs" //Folder in the game directory where server logs will be stored.

//Server Rates
sv_maxcmdrate 0 //(If sv_mincmdrate is > 0), this sets the maximum value for cl_cmdrate.
sv_maxrate 0 //Max bandwidth rate allowed on server, 0 == unlimited
sv_maxreplay 2 //Maximum replay time in seconds
sv_maxupdaterate 100 //Maximum updates per second that the server will allow
sv_mincmdrate 0 //This sets the minimum value for cl_cmdrate. 0 == unlimited.
sv_minrate 0 //Min bandwidth rate allowed on server, 0 == unlimited
sv_minupdaterate 30 //Minimum updates per second that the server will allow

I'll also give you the runserver.bat line

c:\HLserver\orangebox\srcds.exe -console -game tf +tf_birthday 0 -port 27015 -tickrate 100 +maxplayers 20 +map arena_badlands

Last edited by the.doomhammer (2008-08-27 14:45)