[wplug] Linux Quake Server

[Bill]

Seemed like all the responses to this message assumed you knew how to
configure the firewall appropriately....just in case you dont, this link
should be of help:

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Firewall-HOWTO.html
 
or try 

http://www.flounder.net/ipchains/ipchains-howto.html

-b

On Fri, 2002-11-01 at 06:30, J Aaron Farr wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> Now that I have DSL and a proper network up and running I have all sorts of
> things to really learn about linux administration that I never bothered to
> learn when I was just running linux on a desktop.  Of course high on that list
> is setting up a Quake III server (and a Neverwinter Nights server, and a ...) 
> :)
> 
> So here's the deal...
> 
> I have copies of Quake 3 for windows and linux.  My roomate is running Win2000.
>  Thus far I can only get two Windows copies of Quake to talk to each other. 
> When I run my Linux version and set up a temporary server on my box, the
> Win2000 version can see the server, but never connects.  So I tried setting up
> a dedicated server on a third linux computer, but neither the original Linux
> nor the Windows client can see that one.
> 
> Since two Windows copies can find each other, I think the problem comes down to
> my various linux boxen (one redhat 8.0, one SuSE 8.0) are nice and secure and
> won't let other clients connect to the Quake 3 server port.  At least that's my
> initial guess.
> 
> I imagine I need to do something with iptables or whatever other firewall type
> services are running on these two boxes.  I seem to have no problem securing
> them, it's just opening back up the few ports I want open.
> 
> So where should I start looking?  Are there some other issues that may be
> causing this problem that I'm not aware of yet?  I've done a number of google
> searches and what not, but haven't yet found that magic solution I'm looking
> for.  Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> jaaron
> 
> PS- By the way, once I have this up and running well within my own network, I
> hope to eventually open it up to the outside.  Maybe in a month or two I can
> start hosting some games for the users group. :)
> 
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