IPX???

[dementor]

Ok when i make a server on my pc with this admin tool it works and everything but it says no ipx support, yet i have enabled this in my internet connection. I have a router if that helps. it doesnt appear on the nightfire game internet menue...not sure about gamespy i dont have that.
please help. is there something i can do to get ipx support?

[Mackan]

As far as I know and can help you, it's normal it says like that. I take it as something is very wrong with my server if it doesn't. If the server can be seen in GSA, it's working properly.

There is a link on 009's website (I think) where you can test your server, but 009 is your man to help you with this :P

[dementor]

ok here is the deal.
turned out the first thing was cause i didnt have listen server.cfg.
anyway ignore that post.

my server is on the net but when i select multiplayer>joingame>internet>update
it doesnt turn up.
i have to put in the ip. and it seems that no one else, even with the ip can get in. only me.
???? help.
i think this is to do with ipx?

[ZERO]

The readmy file of NAT says this:
Dedicated server

Press 4 to edit the dedicated server file. This is the actual file that starts the server. You do not need to edit this file, but you can change the amount of players that you wish your server to hold. The maximum is 32 and the minimum is 1.

NOIPX Unless your system uses IPX Networking there is no need to change this.

So I think you shouldn't worry about the IPX. If you look under the LAN servers (instead of Internet) shows it up there ?? If it shows up you know at least that the server is running.

And do you have sv_lan 0 in your server.cfg (this is needed to get it up to the internet).

What does the text under in the NAT console say when you started it (can you see the map name and how many people are allowed to enter the server(maxplayers) )

I can't help you with routers.

If still not working reply here please and I ask 009 to advise you.

[[OO9]]

Hi dementor,
The listenserver.cfg file is for normal hosted games the ones you do in the Nightfire Multiplayer menu. It's not important to have it to host a game and is not included in the Nightfire install. If you want to add extra commands like mp_spamdelay 2, ctf_autoteam 1, mp_chattime 7 .etc for every new game you play you can make a listenserver.cfg in notepad and put it in the bond folder.

The no IPX is to stop Nightfire looking for it at server start up. If you use IPX networking you can remove it from the dedserv.bat file. NAT menu/edit game files/edit dedicated server "-noipx" As Zero says If you don't you don't need to change this. It won't stop you from connecting to the gamespy network.

To test to see if your server is on line or not you can go here http://www.009.web-fun.net/test/nat-test.php

If your server does not show up you can use the troubleshooting guide on the same page.

For your router there is a link to a router help page that has almost every make and type of router on the market and how to set them up.

[dementor]

ok here is my problem

M dedicated server just doesnt turn up. i have tryed EVERYTHING!

[[OO9]]

Hi,
The best way I think with this is to go through things 1 by one to find the part that is causing the problem.

If you have XP, make sure the XP Firewall is off.
SV_LAN is set to 0 in server.cfg (worth checking to see if its set to 0 in the config.cfg file too)
Do you have another firewall a software one like zonealarm?
Which router model/make do you have we can put up information here to see if it matches what you have on your system?

[dementor]

well everything works but you just cant see it on the list unless you type in the ip. and i ma not sure but only people on my routers network can see it. my router is netgear RP114 oh and i checked all those things

[dementor]

ok i cant access my router but i dont think that is the problem.
when i go to my game and get the console it says that ipx is deiabled.. well yes ok but then it says that tcp/ip is diabled too! help?

[[OO9]]

Hi, tcp/ip is that a new problem as you have not mentioned it before?

You say only people on your router network can see it. Where are you playing Nightfire from? office, University?

For typing the IP to see it on the list? I take it that you are typing in your public IP and not your local one? If it's your public one it means that your server is not connecting to the gamespy network. For other people typing in the IP and it does not work it means that your server is not being allowed to communicate.

Really you do need to get the person that is in charge of your router to make sure it's set up with all the correct ports and they are assigned to the PC that is running the Nightfire server. This page has all the information that is needed how to port forward for a Netgear RP114 Router http://www.portforward.com/netgear/rp114.htm.

[dementor]

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[toby]

i think my problem is the firewall, but must i turn off ym firewall to host a dedicated server on xp if it keeps saying no ipx?
on 009 it' says to close every but firewall and nf

[[OO9]]

No ipx is in the dedserv.bat file, -noipx.

It won't effect you running the server unless you want to run the server on a ipx network, which 99% of people don't use to make a NF server, in which case you simply remove the -noipx in the bat file.

To run a NF server and you have a firewall, no matter what firewall you have, you have to configure it to allow NF to act as a server.

It works like this;

[Outbound] Nightfire Server --->Firewall----->Internet
[Inbound] Internet--->Firewall--->Nightfire Server

[[SAC]PillowPants]

sorry to bump an old thread but i too am having this problem - which is still unresolved. Incidentally I am also using a router shared with another computer and have followed all the instructions here and on the rest of the net!
Argh!
One question which there's not much clarity with above...
when i run a server and it says "IPX disabled", can people access the server??
http://www.009.web-fun.net/test/nat-test.php
here it says its online but i can't see it on the server list...
please please please help
maybe if i run the server at a specified time someone could try to get on it?

[[George]]

if you have a router then you probably wont be able to see your own server on your list, instead just put it on a map everyone likes - eg: ctf romania, then sit back and wait to see if anyone joins. if anyone does join, it means your server is fine ;p