Host and play on same cpu?

[insane19053]

Is hosting a dedicated server on the same computer as I play on possible?  I mean I tried it, but my Dedicated servers shuts down saying: port socket already in use.  Is there anyway to bypass this at all? 


~Thx

[EnEsCe]

Run the dedicated server before you run Soldat.

[insane19053]

For some reason when I do that, it times out and I can't join any server

[bja888]

Did you try running the server on something other than the default port?

[insane19053]

will any port work?

[bja888]

up to 65535
(Dont use any below 500)

[insane19053]

thanks man.  Your a real help =]

[bja888]

On second thought. Don't go below 1024

[insane19053]

Ok, Now I did that, it works and all... but its a lan server -.^

How do I make it internet?

[bja888]

Is the computer facing the internet or is there some form of gateway in the way? (ie rounter, proxy, server)

[insane19053]

router -.-

[bja888]

Google: Port Forwarding

Forward the port on your router from the internet to the computer the server is running on.

[insane19053]

I definitely know I can do this.. but it screwed up my cpu. (Thanks to vista) And because its home basic, I had to pull out old programming books and reprogram my cpu to tell it that i'm an admin and stuff.  It was crashed ALL yesterday -.-.  Thanks for the help, but Im going to pass.

[chrisgbk]

I definitely know I can do this.. but it screwed up my cpu. (Thanks to vista) And because its home basic, I had to pull out old programming books and reprogram my cpu to tell it that i'm an admin and stuff. It was crashed ALL yesterday -.-. Thanks for the help, but Im going to pass.

You have no idea what you are talking about or what you just said.

First of all, port forwarding has nothing to do with your computer at ALL. It cannot affect your system regardless of OS. Second of all, what you said doesn't even make any sense, it's like you just pulled random computer words and put them in a sentence.

[bja888]

I definitely know I can do this.. but it screwed up my cpu. (Thanks to vista) And because its home basic, I had to pull out old programming books and reprogram my cpu to tell it that i'm an admin and stuff. It was crashed ALL yesterday -.-. Thanks for the help, but Im going to pass.

You have no idea what you are talking about or what you just said.

First of all, port forwarding has nothing to do with your computer at ALL. It cannot affect your system regardless of OS. Second of all, what you said doesn't even make any sense, it's like you just pulled random computer words and put them in a sentence.

He is probably just frustrated with Vista like the rest of the world.
chrisgbk is right though, this should not of harmed your personal computer. The next step only involved your router. You might need to unblock ports ofter that though.

[insane19053]

Excuse me? I couldnt access my router for the following reason:

No network - server execution failed 


I have recieved Windows Vista Home Premium edition as part of my college's MSDNAA program. I am having a problem which pops up every now and again, though I think I am beginning to narrow down its causes.

At some point the network icon will go off - it will display me as disconnected. Holding my mouse over it the popup says "connection status: unknown server execution failed". At the same time with that, my windows experience index will stop appearing in windows' system properties window, the network center freezes, my ATI driver's control app refuses to start, and if I change my sound driver the sound icon goes dead aswell. Also, if I try to install windows by repairing my current installation it will freeze at 52%. The problem is only reversable via system restore.

The network itself works fine, as does the sound. The problems seem completly unrelated and are actually pointing to something more complex than simply a network problem. However, I have noticed it happen under curious circumstances: after using yahoo messenger for a while it happens. After the issue is reversed via system restore if yahoo is started up again, explorer will freeze for a few seconds, then the problem will strike again. I have uninstalled yahoo and deleted its leftover program files, appdata files, programdata files, and registry entries. The problem was fixed. I blamed it on using a modified version called yahoo multi messenger because I needed to be online on 2 accounts at the same time. Back then I didn't know I could fix my problem with SR so I just reinstalled all of windows from scratch.

Then a few days ago I installed trillian to use it as a substitute for yahoo. I had no problems at first. Then as I left 2 yahoo accounts run at once a few hours ago, it struck again. System restore repaired it again.

I am currently interested in why this problem is occuring and what server execution failed is supposed to be because my network works just fine, but part of windows doesn't know that it is, and why it will mess up just so much of my system. If there are any ways to debug or troubleshoot this I am willing to go as deep into windows' infrastructure as it takes because it is a highly frustrating problem. Also, if you require any additional information about my hardware/software configuration I will gladly offer.

Thank you in advance.



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