Utility Linux Admining

ascen · #1 October 6th, 2012, 04:03 PM

I'm trying to set up a Linux server, but am running into
weird problems with the IP address the Dom3 uses for the server.
For some reason the game decides to use IP 127.0.1.1 (loopback?).

I'm running the game on a netbook with only WLAN connectivity.
After noticing that IP address, I did "ifconfig ... down" for both my eth0 and lo interfaces, so wlan0 is the only interface up at the moment. Still the same IP though.

Looking through the thread it seems there is no flag for setting the server ip? Does anyone have any ideas how this could be fixed?

My desired end result should be it getting an local network address, which the firewall would port forward to.

Gandalf Parker · #2 October 6th, 2012, 04:35 PM

Thats a problem on all machines. Especially the windows ones.

The game sets itself up with the local machines address which is all that it can easily "see". If no other address is set for the machine, it will not create one for itself.

However, usually external addresses work fine for reaching it. Just go ahead and try it. For the windows users we usually have them use their browser from that machine to visit a site such as WhatIsMyIP.com to find out what address is being seen by the internet. Giving that address to players will usually let them find the game ok

ascen · #3 October 6th, 2012, 04:57 PM

Thanks GP, for making me take yet another look at it.

I was testing it from my laptop on the same local network,
so the external IP was never an issue.
The actual problem was that the server was running an unpatched version, and Dom3 displays this situation as not having found a server at all.

Once I patched the server and tried again, it works like a charm.
So the displayed IP has no function at all - even though it lists a loopback address, it's still listening on the local network address(es).