[bf1942] should the port be open?

[bf at beimborn.com]

On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Greg wrote:

yes, though not sure why you're asking that..

I run "screen" first to attach a console, start the server
ctrl-a..d  to detach

then run top, ntop, etc to monitor. Or just run a wad of
xterms to cygwin. Or just run in a vnc session

ok, so I messed with a lot of settings, changed maxclients
down to 10, hostname, yadda yadda.. are people having better
luck with the "out of the box" config? Mine was fine with
just me on it, able to chat with 1 other player, but as soon 
as I shot him got "connection problems detected" and a segfault
shortly after

> is your server an internet and dedicated server ?
> 
> (configuration in ServerConfig.con)
> --------------
> Tuesday, December 10, 2002, 6:22:58 PM:
> 
> bbc> On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, David Munroe wrote:
> 
> bbc> nmap -sU IP
> bbc> will do that too.. also 
> 
> bbc> lsof -i
> bbc> is a personal favorite.
> 
> bbc> I was running an xterm with ntop in it to watch bandwidth
> bbc> as well. The newer version you'd want ntop -i, and make
> bbc> sure it's set active on the interface you want to listen
> bbc> on!
> 
> 
> >> You'd have to run a UDP scan, nmap does TCP by default.
> >> 
> >> On your box do a netstat -na |grep 14567  (or just netstat -na to see all
> >> used sockets/ports).
> >> 
> >> -g8
> >> 
> >> On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, jesse hirsh wrote:
> >> 
> >> >
> >> > so the server is running, (i'm ignoring the error messages), as i can see
> >> > it in a process list. but i can't connect to it. if i run nmap on myself,
> >> > i also don't see the ports open (should i).
> >> >
> >> > is there any reason for the server to be running yet not have ports
> >> > (14567) open?
> >> >
> >> 
>