[cod] More Browser List pains

[luke at techfreak.org]

I dont understand how packet loss information results in the
incomplete server list - at least in the way we have seen it. If it
was generalized packet loss - meaning the entire list coming from
the master server to my pc is suffering from packet loss, than the
missing servers would be random on every refresh, no? How is it that
packet loss always seems to result in certain servers not being
listed?


> You're right.  I kept the email I got from
> codquestions at infinityward.com and
> they stated " It's a packet loss issue and since its all udp traffic
> it
> doesn't know. In 1.4 the client is going to do some caching of the
> servers."
> I am not sure what caching the server list on the client will do.
> If they
> don't get the correct list it will still be useless.
>
> John Kennington
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Kuhn [mailto:bryan at infinityward.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 2:25 PM
> To: cod at icculus.org
> Subject: Re: [cod] More Browser List pains
>
> It doesn't fragment packets, it just sends about 30 separate packets
> so you might happen to miss one.
>
> Friday, April 2, 2004, 11:21:37 AM, you wrote:
>> It is probably because the Master Server sends fragmented packets
>> and your
>> firewall blocks them and times out downloading the list.  IW has
>> stated
> that
>> this will be fixed in 1.4 which will be released sometime between
>> now and
>> the next millennium.
>
>> John Kennington
>> Assistant Director - Operations
>> BuzzCard Center
>> Georgia Institute of Technology
>> 350 Ferst Dr. NW
>> Houston Bookstore Mall
>> Atlanta, GA  30332
>> 404-385-2961
>> 678-283-3385 Cell
>> 404-894-2049 FAX
>> http://www.buzzcard.gatech.edu/
>> BuzzCard FAQs:  http://www.buzzcard.gatech.edu/faqs/index.htm
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: theo [mailto:theo at dsl-only.net]
>> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 2:16 PM
>> To: cod at icculus.org
>> Subject: RE: [cod] More Browser List pains
>
>> http://63.105.18.229/images/cod.JPG
>
>> Bah! I know most 'serious' players use ASE or GS, but there are
>> thousands of others that don't, like me :) Besides, it *should be
>> there,
>> so I want to figure out why its not.
>
>> kp
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bryan Kuhn [mailto:bryan at infinityward.com]
>> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 10:53 AM
>> To: cod at icculus.org
>> Subject: Re: [cod] More Browser List pains
>
>> shows for me
>> http://inherent.infinityward.com/files/shot0001.jpg
>
>
>> Friday, April 2, 2004, 10:41:31 AM, you wrote:
>>> Locally there is nothing to stop it, there is only the most
>> rudimentary
>>> of firewalls. The network admin said he can help me on Monday
>>> though
>> he
>>> has made no changes to the firewall policy. He will see if there
>>> are
>> any
>>> packets being dropped. This is from the availability page:
>>>
>> http://inherent.infinityward.com/index.php?ip=216.183.109.45&port=20110
>
>>> If this server is showing in anyone else's list I'd like to know.
>>> The
>>> server name is 'Linux-fixed PDX.LLC'
>
>>> kp
>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Bryan Kuhn [mailto:bryan at infinityward.com]
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 11:47 PM
>>> To: cod at icculus.org
>>> Subject: Re: [cod] More Browser List pains
>
>>> There are no know listing bugs, and you no longer have to shut
>>> your
>>> server down for awhile with 1.3. Do you have firewall logs?
>
>>> Thursday, April 1, 2004, 11:29:57 PM, you wrote:
>>>> I have no browser list either. What a load of crap. I'm glad
>>>> there is
>>> a
>>>> Linux server, but this is almost more trouble than its worth. It
>>>> was
>>>> never a problem. All necessary ports are open. Stopped my server
>>>> for
>>>> four hours and restarted. IP=216.183.109.45:20110 I'm about
>>>> ready to
>>>> just close down the damn thing. That whole problem with the
>>>> weapons
>>> was
>>>> a total joke, how much testing was done there? I'm sorry, but
>>> validation
>>>> is where it's at and that was a joke. Bryan and all, I applaud
>>>> your
>>>> efforts, really- but how much work do we need to do?
>>>> kp
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