[cod] Failed to retrieve session create status

Geoff Goas gitman at gmail.com
Sun Feb 22 16:14:06 EST 2009


3074 is for xbox

run a tcpdump while the server is starting up

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Admin Refomeppers
<refomeppers at gmail.com>wrote:

> Failed to retreive session create status
>
> When starting the server. The console spams the message and its impossible
> to join the server as player, but you can connect to it with rcon.
>
> The problem occurs when starting the server... and some time later when the
> server tries to recreate the session.
> The problem was there already with 1.1 (was running with Wine on Centos)
> Now i use Cod5 on linux version 1.2 (without Wine)
>
> It seems to have something to do with the creation of the session with the
> masterservers. Some forums mention to open port 3074 for this problem, but
> it seems that the session create data doesnot use port 3074 to send the data
> back to your box.
>
> I'm using a Dedicated Centos box with IPTables as Firewall, opened the port
> 3074 for tcp and udp besides the usual ports for COD and PB.
>
> My solution for now is:
> - Shutdown firewall
> - Start Cod5
> - After session is created in cod5: Start Firewall
>
> This way i am able to connect and play on the server.
>



-- 
Geoff Goas
Network Engineer
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