Subject: Re: iptables with Quake?
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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 19:22:55 GMT
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On 28 Jan 2004 18:51:52 -0800, Jim wrote:

>"Mike Ruskai" <spamten.knilhtrae@begonedynnaht.net> wrote in message news:<gunaalqrneguyvaxarg.hs4nfe0.pminews@news.eas t.earthlink.net>...
><Bobbit>
>> With iptables, however, connections to Quake servers do not work. The
>> initial connection succeeds, but no futher traffic is received from the
>> server.
>
>I know nothing about Quake protocols but I'm not about to let that
>stop me from replying. It sounds like this is using a connection
>methodology similar to ftp, i.e. initiate a control session on one
>port and then spawn data connections on another.
[snip]

Quake uses UDP. As it turns out, some versions of it do work, and some
don't. The one I was testing with does not, but the one I mostly use
does, so it's no longer a problem.


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