Half-Life 2 Deathmatch and firewall

External Since: Aug 12, 2004 Posts: 32

I use Zonealarm as my firewall.

I can play HALF-LIFE 2 with it turned on.

But the other night, for the first time, I tried running the dedicated
server over the Internet, via Steam, so that some buddies could join in on a
game.

I could see the server when I refreshed the list, but they were unable to
see it until I disabled ZoneAlarm.

I'd already approved the Half-Life 2 dedicated server for use over the
internet.... but it seems it wasn't visible to them until I took down the
firewall.

Any ideas on how I can run the server and keep my firewall intact?

I'd prefer not to be unprotected while running the server.

External Since: Dec 29, 2004 Posts: 159

"Algomeysa2" <Algomeysa2NOSPAM.RemoveThis@mindspring.comNOPESPAM> wrote in message
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>I use Zonealarm as my firewall.
>
> I can play HALF-LIFE 2 with it turned on.
>
> But the other night, for the first time, I tried running the dedicated
> server over the Internet, via Steam, so that some buddies could join in on
> a game.
>
> I could see the server when I refreshed the list, but they were unable to
> see it until I disabled ZoneAlarm.
>
> I'd already approved the Half-Life 2 dedicated server for use over the
> internet.... but it seems it wasn't visible to them until I took down the
> firewall.
>
> Any ideas on how I can run the server and keep my firewall intact?
>
> I'd prefer not to be unprotected while running the server.

According to some posts I've seen on this subject, you have to re-allow HL2
exe every time there is an update for it through Steam. Try re-allowing it
in ZA, then start your server again.