[Firestarter-user] Any gamers using Firestarter ?

[Pete <pe...@lo...>]

Hi all,

I'm running Firestarter-0.9.9b3.2-1 on a FC2 box. The FC2 box is a 
gateway/mail server/game server. (I've got a feeling it's not recommended 
to have extra servers on a gateway machine, but times are hard and all. 
:))

I just have my workstation (Slackware 10) connected into the FC2 box, like 
so :

slackbox ---> FC2 box (eth1) ---> (eth0) ---> cable modem ---> Internet


This configuration works just fine.

I was wondering if there were any UT2003/4 server admins out there running 
a dedicated server on a Linux box, and were using Firestarter to protect 
it.

I ask this as although I can see my server listed in the game's server 
browser on my workstation, it never has a ping reading. I've had another 
player check to see what kind of ping reading he gets for my server on the 
browser, and he reported back that it *was* showing a ping reading.

I have no ICMP filtering set, so to my mind, I should be getting a ping 
reading from my workstation, running the game client shouldn't I ?

The game in question (UT2004) has a specific LAN browser too, and my 
server doesn't show up in that. However, if I manually add the private 
network address of the FC2 box, it pops up and I can store it in the game.

This was the case whether or not 'Block Broadcast Traffic' was set or 
disabled. At least, for the time that I monitored it. (If that is indeed 
relevant.)

I don't have any IPTables scripts running on my workstation by the way.

I'm also interested in finding out what ports people would set up to be 
open in Firestarter, for this game in particular. I have a list of the 
ports, but at the moment, cannot check to see if an Internet player can 
join, as there simply aren't that many people on the game at the moment.

For those interested, here's the list of ports I've allowed in POLICY :

SMTP	25	Everyone
Unreal  7777	Everyone
Unreal  7778    Everyone
Unreal  7787	Everyone
Unreal  28900   Everyone
Unreal  28901   Everyone
Unreal  28902   Everyone

By the way, could I specify a *port* range here ? I've tried the following 
and it didn't throw up any errors, but at the moment, I can't tell if it's 
working or not.

e.g.

Unreal  28900:28902   Everyone

I have come to the conclusion though that I don't need to *forward* any 
ports, as the game server is on the same box that Firestarter is. Is this 
right ? I mean I'm not forwarding port 25, and my mail server works great.

Sorry for such a long post. I just wanted to make sure I included enough 
info.

The version of Firestarter that I'm using is excellent. I love the layout. 
The status page is excellent, and the Active Connections. I have only seen 
one problem aesthetically, and that's the typo at the bottom of the POLICY 
tab, 'Firwall Port'.

Thanks for your time, and for reading this massive post, and also for any 
information anyone might have.

Kind regards,

Pete.