server wont stay up

[RYON]

so i made server on an extra computer. it shows up on master server list but i cant go into it there, only Lan connection i can go in. i hang out there, people come in and play with me, then when i leave. like 30 mins later i go back onto master server list to see if its still there and its there but says unreachable. why? how do i fix that and does that mean its not there anymore for other people to join? i just wanna leave it there and not have to worry about it not staying on master server list. dedicated_idol is set to 160. i dont know what else to do?

[teen]

Ryon i cant really help you but by me posting this someone else will read it and hopefully they will help.

i just wanted to say that your music is really good and i downloaded your album

[Z-Man]

Your server is called ":vZ·HIGHRUBBER·.'.:>*BLAstING*<:`.·the rim· ` ."? It's online fine. Just use the LAN browser to join.

[RYON]

thnx teen, im glad you like it anyway, ok Z its up but ive been restarting it because when i go there after like a half hour of not playing it, it says unreachable. so, i dont know. maybe its suppose to. sorry i just realized that i should have put this in server support

[Z-Man]

It was consistently on the master list for the past four days. The logs show a couple of instances where it says it's losing contact, but it was reestablished a second later. The only thing you have to watch out for is that your IP is semi-dynamic, it changes every week or so. So do keep a reasonably small DEDICATED_IDLE setting and run the server in a loop OR get a dynamic DNS and use the server_dns setting.

[dkiller]

thnx teen, im glad you like it anyway, ok Z its up but ive been restarting it because when i go there after like a half hour of not playing it, it says unreachable. so, i dont know. maybe its suppose to. sorry i just realized that i should have put this in server support

If you can still connect to it via lan, and it still shows up Here: http://armagetronad.net/servers.php there it shouldn't be a problem. On other computers, it should show up properly on the server list.

[Mkay1]

Giving it Viagra will surely help it stay up, for at least 4 hours.

[RYON]

well i dont see it there dkiller imma restart it then check. and lol @mkay. whats a good dedicated_idle zman, or anyone.

[foxx]

A "Good" one? It's more complicated than that. I set mine to 150, though. Try that.

[Z-Man]

It's more complicated than that.

Not really. Make it as low as you can. It's the max number of hours your server will be unreachable for after an IP change. So, you probably want it to be 1. Server restarts aren't that expensive, CPU time wise. The only reason you may want to have a higher value is if you want to avoid the restarts spamming your logs.

[dukevin]

The only reason you may want to have a higher value is if you want to avoid the restarts spamming your logs.

Or keeping remote commands in the system longer