1 Topic by Lure

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Topic: List of common teeworlds server ports?

Hi!


Did someone already make a list of ports the most public teeworld servers use? Or are there maybe statistics from the master server available somewhere? I'm sort of getting tired of reconfiguring my router every time I encounter a new server array using custom ports...


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2 Reply by Dune

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Re: List of common teeworlds server ports?

Huh, most of them are using 8303 (default), but then they can use whatever port they want... but why do you need to open those ports on your router? That's not normal Oo

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Re: List of common teeworlds server ports?

8300 - 8310 are the most common ones.

4 Reply by Lure (edited by Lure 2011-01-01 12:37:48)

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Re: List of common teeworlds server ports?

I don't need to open ports - but set a higher QoS priority so my ping doesn't go up if other processes or machines do network stuff. Thanks for the 8300-8302 part, didn't have that in my rule yet, must have overlooked those somehow!

Yes, the default port is pretty common. Most hosts that run multiple servers are nice too and use a narrow port range closely around that. But still often enough I end up on a server that uses a different port - no idea why people do play around with that, maybe they read a ssh tutorial for beginners some years ago and the idea of "custom ports making everything more secure" got stuck in the wrong place of their heads somehow. 

Or maybe there's some reason for it I just don't know - seemingly unrelated servers seem to prefer the same custom ports after all. Maybe I lack some knowledge or some sever_cfg tutorial is the "culprit" here? The ones I encountered most frequently so far are:
5233,5649,6073,8303-8310,11999,47624
... but that list definitely still needs some refining.

edit: oh, now I see! Quite a number of servers seem to be using ports that other popular game servers use as default - maybe because they already have those firewall ports open and don't want to open another one! I'm gonna see if I can find a general "most common games ports" list somewhere and add the ports for those to the rule even if I don't play them - maybe after that I've got almost everything.