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ok i have my server running and im trying to keep it up all the time
but after a while of running with no one in it, it no longer appears on the master server list
it kind of drops in and out
does anyone know how to fix this

now its only there for a minute or so after each heartbeat
it was working fine yesterday

ok its working fine now, the only thing i had added to my config file was
set rconpassword "password"
so i tried removing that and it works now, i don't know why a remote admin password would stuff it up but anyway the point is its working again

I'm just testing setting up a server too, I'm having the same problem getting it to show up in the master server list in game.  I can see it locally, and it's showing up here too:

http://dpmaster.deathmask.net/?game=openarena

But I still can't see it in game, I followed the guide on the wiki and have the right port opened on my router, still not sure what I need to do.

if u can see it on http://dpmaster.deathmask.net/?game=openarena then other people can see it

So since the server is showing up in the local list for me, it won't show up in the internet list?

yeah sometimes that can happen, is the server running on the same computer your playing on

Thanks for the info :)

They're on different computers.  I'm not sure if the little computer I'm using for the server can really handle it, only a 400 mhz celeron.

I just vanished from the masterserver too, server hasn't been down between working/notworking, and is sending heartbeats. weird stuff going on.

Seems to be a routing issue in my case, probably backlash from the earthquake meltdown 2 weeks ago?

from datacentre:

 2:  83.98.137.185 (83.98.137.185)                        asymm  1   1.137ms
 3:  coloprovider-cust.easy-ams.as34305.net (193.138.220.117) asymm  2   1.186ms
 4:  85.12.0.201 (85.12.0.201)                            asymm  3   1.147ms
 5:  ge-2-8.core-2.easy-ams.as34305.net (85.12.0.66)      asymm  4   1.298ms
 6:  v237.mpd01.ams03.atlas.cogentco.com (149.6.84.205)   asymm  5  85.790ms
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from home:

 1:  169.254.152.121 (169.254.152.121)                      3.713ms
 2:  195.190.249.73 (195.190.249.73)                       33.036ms
 3:  iawxsrt-dc2-bb21b.wxs.nl (213.75.1.169)              asymm  6  43.956ms
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 5:  aer1-ge-2-6.newyork.savvis.net (204.70.151.21)       asymm 16 117.376ms
 6:  bcs1-ge-2-1-1.newyork.savvis.net (204.70.193.33)     asymm 17 207.382ms
 7:  dcr2-so-3-0-0.Chicago.savvis.net (204.70.192.101)    asymm 17 167.958ms
 8:  dcr1-so-3-0-0.Atlanta.savvis.net (204.70.192.53)     asymm 20 150.477ms
 9:  bhr1-pos-1-0.fortworthda1.savvis.net (208.172.129.230) asymm 20 160.667ms
10:  bhr1-pos-12-0.fortworthda1.savvis.net (208.172.131.82) asymm 19 156.571ms
11:  216.39.64.2 (216.39.64.2)                            asymm 22 157.890ms
12:  216.39.66.30 (216.39.66.30)                          asymm 22 162.810ms
13:  140.48.232.72.reverse.layeredtech.com (72.232.48.140) asymm 22 169.315ms reached
     Resume: pmtu 1500 hops 13 back 22

I am assuming that you guys all have

seta sv_master1 "dpmaster.deathmask.net"

in your server configs.

I really don't like pointing out the obvious, but sometimes the obvious answer is the right one....

I can't reach it either. I've got the sv_master1 set in the server config (my friend's server), but when I ping dpmaster.deathmask.net I get around 50% packet loss. :(

Honestly I get 40% loss myself.  I don't think it has anything to do with the server though.  It's more likely some kind of packet filtering system set up.  Snort or something.   I could be wrong, but that was my impression.  I haven't been off the list yet.  What kind of line is your server on?  Is it on a dedicated line or are you running it from home?