From: Rudolf Polzer <divverent@xonotic.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 17:15:33 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Add a note about the port number. Implements poll #211.
X-Git-Tag: xonotic-v0.8.0~39
X-Git-Url: https://git.rm.cloudns.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1f56fcf6b7e7cb05e48d5805ce61350bb458021b;p=xonotic%2Fxonotic.git

Add a note about the port number. Implements poll #211.
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diff --git a/server/server.cfg b/server/server.cfg
index a179ad92..37e9fa7f 100644
--- a/server/server.cfg
+++ b/server/server.cfg
@@ -14,7 +14,15 @@
 //hostname "Xonotic $g_xonoticversion Server"	// this name will appear on the server list (the $g_xonoticversion gets replaced with the current version)
 //sv_motd ""	// this message (unless "") is displayed to players on connect
 //maxplayers 8	// number of players allowed on the server
+
 //port 26000	// the port used by the server
+//You are RECOMMENDED to change this value to a free port number on your server
+//above 1024. The reason is that some bad ISPs might filter "gaming" ports, and
+//changing the port your server runs on may make your server available to these
+//people. Changing the port breaks nothing, the default simply matches Quake as
+//we use a Quake-derived protocol and didn't do our own IANA port assignment yet
+//(if anyone wants to go through that process, we'd be glad).
+
 //log_file "server.log"	// server console output will also be copied to this file. This: "${serverconfig}.log" uses variable substitution to make the logfile have the same name as your config file with .log appended which is useful if you run several servers
 //g_start_delay 15	// delay before the game starts to let players join the server first