Network Problem

[MetaGamer]

Whenever, more than 1 people join the server, the network problem popup on the middle of the screen with red color. We are using VPS. The specification is listed below:

Node Slave11

Disk Space 60 GB

Virtualization Type (OpenVZ)

Operating System Debian 6 32-BIT

Bandwidth 500 GB

Memory 512 MB

Burst 1 GB

That is really annoying.

[MetaGamer]

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[MetaGamer]

What are the requirements to run Linux server?

[AGENT_STEELMEAT]

You should be able to run a small server just fine - are you sure your ports are forwarded properly? Use the 'openports' command to see if they are.

[MetaGamer]

You should be able to run a small server just fine - are you sure your ports are forwarded properly? Use the 'openports' command to see if they are.

Yep they are. The server just messed up when there is only a person join. What is going wrong?

[AGENT_STEELMEAT]

I'm not sure. It could be a version conflict, try updating the server to the latest release version of MTA, and ensure that all your clients are using the same version.

[MetaGamer]

yep it's the latest version. It works properly on my local server. But just got messed up on the vps. Is there any settings on Debian that I have to change?

[AGENT_STEELMEAT]

Not that I know of. Perhaps give me the IP and I can test?

[MetaGamer]

Not that I know of. Perhaps give me the IP and I can test?

I am sorry it's not for public as the owner said. BTW many people are using the same VPS to host 500 players on sa-mp. But it doesn't works with a single player in MTA.

[MetaGamer]

P.S The server ping is 150

[AGENT_STEELMEAT]

Ok then. Are you using a 64-bit or 32-bit debian?

[MetaGamer]

Operating System Debian 6 32-BIT

[AGENT_STEELMEAT]

Okay, good. I still think the problem lies in the port forwarding, can you post a log of what 'openports' returns in the console?

[MetaGamer]

  
Testing ports... 
Port 7900 UDP is open. 
Port 7777 UDP is open. 
Port 22005 TCP is open. 
  

[AGENT_STEELMEAT]

Try using the default MTA ports. Probably won't make a difference, but worth a shot.

[MetaGamer]

Try using the default MTA ports. Probably won't make a difference, but worth a shot.

I told the server manager to change the port but he said that 7777 is widely used on net and won't make any difference. I guess it's MTA's problem.

[AGENT_STEELMEAT]

It's best to give troubleshooting a shot.

[MetaGamer]

It's best to give troubleshooting a shot.

Still no luck. Does it happen because of mysql module. We are using that.

[J.S.]

VPSes generally aren't very good with MTA. What service are you using? I know a few in particular that should definitely not be used for MTA.

[MetaGamer]

VPSes generally aren't very good with MTA. What service are you using? I know a few in particular that should definitely not be used for MTA.

This is what the server manager gave me

  
init [2] 
/usr/sbin/saslauthd -a pam -c -m /var/run/saslauthd -n 2 
/usr/sbin/saslauthd -a pam -c -m /var/run/saslauthd -n 2 
/sbin/syslogd 
/usr/sbin/apache2 -k start 
/usr/sbin/apache2 -k start 
/usr/sbin/apache2 -k start 
/usr/sbin/apache2 -k start 
/usr/sbin/apache2 -k start 
/usr/sbin/apache2 -k start 
/usr/sbin/apache2 -k start 
/usr/sbin/apache2 -k start 
/usr/sbin/apache2 -k start 
/usr/sbin/cron 
/bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe 
/usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --user=mysql --pid-file ... 
logger -t mysqld -p daemon.error 
/usr/sbin/dovecot -c /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf 
dovecot-auth 
dovecot-auth -w 
pop3-login 
pop3-login 
pop3-login 
imap-login 
imap-login 
imap-login 
/usr/lib/postfix/master 
qmgr -l -t fifo -u 
pickup -l -t fifo -u -c 
trivial-rewrite -n rewrite -t unix -u -c 
cleanup -z -t unix -u -c 
cleanup -z -t unix -u -c 
proftpd: (accepting connections) 
/usr/bin/perl /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf 
/usr/bin/perl /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf 
/usr/bin/perl /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf 
/usr/bin/perl /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf 
/usr/sbin/xinetd -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid -stayalive -inetd_compat -inetd_ip ... 
/usr/sbin/sshd 
/usr/sbin/named -u bind 
  
  

[J.S.]

Lemme rephrase the question; what host is it on?

[MetaGamer]

Lemme rephrase the question; what host is it on?

semoweb

[J.S.]

Never heard of them so I wouldn't know if they're one of the faulty VPS services.

What about maps? Do you have a large map download size (1MB+)?

[MetaGamer]

Never heard of them so I wouldn't know if they're one of the faulty VPS services.

What about maps? Do you have a large map download size (1MB+)?

Nope. We have like 50mb download size and the map is actually 300kb. Except that we are using some shaders, custom objects, custom weapons and some custom skins. And like I said, we have used semoweb to host 500 players on sa-mp so it wouldn't be a problem.

[J.S.]

Hm, I can't say I know the answer then. Large maps have been causing bandwidth issues on 1.1, that's what I figured was happening. Sorry I can't help anymore.