EasyRhino LAN Packet Forwarder

With EasyRhino, you now have the capability of playing Half-Life games and HL Mods (Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat, etc.) over the internet on servers normally restricted for LAN clients. (<= HL 1.1.1.0) Here's how it works:

Start your HL server with the "-port 27016" and "+sv_lan 1" switches.

Once the server has loaded the first map, start the easyrhino executable; it should auto-detect the Half-Life server and start forwarding internal port 27016 to external port 27015

Now ask your WAN clients to connect to your-ip:port (in this case, port 27015) -- LAN clients should still connect using your specified -port # (in this case, 27016)

That's all there is to it!

Windows Installation || Linux Installation || Message Board Forums || Disclaimer

Windows Dedicated or Listen Server Instructions

1.) Download & unzip EasyRhino_v1-0_Win32.zip to any folder
    on your computer (i.e. c:\hlserver\easyrhino)

2.) Start your Half-Life Dedicated or Listen Server with
    "-port 27016" and "+sv_lan 1" (HLDS Setup Information)

3.) Run easyrhino.exe, and will detect your Win32
    HL Server as soon as the map loads.

4.) Instruct WAN (Internet) clients to connect to port 27015
    & tell LAN clients to connect to port 27016.

NOTE: The windows executable only supports forwarding to 27015 from 27016)

Linux Dedicated Server Instructions

1.) Download EasyRhino_v1-0_Linux.tar.gz to any directory on your
    computer (i.e. /home/hlds_l/easyrhino/)

2.) Using the console, untar the file (tar -zxvf
    EasyRhino_v1-0_Linux.tar.gz). It will extract the
    easyrhino binary to the current directory.

3.) Start your Half-Life Dedicated Server with "-port
    27016" and "+sv_lan 1" (HLDS Setup Information)

4.) Change permission to executable for easyrhino
    binary file (chmod +x easyrhino).

5.) Execute the binary with internal, then external
    port as switches (i.e. ./easyrhino 27016 27015).
    The program will now forward internal port 27016
    to external port 27015.  You can also specify the
    server IP if you are behind a router:
    ./easyrhino 27016 27015 123.123.123.123

6.) Instruct WAN (Internet) clients to connect to port 27015
    & tell LAN clients to connect to port 27016.

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