Can I get a bit of help with a server?

[Flash]

I want to set-up a personal server

However, the main problem is that the IP on in the GUI appears as the LAN IP, 192.xx.xx.xx

How can I change it so it will display my internet IP so people can join?

Also where can I get CFG's dedicated for servers, and what ports do I need to forward in my router?

Thank you

[Drunken F00l]

It doesn't matter what the GUI displays. What you really need to do is forward port 27015 on your NAT/router to the server machine. You can find out how to forward a port on pretty much any router here:
http://portforward.com/

Then all you need to do is tell people to join your public IP which is here:
http://www.whatismyip.com/automation/n09230945.asp

[Flash]

Thank you.

Can you not host a dedicated server on the same machine you want to join that server?

I got steam validation rejected.


Also, where can I find the cfg's locations. I went into Dedicated Server 2007 folder in my steam folder and there is no place to put the server cfg.

Btw, I am using the TF2 dedicated server found in Tools, not using any other application like hlupdate or whatever it's called.