First time server administrator

[CFC_Warhawk]

I just rented a server last week. There are a few obsticles i need to clear so I can learn to administer it properly. First, when i log into Rcon and type commands i get "server not running" so to actually get the server running so I can input commands would help me greatly. BTW the server itself is online and functioning.

[ClickBouyow]

In a multiplayer server your commands need to be preceeded by /rcon.

For example

/rcon status

will give a listing of all the players currently on the server. If you don't preceed the command with /rcon, then the game tries to find the server on the local machine. Of course, there is no server there, so it says "server not found."

Check out this post: http://www.codadmin.com/nuke/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=866

Rudedog has a good explanation of how rcon works.