How to control a Counter Strike(CS 1.6) server which is hosted in a remote location?

Question

I have been playing Counter Strike 1.6 for the last two years; however, it's still interesting to me. A week ago, I bought a dedicated CS 1.6 server which is hosted in a remote location. They didn't gave any remote access tool to handle that server. Does anyone know about that kind of tool?

Info About the Server:

• They are giving around 80 GB of disk space where the CS 1.6 server is installed.
• The remaining space can be used for file storage.
• Separate username & password was given to access the server through a web interface.
• Using that interface I can start or stop or restart the server(This is not enough for me)
• I can also setup the server configuration in there.
• They do have a tool named AMX mod but it costs too much for me for each month.

What i want to do with the tool is:

• be able to see the player names using a browser interface or something like that.
• some operations like kicking, banning, and warning.
• ban such that it may be a temporary ban or permanent ban using the player's IP.

Any suggestions, links or knowledge base would be appreciated!

Thanks!

Answer 1

What you're looking for is called remote-console, or rcon. It's built right into the game; to use it, set rcon_password to the same value on the server (in server.cfg) and client (in the console), then type into the client-console rcon <command> for any commands you want to run on the server.

You can use rcon outside of the game, too. The most popular tool for this is HLSW.

Answer 2

This site should be helpful: Counter-Server, The Official CS Server Admin Site

Particularly the How-to section.

Answer 3

You should try HLSW, it's the standard tool for server connection/administration. It supports almost all game server protocols.