Just rent a server, this is a waste of your time and money and will probably cost you more in the long run.
Renting a server is going to be much much easier for you and will do exactly what you want
If you do however buy that server box please take a photo of your face when you realise you have no idea what the fuck your doing
[QUOTE=CombineGuru;23912810]No. there is absolutely no way you can host more than 4 people on 0.47mbit upload[/QUOTE]
This man speaks the truth.
I currently host off of my machine with not much of a problem at all. Not much lag, everything runs smoothly.
[URL=http://www.speedtest.net][IMG]http://www.speedtest.net/result/910760234.png[/IMG][/URL]
[QUOTE=Jova;23982589]I currently host off of my machine with not much of a problem at all. Not much lag, everything runs smoothly.
[URL=http://www.speedtest.net][IMG]http://www.speedtest.net/result/910760234.png[/IMG][/URL][/QUOTE]
I'm going to laugh when you hit your bandwidth cap and get kicked off for a year.
:P
Getting a server box soon, so it will have to do for now.
WHY DO PEOPLE CALL SERVERS "SERVER BOXES"
its so stupid.
[QUOTE=usocrazy;23983233]WHY DO PEOPLE CALL SERVERS "SERVER BOXES"
its so stupid.[/QUOTE]
To prevent confusion between "Game servers" or "Web servers" or whatever type of server you can meet (the "Software" servers) and physical servers or "Server boxes" (the "Hardware" servers).
What's so stupid in that?
[QUOTE=usocrazy;23983233]WHY DO PEOPLE CALL SERVERS "SERVER BOXES"
its so stupid.[/QUOTE]
Probably because you have control of the "box" itself, rather than some piece of software on a "box".
[QUOTE=usocrazy;23983233]WHY DO PEOPLE CALL SERVERS "SERVER BOXES"
its so stupid.[/QUOTE]
Because thats the name for it, a server box, otherwise known as a dedicated server box.
It isnt. They are called Dedicated Servers.
[QUOTE=usocrazy;23993987]It isnt. They are called Dedicated Servers.[/QUOTE]
It depends on what you call them. Almost every IT professional I know calls them Boxes.
[QUOTE=usocrazy;23993987]It isnt. They are called Dedicated Servers.[/QUOTE]
if we call them dedicated servers 10 year olds assume we mean scrds installations
[QUOTE=dbk21894;23996142]It depends on what you call them. Almost every IT professional I know calls them Boxes.[/QUOTE]
yes, either boxes or servers, not server boxes.
[QUOTE=usocrazy;23996481]yes, either boxes or servers, not server boxes.[/QUOTE]
Box servers. ;)
I'd say it's because they're shaped like boxes
[IMG]http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/6734/dsc6886p.jpg[/IMG]
I call it a box because they are literally just a box with a couple or three wires coming out of it which sits there. It doesn't have a monitor, mouse, keyboard or any of that stuff most of the time.
So it's a server box.
If you are hoping to setup a home server, just format it with something like Windows XP or Windows 7 if you have it then disable all the fancy stuff which makes it look pretty, set up remote desktop, port forward your server ports and unplug everything but power and ethernet then put it somewhere out of the way, leave it there and install srcds and what not and run it.
There you go, a home hosted server box.
If you want a real dedicated server, just rent one from a datacenter.
There's some really bottom of the barrel hosters out there which aren't too bad. I used Servondemand.com once and it seemed okay but it wouldn't be very great except for like a small darkrp server or some sandboxes.
You would pretty much be better going with shared gameserver hosting from like XenonServers because dedicated boxes are expensive and in all reality unless you already have a big community which has servers which are pretty populated most of the day, you would easily be spending much more than the quality you could get for much less from elsewhere.
If you have stacks of money buying parts & building your own server, then colo-ing it is always fun. Great money making potential if you know what to do, too.
Ima setup an old computer, its been restored to factory defaults. Ill put the server files on it and run the server on it, we got dual fans for it and extra ram we found. Its a velocity gaming computer.
Your hardware isn't going to help your shitty internet connection and bandwidth cap
He could probably play with a couple friends or use it for LAN games with some friends.
Running a Gmod server from home is a blandly not great idea, considering
some of the following things.
1) GMod requires faster servers in terms of processing.
2) You would at least want 5 Mb/s upload speed for a stable server.
3) From home you don't know when your internet will go out, your server will never be up 24/7
4) Your service provider may start cutting your connection because you are uploading more than your speed.
In real terms you arn't provided with the speed you see on speedtest.net you get a
much higher speed but it is shared between a group of people in your area and if you start hogging all the resources its not very good for the other people. I'd reccomend you pay monthly for a server and setup some donation things to keep it up.
[QUOTE=Longbear;24003057]Running a Gmod server from home is a blandly not great idea, considering
some of the following things.
1) GMod requires faster servers in terms of processing.
2) You would at least want 5 Mb/s upload speed for a stable server.
3) From home you don't know when your internet will go out, your server will never be up 24/7
[b]4) Your service provider may start cutting your connection because you are uploading more than your speed.[/b]
In real terms you arn't provided with the speed you see on speedtest.net you get a
much higher speed but it is shared between a group of people in your area and if you start hogging all the resources its not very good for the other people. I'd reccomend you pay monthly for a server and setup some donation things to keep it up.[/QUOTE]
Explain the bold to me, because I have no idea what you are talking about.
[QUOTE=darksoul69;24003184]Explain the bold to me, because I have no idea what you are talking about.[/QUOTE]
Some service providers do that. In other words its a cap.
[QUOTE=bfking;24003709]Some service providers do that. In other words its a cap.[/QUOTE]
Bfking, you need to read.
[b]4) Your service provider may start cutting your connection because you are uploading more than your speed.[/b]
What he is implying is that you can upload more then what your ISP provides you with. As in, if you had a 5Mbps connection you could go to 6Mbps-7Mbps - it simply is not possible, unless you are on cable and hacked your modem.
Oh crap misread opps.
Sometimes providers also refer to them as a "physical server", but box is much easier.
It's called a server box, because stated before, it's literally just an other computer you rent out without a monitor, keyboard or any other pheriphals, you can connect to it via any remote connection software, you can add, change and delete files like you would a normal computer, except server boxes are usually running Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008.
[QUOTE=LuckyLuke;24020300]except server boxes are usually running Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008.[/QUOTE]
Or Linux. :3
[QUOTE=LuckyLuke;24020300]It's called a server box, because stated before, it's literally just an other computer you rent out without a monitor, keyboard or any other pheriphals, you can connect to it via any remote connection software, you can add, change and delete files like you would a normal computer, except server boxes are usually running Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008.[/QUOTE]
1. Most servers run some form of Linux or UNIX.
2. Find be 5 server providers that have them listed on their site as "Server boxes"
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