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Search Tech-Forums - link takes you to our Forum's search page. Note: The following is only a text archive! To view the actual forum discussion, please visit our website at http://www.tech-forums.net Pages:1 Need help making a gaming server(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: Thane of Cawdor Recently I've been thinking about hosting around 3 servers or so on my computer but I am not to sure how do go about doing so. My friend has made 3 servers for Wolfenstein Enemy Territory and has already made $60. Because there are limited jobs in my area I think that this may be the best way to make some cash. Does anybody know how to make a server? If so send me a message to my gamespot account and please help me out. Posted by: uzi9mm well before you start any server... You need a decent internet connection. Also, if you wanted to host some servers for example Wolfenstein ET, a single CPU (p4 with HT) should be fine for 2 large capacity (if your connection can handle it).. With like 1gb of Dual Channel ram List what type of servers you wanted to host, and how many people in them.... Also you can make a good amount of cash hosting your own websites from your house, they dont take up much bandwidth..... I got one, [url]www.team-cobra.com[/url] this is being hosted off of a Dual PII 350mhz 512kb L2 Cache Each 100mhz FSB 128mb PC-100 SDRAM 4.6gb "cheetah" SCSI 10,000rpm red hat linux SMP From what I have heard, that is overkill for my current website, but hey, I got plenty of room for growth. Posted by: SpoiledBoar How the **** do you make money? Posted by: Thane of Cawdor Well I will most likely be making a server for Wolfestein Enemy Territory with 18 people max. The computer I use from home is an Athlon 64 3200+ with 1.5 gigs of Patrio Extreme RAM, a Leadtek 6600GT and my processor has be OverClocked to 2.2ghz. I also have optimum online but I'm using a wireless internet connection so I don't know if that is a problem. I can't host a server effectively then I just won't do it and I have no problem with that. I just need some money as soon as possible. Oh and to answer the question on how you get money: ---You make a paypal account or perhaps you accept cash/checks/credit card and give your server to someone who needs a place to host a game. Although I find it a little rediculous to actually buy a server, some people want a reliable place to go. Posted by: uzi9mm All I can say is to get rid of the wireless connection. Posted by: Thane of Cawdor I'd love to but my dad is too cheap =/. I would do the drilling and what not myself but it would be too complicated. I also have another solution to the problem. My friend has a computer that he used to hold up to 3 Wolfenstein servers undedicated. This computer was pretty low quality---bad video card, old p4 and, maybe 1 gig of RAM. Now he got a new computer so he isn't going to use it anymore. I was thinking that my friend and I can add more RAM to the computer and turn it into a dedicated server. Would this work? Posted by: uzi9mm well you will be ok without a decent video card, but it would be great if that P4 had HT. Even if it doesnt, still try to get your hands on it. Posted by: Thane of Cawdor yea...well it will be a dedicated server so I won't be playing on it. I'm gonna try to get that computer setup as soon as possible. Thanks for the help. Posted by: uzi9mm well just for heads up, you will get really crappy performance with the wireless connection. I would set the computer up right next to the wireless router and connect it physically with some ethernet cable Posted by: Blackmoore I created a Counter-Strike server a while back on a DSL 640k/640k Connection, on a P4 1.6ghz and 768MB of PC2100 DDR. The max I could handle was 8 connections. For a home gaming server, DSL is probably your best option if you can find a decent provider. Qwest offers 3-5Mbps/896Kbps for $55 a month, which would probably get you by with 12-14 connections. Qwest wouldn't be my first choice tough, they're the whole reason we moved to cable. Also a lot of ISP's offer big discounts if you bundle services. And trust me, I know how hard it is to convince parents to change service providers. It took years to convince my parents to move to DSL years ago. The trick is, you have to get your parents to be frustrated with it too. If they don't notice anything wrong, and if it doesn't effect them, they don't care. Posted by: Thane of Cawdor Well the computer for the server will be connected to Optimum Online--most likely not wireless Posted by: zack_the_pwner well if you ever wanted to make one for CSS its free and possible to run it and play on it at the same time. its also free for alot of games i dont know aobut making money though. you can get didicated server(i think thats what its called) for free off steam. Posted by: Thane of Cawdor ight cool Posted by: BlazingWolf A gaming server needs primarily processing power, ram, and a GOOD upload connection(download is assumed). If you have 802.11g and you place the computer right next your access point you should have an trouble with the wireless because you internet connection will be far slower than your wireless anyway. The key though is your upload speed, most people on cable and DSL have really bad upload speeds because home user don't often need to upload larges quantites of data. Posted by: bigdad1e hi i am trying to find out how i make an undedicated server. is there anyone here that can help me? i have a amd 3800+ cpu 250gb 7200rpm hard drive, 1024 mb ram. cache i do not know. 512mb nividia graphics card wonderful internet. dont know the up speed. im just trying to make a undedicated server for me and mayb 5 other people can someone help me? Posted by: Mjmitch2 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Thane of Cawdor [/i] [B]My friend has made 3 servers for Wolfenstein Enemy Territory and has already made $60. Because there are limited jobs in my area I think that this may be the best way to make some cash. [/B][/QUOTE] Would it be legal to charge people to play on your hosted server?? You could get in big trouble if its not. Posted by: TheOtis I think you can have people pay money to reserve a spot for them on a server, but I'm not sure otherwise. vBulletin Copyright ©2000 - 2003, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited. PPC Management vB Easy Archive Final - Created by Xenon |