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how can i make my computer a internet server?
Topic Started: Aug 21 2005, 05:45 PM (395 Views)
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RagingFuryBlack
Aug 22 2005, 01:26 AM
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Aug 22 2005, 01:17 AM
I'll jump the extra yard and venture to bet that he wants to make this a public http server.  In which case cable CAN get the job done.  BUT it will go slow for anyone that is around 500+ miles away from you.

And a friendly suggestion from me would be, take learning what apache and an 'internet' server is before you jump the gun trying to run one.  There are many types of server, almost all use the internet.  But what you have in mind is going to be using http, which you will need to get apache for.  Learn a bit more, then try.

But using a cable line would be rude to your neghibors, seeing as cable uses a shared pipe, and he would be slowing everyone in his general area down because of the mass traffic coming into his pipe.

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@Force: I use a localhost server environment to test Server Side scripts such as PHP, as well as test my new PHP/SQL scripts without having to upload them.

Well I don't do scripts, so that makes sense for me still. :lol: But yeah, you are right about that.

Another thread-hijacking question: What does a localhost server do to that "precious" space on your HD?
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Alright, see I always uploaded them lol. Yeh I was talking about a lan server.
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ForceEight
Aug 22 2005, 01:32 AM
RagingFuryBlack
Aug 22 2005, 01:26 AM
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Aug 22 2005, 01:17 AM
I'll jump the extra yard and venture to bet that he wants to make this a public http server.  In which case cable CAN get the job done.  BUT it will go slow for anyone that is around 500+ miles away from you.

And a friendly suggestion from me would be, take learning what apache and an 'internet' server is before you jump the gun trying to run one.  There are many types of server, almost all use the internet.  But what you have in mind is going to be using http, which you will need to get apache for.  Learn a bit more, then try.

But using a cable line would be rude to your neghibors, seeing as cable uses a shared pipe, and he would be slowing everyone in his general area down because of the mass traffic coming into his pipe.

EDIT:

@Force: I use a localhost server environment to test Server Side scripts such as PHP, as well as test my new PHP/SQL scripts without having to upload them.

Well I don't do scripts, so that makes sense for me still. :lol: But yeah, you are right about that.

Another thread-hijacking question: What does a localhost server do to that "precious" space on your HD?

it absorbs about a gig or so of hard drive space with the apache server and php+mysql.
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k stop being right about everything ethical about neighbors bandwidth :o lol.

I run my gaming server on the schools network lol. They don't know yet, and I hope they never do.
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so what would be a good OS for this, i really want to get a linux that will replace my windows.....any ideas
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Linux would be a good OS for this... Go for red hat.
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yes but Fedora Core is a decendent of Red Hat, but i have people saying that its no good...
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Its not going to be a life or death situation. Most should be able to do a fine job with it. Just mess around with whatever OS you have right now to figure it out first. Then go into detail such as those.
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Aug 22 2005, 01:40 AM
k stop being right about everything ethical about neighbors bandwidth :o lol.

I run my gaming server on the schools network lol. They don't know yet, and I hope they never do.

My school's network also includs 6 other schools and like 4 colleges lol, so that wouldn't work for me.
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Set up Apache, forward your router to Port 80 and then do some other things that I don't know :'(
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I'd go for Debian for the operating system
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Myr
Aug 22 2005, 07:58 AM
I'd go for Debian for the operating system

Well of course you would. :ermm:

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Sorry mine did when I tried and it did no good but Good Luck with the Server
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WildWog
Aug 22 2005, 01:45 AM
so what would be a good OS for this, i really want to get a linux that will replace my windows.....any ideas

Wait...your saying you've never used linux before? Get Kubuntu, use apt-get (Synaptic) to install apache, php, sql. If you've never used linux before, installing a server on a non debian distro is going to be extremely hard.
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WildWog
Aug 21 2005, 11:45 PM
so what would be a good OS for this, i really want to get a linux that will replace my windows.....any ideas

FC3 isn't bad, in fact it was the first linux distro I used. However I've since moved to Debian which I much prefer. I'd say go with Debian or a Debian-based distro like Ubuntu/Kubuntu.
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