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How Would I Turn My Old Pc Into A Server


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Im trying to figure out how i would turn my old PC into a web, game, and teamspeak server.

The server would be behind a router

help would be reeeallly apreciated

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Thats a really vaque way to put it. Overall computer edumacation would help, but I guess ill give it a shot. Make sure your router ports are forwarded " go to http://192.168.1.1 to access the router, log in is admin:admin, forward the ports 1-65535 on both TCP and UDP protocols for w/e pc is being the server, then just download the games you want to serve for and make dedicated servers.

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popular free webserver software is Apache

 

Teamspeak server software can be found on their site, and then your choice of game.

 

Get this stuff then you can ask more of the specifics, but for now start with this stuff.

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Thats a really vaque way to put it. Overall computer edumacation would help, but I guess ill give it a shot.  Make sure your router ports are forwarded " go to http://192.168.1.1 to access the router, log in is admin:admin, forward the ports 1-65535 on both TCP and UDP protocols for w/e pc is being the server, then just download the games you want to serve for and make dedicated servers.

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ya.. thats asking to be hacked

 

i recomend windows server 2000 or 2003

 

then i would only foward the ports that you need.. if you foward all thoes ports.. you WILL be attacked...

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Dude, Ports are what a router will let open so you can send and recieve info from other puters. There is a tutorial somewhere. Forgot where that will explain this to you. read that and then come back and ask questions about set up etc. It would take a 5000 word essay to give you the whole rundown. We can help you but right now you need to understand the lingo and how a router works and a server works.

 

Holy Crap. Cooler? You tryin to hack the noob? that's opening a can of worms and letting all the fish bite. Eagle all you need to do is open the ports that are required to run the game or games you want to host.

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does anyone know were the tutorial is and the server is an old mobo with interaded gfx 256 ram and a 1 ghz proscesor

 

ok i know thers a way but i forgot the command for it what is the command to see what your real ip is if ur behind a router because www.whatsmyip.org will just tell u the router IP

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Or you could assign an ip to your server computer, like 192.168.1.40 etc, then only open the ports to that specific assigned ip.

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alright well i tried it out on my normal comp and everything works fine now i just have to put together my server with my old stuff im going to go with linux because ive heard it will make the system run faster can anyone recomend me a version of linux thats good for a first timer and is good for a server

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