Maybe losing Teamspeak/game servers
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Maybe losing Teamspeak/game servers
Tonight I've had something of a shock. Reading some of the new changes being made to my ISP unfortunately mean I'm probably going to need to migrate to another supplier therefore losing our Teamspeak and Game Servers. I need to know what other options we have for hosting these servers in order to make a balanced judgement of the postives and negatives of changing my ISP.
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- Mr. Jackhammer
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BJ, thats the same as trying to pull a 500 ton coal train with your bare hands......
You can host a TS server on that connection, but it will be something like max 10-15 people, and then you don't have any bandwith left for actually playing a game yourself.
I don't know how to solve this. Maybe a rented server is an option, but who is going to pay for it?
You can host a TS server on that connection, but it will be something like max 10-15 people, and then you don't have any bandwith left for actually playing a game yourself.
I don't know how to solve this. Maybe a rented server is an option, but who is going to pay for it?
Hmmm, what do we need to start a new server??? I mean, can you upload it to a place that was meant for homepages ?? Or do you need to make spec arr with your isp ?? Plz let me know what we need and i see what i can do. I cant host it on this puter, as i only got 1Mb up and we are 3 gaming freaks in this family
No you can't use a web server for Teamspeak or Games Servers. Technically they require too many resources to run on the same box as a server hosting lots of websites.
Unless we have someone with a 1+ Mbit upload on their connection we will struggle to host any games. Teamspeak should be easy enough.
Anyway someone has suggested a work around for me so I'll have to try that next week.
Unless we have someone with a 1+ Mbit upload on their connection we will struggle to host any games. Teamspeak should be easy enough.
Anyway someone has suggested a work around for me so I'll have to try that next week.
The games servers we have are not played on much by us I dont think the HL2 server will be slightly missed but not much I reckon.
Its the TS2 server that is going to be the problem and the only option would be to rent a server and pay for it this would cost us around £30 a month give or take, and this doesnt work when it comes down to payment nobody wants to pay have been there and it ends up putting a divide within the community as some pay some dont.
easiest way to get round this for a short term or long term solution would be setup a main IRC channel with various sub room for BF2 WoW etc... then when a game or raid is going on someone hosts TS on there PC and puts the IP address in the room message for people who join after. People could meet up in IRC instead of TS and we dont have to host anything so no cash problems.
ps im back BTW
Its the TS2 server that is going to be the problem and the only option would be to rent a server and pay for it this would cost us around £30 a month give or take, and this doesnt work when it comes down to payment nobody wants to pay have been there and it ends up putting a divide within the community as some pay some dont.
easiest way to get round this for a short term or long term solution would be setup a main IRC channel with various sub room for BF2 WoW etc... then when a game or raid is going on someone hosts TS on there PC and puts the IP address in the room message for people who join after. People could meet up in IRC instead of TS and we dont have to host anything so no cash problems.
ps im back BTW
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One alternative to TS is http://www.ventrilo.com/. As far as I'm aware this doesn't require a central server and it has some very nice features.
Edit: D'oh I think it does use a central server but I have heard of one that doesn't. I just can't remember the name of it
Edit: D'oh I think it does use a central server but I have heard of one that doesn't. I just can't remember the name of it
I doubt there is software available that allows you to run a TS-like environment without a dedicated server. I do believe there is plenty of stuff for peer to peer audio connections (like MSN), but that sort of thing is useless if you need 10 people coordinating something.
Should the TS server be taken down without us having an alternative, I suggest we go for Soupy's proposal of setting up an IRC channel.
afaik, Ventrilo does need a central server as well. It's very similar to TS, but it seems to have better quality sound (from what I've heard) but also requires more bandwith
Should the TS server be taken down without us having an alternative, I suggest we go for Soupy's proposal of setting up an IRC channel.
afaik, Ventrilo does need a central server as well. It's very similar to TS, but it seems to have better quality sound (from what I've heard) but also requires more bandwith
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- Sakhan
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