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Anyone ever turn their computer into a server??
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| Krypton |
| I'm interested in doing this. Probably not my main computer, but an old computer or something, possibly. Anyone done this? Got anything to share? |
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| Gen3r4l1ty |
| What kind of server, and what are you looking to serve? |
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| Krypton |
| A server to host a website. Could a file server do that? |
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| cmay119 |
| I dedicated a really old Pentium 2 PC to being a simple print server at my house. That one finally bit the dust though, and now have one of my regular PC's double up as one. |
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| Enjoy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Krypton
A server to host a website. Could a file server do that? |
Your bandwidth won't handle it - unless you expect to have like three visitors at a time. |
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Originally posted by Enjoy
Your bandwidth won't handle it - unless you expect to have like three visitors at a time. |
Yea, I'm probably just going to have rent server space.. |
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| Ian |
| quote: | Originally posted by Enjoy
Your bandwidth won't handle it - unless you expect to have like three visitors at a time. |
he'll be f ine then. That's at least one too many :toocool: |
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| Ek0nomik |
what do you want the website to do?
database in the back? |
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ek0nomik
what do you want the website to do?
database in the back? |
Well, I wanted to host a website, but the limited bandwidth is a problem. |
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| undertone |
| quote: | Originally posted by Krypton
I'm interested in doing this. Probably not my main computer, but an old computer or something, possibly. Anyone done this? Got anything to share? |
Yea. I have, many times. That's where I've done all my learning.
I started like 6 years ago I turned my AMD-K6 into a fully fledged LAMP server.
What are your questions?
-r5a |
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| Orbital32 |
| What is your upload speed? I see failure in your future. |
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| Dervish |
| If it's just a simple website might be ok. But yeah forget about hosting files and stuff lol. |
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