[carz0159]

It doesnt matter, all linux are good, CentOS is popular though.
everything is fine in the rig except the upload speed. That is very slow, what is the dl speed?

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Originally Posted by kaisersouse I'm averaging 3.7mbit w/ 30 - 40 players, hitting 4mbit @ 60 players, so your home internet can do it but you won't have much left for anything else in your house. Home internet connections don't have as good of a connection to the backbone like most hosts do. That fact will add a few ms to people's ping, which a lot of people pay attention to. If you want to have ANY chance of a regular playerbase, that server will need to be on as much as possible. If you're hosting it on some gaming behemoth w/ a 1kw power supply you can add some electricity costs into your money-saving formula. If you have a bunch of players, it may not be a good idea to screw around a lot on the computer hosting the server. Locking it up because a game crashed, monkeying w/ settings and causing it to tank on you, etc etc...not a good hosting experience. The computer itself is fine but you shouldnt use it for anything other than a server. Your internet is fine if you don't plan on using much of it while you're hosting a server. If you leave the computer on 24/7/365, your light bill goes up. A cheap host will get you by. If you want more stability and better performance (aka a server not filled with 300x $3 customers) then pay a little bit more for a better host or dedicated server. So yeah, you get what you pay for and running a server is never truly free.

As Kaiser said, don't plan on using the internet, or computer for anything else.

@kaiser, you saw the specs, you really think that 4gb ram, core 2 duo, etc is running on 1000 watts? I highly doubt it. Plus, he's a kid, so he doesnt pay for electricity, so he has nothing to worry about.

Also, my 800th post!!! Woohoo