Team Fortress Server

TrackMan · March 9th, 2002, 09:36 PM

Is there an official WinDrivers Team Fortress Server?

I keep talking about getting DSL, if I do then I will probably set up a Team Fortress server, if there is interest. What is involved in this? Will this suck up enough CPU cycles that I'll be unable to use my main PC anymore? (900 MHZ celeron, one of these days I'll get my water pump and start water colling, 1.2 GHz) Is there a website that will tell about setting up a server? Thanks.

gxavier · March 9th, 2002, 09:40 PM

DSL doesn't make a very good server...at all...

Sorry to burst your bubble....it busted mine when I first got dsl a few years ago as well...you need at least a T3 to host a good server of anything.

[NeoZeeD] · March 10th, 2002, 12:20 AM

well i play TFC all the time so if you did host a server let me know i'll join it.

TrackMan · March 10th, 2002, 12:59 AM

i found two good sites:

<a href="http://halflifeserver.com/manuals/tfc/TFCserver.htm" target="_blank">http://halflifeserver.com/manuals/tfc/TFCserver.htm</a>

<a href="http://www.dslwebserver.com/" target="_blank">http://www.dslwebserver.com/</a>

now all i need is to find the extra cash for the dsl line! I wish alladvantage was still working, with all the time i spend online I wouldn't have to pay anything.

I'm callling the phone company on Monday to verify availibility and to check how close to the house the phone company's station is.

gxavier · March 10th, 2002, 01:12 AM

definately get the dsl...and host a webserver if you want...i do sometimes..that doesn't require much bandwidth. but a gameserver off dsl will only let you host maybe 2 other people at decent pings.

Lt. Cmdr. DaTaMan · March 11th, 2002, 12:16 PM

It's still not good, but in order to get at least decent latency with more than 8 players you will need a conditioned, business-class DSL. They are not available everywhere, and the phone company will probably have to run new copper. They are not as high as a T1, but they are much higher than xDSL

TrackMan · March 11th, 2002, 01:59 PM

I looked into this. The ad on the radio said 35 dollars a month, which I thought I could pull. Heck it was only 14 bucks more than dialup.

Well, seems it's 35 for the first 6 months, then 45 per month. Also, you need to sign up for one year, and pay for a hundred dollar modem, and the signal cleaners for each phone.

I'm just getting out of high school this year, and am going to college next year. Also, I need a car, so in the face of all these costs I can't pull the cost of DSL. The worst part of this is that I'll be living at home so I can't enjoy the collge's line! GRRRR....

March 9th, 2002, 09:36 PM	#1
TrackMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Enfield, CT Posts: 490	Team Fortress Server Is there an official WinDrivers Team Fortress Server? I keep talking about getting DSL, if I do then I will probably set up a Team Fortress server, if there is interest. What is involved in this? Will this suck up enough CPU cycles that I'll be unable to use my main PC anymore? (900 MHZ celeron, one of these days I'll get my water pump and start water colling, 1.2 GHz) Is there a website that will tell about setting up a server? Thanks. __________________ So, so busy lately. Oh, where do I start?

March 9th, 2002, 09:40 PM	#2
gxavier Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 561	DSL doesn't make a very good server...at all... Sorry to burst your bubble....it busted mine when I first got dsl a few years ago as well...you need at least a T3 to host a good server of anything. __________________ EDITED BY SOWULO

March 10th, 2002, 12:20 AM	#3
[NeoZeeD] Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,612	well i play TFC all the time so if you did host a server let me know i'll join it. __________________ Hello Hello, Yes hello to me and hello to you, I am the Crap On and i live in a zoo and its such a friendly old zoo and such fun you'll enjoy yes you will everyone, every two will enjoy it, every three, every four. so come visit my zoo and come up on four. http://www.danasoft.com/vipersig.jpg

March 10th, 2002, 12:59 AM	#4
TrackMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Enfield, CT Posts: 490	i found two good sites: <a href="http://halflifeserver.com/manuals/tfc/TFCserver.htm" target="_blank">http://halflifeserver.com/manuals/tfc/TFCserver.htm</a> <a href="http://www.dslwebserver.com/" target="_blank">http://www.dslwebserver.com/</a> now all i need is to find the extra cash for the dsl line! I wish alladvantage was still working, with all the time i spend online I wouldn't have to pay anything. I'm callling the phone company on Monday to verify availibility and to check how close to the house the phone company's station is. __________________ So, so busy lately. Oh, where do I start?

March 10th, 2002, 01:12 AM	#5
gxavier Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 561	definately get the dsl...and host a webserver if you want...i do sometimes..that doesn't require much bandwidth. but a gameserver off dsl will only let you host maybe 2 other people at decent pings. __________________ EDITED BY SOWULO

March 11th, 2002, 12:16 PM	#6
Lt. Cmdr. DaTaMan Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Planet Xen, aka Dora, Al Posts: 315	It's still not good, but in order to get at least decent latency with more than 8 players you will need a conditioned, business-class DSL. They are not available everywhere, and the phone company will probably have to run new copper. They are not as high as a T1, but they are much higher than xDSL __________________ The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of my employer, not necessarily mine, and probably not EDITED BY SOWULO

March 11th, 2002, 01:59 PM	#7
TrackMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Enfield, CT Posts: 490	I looked into this. The ad on the radio said 35 dollars a month, which I thought I could pull. Heck it was only 14 bucks more than dialup. Well, seems it's 35 for the first 6 months, then 45 per month. Also, you need to sign up for one year, and pay for a hundred dollar modem, and the signal cleaners for each phone. I'm just getting out of high school this year, and am going to college next year. Also, I need a car, so in the face of all these costs I can't pull the cost of DSL. The worst part of this is that I'll be living at home so I can't enjoy the collge's line! GRRRR.... __________________ So, so busy lately. Oh, where do I start?

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