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incka
03-01-2004, 03:16 PM
With hostony, should be set up within 24 hours, I'll let you know how it goes, it has two control panels, including CPANEL, $195 a month, no set up...

But what will I be able to do that I haven't before? What is cool about servers? Got any ideas of what I can do with it apart from for websites? Home network managing?
r2d2
03-01-2004, 03:23 PM
Was looking at dedicated servers in a mag - one idea I hadnt thought off was running a games server... not sure how that could make any cash though?
Mike
03-01-2004, 03:25 PM
Nice one:)
Percept
03-01-2004, 06:21 PM
Originally posted by r2d2
Was looking at dedicated servers in a mag - one idea I hadnt thought off was running a games server... not sure how that could make any cash though?

Gameservers need way to much maintenance and you need a couple to mae money from it.
GCT13
03-01-2004, 06:56 PM
So incka what kinda server you got? Bandwidth?

Originally posted by incka
But what will I be able to do that I haven't before? What is cool about servers? Got any ideas of what I can do with it apart from for websites?What else can you do with a dedicated server from a web hosting company besides web hosting? Good question :D
MattM
03-01-2004, 09:28 PM
Originally posted by GCT13
So incka what kinda server you got? Bandwidth?
What else can you do with a dedicated server from a web hosting company besides web hosting? Good question :D
The only plan for $195 they have:
CPU 2200 Mhz AMD XP
Memory 512 MB
HDD 60 gb
IPs 8
Bandwidth 1000 Gb
Control panel WHM/Cpanel

I didn't read that page in detail, is the server unmanaged, semi-managed, or fully managed?
Shawn
03-01-2004, 10:38 PM
I honestly think you wasted that money, unless you do something else other than hosting.
incka
03-01-2004, 11:49 PM
It's managed - Fully.

The control panels are WHM/Cpanel, but I have an OS choice, RH9, Fedora, or FreeBSD? Which should I pick?
MarkB
03-02-2004, 03:48 AM
FreeBSD, although CPanel seem to provide more regular updates for Red Hat.

What are you going to use it for? Why did you feel you needed it?
incka
03-02-2004, 05:43 AM
Just websites... I also want to be able to provide hosting. I want streaming capabilities, so I might need a special OS for that. Can you guys copy and paste a short description of each for me to choose from please...
MarkB
03-02-2004, 11:28 PM
If you're going to provide hosting to others, then I'd choose FreeBSD.
incka
03-03-2004, 12:27 AM
So far that's winning...
incka
03-03-2004, 01:41 PM
I went with FreeBSD after posts here, on SP and SeverTalk
michael_gersitz
03-03-2004, 03:22 PM
I had trouble with FreeBSD when using the .htaccess file...
incka
03-04-2004, 12:49 AM
Um, I'm sure all the server administerators who post on SitePoint can help me out...
MarkB
03-04-2004, 03:26 AM
I've never had problems with htaccess on FreeBSD.
incka
03-04-2004, 05:45 AM
Thats good to here :)
incka
04-02-2004, 04:54 AM
.htaccess is working, I haven't had any problems with it.