Can I Turn This Into A Server?

[Storm]

me and my roommate want to build our own server so we can share an internet connection without having to be dependant on the other havin the computer left on.

now i have an old computer AMD 200MHz, 2.5GB HDD, 64 MB ram

my question is: can i turn this into a stable server???? and what will i be needing??

i dont know if its of any relevance, but my comp has XP Corp and my roommate has XP Home...............



yeah i know................ n00b alert

[lynx]

Originally posted by Storm@29 January 2004 - 12:52
my question is: can i turn this into a stable server???? and what will i be needing??

Linux.

If you go for a minimal configuration, linux should install quite nicely on a low-power machine such as that.

You certainly won't be able to successfully install and run any Windows based server.

[4play]

try looking that this might be a bit of a hand.

seems a micro distro would be a good for ya.

[Spicker]

cant u just buy a router?

[4play]

he could always buy a router but where is the fun in that.

it will be cheaper and alot more configurable to use linux as a router.
espeacially since he probably has most of the hardware laying around already.

[lynx]

You don't get penguins with a hardware router.

[_John_Lennon_]

Could always use it as a file server as well, just add a S ATA hard drive and controller card.

It would cost money of course, but a firewall does me little good in my current setup, dont know if it would for you.

Also, 64MB of ram is begging for linux, seeing as how something like XP needs alteast 128MB, though we all know that its really closer to 512.

[Storm]

Originally posted by jaigandhi5@29 January 2004 - 17:30
cant u just buy a router?

yeah...... but the trouble is that our mean ISP doesnt allow us to share internet, and i heard using a router makes it tracable if your running a multiple computers on a ADSL line...........

and uhmmm........ lynx, linux sounds cool, but im not that good with computers........ are there any preconfigured linux instalation packets for this???

[3RA1N1AC]

just about any PC (and even other computer-type electronics, like game consoles) can be used as servers. just depends on how much stress you intend to put on the server. you just need to be reasonable about how much work you expect it to do.

you've specifically asked your ISP if you're allowed to use a router to split your connection? i don't see why they would have a problem with it, since you're still getting the exact same amount of bandwidth (no matter how many ways you slice it), and that's what you're paying for...

[4play]

somebody else posted about closedbsd which is a unix variant looks pretty easy to setup and fits on a floppy.

or you could follow the guide to setup fresco which i posted earlier that seems pretty easy to follow.