HELP ESTABLISH A AUSTRALIAN SEVER!!!!

custang · Post by **custang** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 9:40 am

can i have some help to make an australian sever for all the people from australia because we have pings like 250 - 500 or above and its annoying for us and other players help please Custang

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 10:15 am

Sure. First thing you need is a computer in Australia capable of running a server, and we can't help you with that

A Unix machine would be preferable, because we're more experienced with that, so we can offer better help. Then, well, read the docs on installing a server and do it

Or give one of us the login of the user that is supposed to run the server process and we'll do the rest.

custang · Post by **custang** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 10:22 am

ok what if i couldnt use any of my computers what would happen then???

Post by **Lucifer** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 10:59 am

custang wrote:ok what if i couldnt use any of my computers what would happen then???

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Um, you'll need to find someone in Australia willing to host the server. I'm sure you could pay someone for the hosting, but iirc there aren't enough Australian players to help you there, so you'd have to front it yourself. There have been some kangaroo-lovers from time to time that have hosted servers. The problem they've run into has always been that people generally don't play on them because, well, if you get 250-500 pings on other servers, those of us on those continents will get 250-500 pings on your server. So you'll probably also want some sort of active recruitment going on.

I know, it's a chicken and egg problem. We don't retain Aussie players as well as we do other continents because of the ping thing, but the ping thing hasn't been addressed for Aussie players because there aren't that many of them. Australia's kind of a special case.

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 11:06 am

You could
- find a friend that has a computer he keeps on 24/7 and that is on the internet all the time with a reasonable connection (ADSL/Cable, NOT a satellite link) and ask him to let you run a server there
- rent a server at a hosting company. In may cases "virtual servers" or "shared servers" are enough. All you need is the cheapest possible way to run self-installed programs (C++ programs, not PHP/perl).

custang · Post by **custang** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 11:15 am

yea im not sure that i know anyone that have here computer on 24/7 thanks tho and there are about 22 australian players i know that play. but is there another place that could be close for australians like wild west thats about 190 ping. is there a place thats closer or not thanks for the help so far. if you could help me any more it would be great and if you cant could someone make a sever like wild west but normal not a fortess or also like super duck because they have 200 ping, any help with this idea???. Custang

custang · Post by **custang** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 12:51 am

is there anyway that someone that owns super duck severs wid west severs or the xzl clan to get closer to make a sever for australians for free, or not???

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:21 am

Probably not. They're running the servers on the machines they have available, they can't just get them further south.

custang · Post by **custang** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:53 am

ok thanks and if anyone else can help anymore it would be helpful. thank you. Custang

Aang (avatar fan) · Post by **Aang (avatar fan)** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:17 am

-edited-don't-want-to-look-silly

custang · Post by **custang** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 1:58 pm

rofl if your a admin hehe,

na its ok i got the servers

Aang (avatar fan) · Post by **Aang (avatar fan)** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:04 pm

Yeah, got that.

Don't call me dumb but what does rofl mean?

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:27 pm

Rolling on [the] floor laughing

custang · Post by **custang** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 3:14 pm

lmao - laugh my ass off ( [the] lol ) any more you need to know?

EDIT by custang: OMG YOU KNOW WHAT rofl MEANS you said it in one of your posts i think your spamming

i would know from ddl forums

and most of them are thanks oh oh ok lol rica was right

Luke-Jr · Post by **Luke-Jr** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 3:39 am

From http://lightfoot.dashjr.org/ ...

Australia based hosting available for 32-slot servers****

The **** means:
- You can pick from either Sydney or Perth
- If Sydney, there is a 9 GB bandwidth limit and a minimum 3 month commitment.
- Either location has PIPE available