Home Server ? How to ?

[Dhertyl]

Hi,

i want to create a complete server hosted by myself at home to distribute the internet... so... i want to connect internet on my computer... and after that... connect my computer to router to permit 4 other computer to connect via my comp. Also, i want to be able to CONTROL the speed of every upload and download from them... and keep the biggest part of downloads and uploads speed for me... ( they are just checkin mails... im playing online and im a website manager...)... Anyone got a suggestion? Thx for ya help..


Dave

 

[jammydodger]

Well the first part sounds fairly straight forward. You say you want to connect 4 computers to your computer the internet? Simply connect your computer to the internet with your DSL modem/router. Then on each other computer set make their gateway your computers IP addy. You will prolly also want to make your computer a DHCP server (thats if its on all the time).
Controlling upload and download rates might be a problem, you can prolly get software to do it but I dont know of any myself.

 

[Dhertyl]

Yeah for now... its connected on a Lynksys 5 port router... modem connected in uplink slot and all 4 computer on the router... but... i want to control speed from my comp... so... how ?

and on the network...ill have 2 mac... 2 pc... one pc from me... and the other one... so .. thats something to considerate too !

 

[folken]

Speed control would have to be done from the gateway (currently your linksys). There are lots of 3rd party firmwares for linksys routers but I don't think any of them do bandwidth limiting. You would need a router that does bandwidth limiting by IP. Pretty much all the linux router distros do that. You would need to put it on a regular PC with 2 nics and make that the router for your network. I use clarkconnect at home and it does a pretty damned good job of bandwidth limiting by IP.

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[umheint0]

Easiest would be to get a cheap machine, and install some sort of proxy software, such as <A HREF="http://www.smoothwall.org/" target="_new">Smoothwall</A>. Then, hook up that baby to a switch. You can customize everything you could possibly want at that point. And no more router.

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[jammydodger]

Yeh I would do what umheint0 suggests, I dont thin any router is going to be sufisticated enough to do bandwidth limiting. It would have to be done using a proxy server with software installed. Get a nice cheap VIA epia eden system...passivly cooled 4w's power usage...nice.

 

[ataridex]

linksys routers usually have QoS on their firmwares, just enable it and you should be able to limit bandwidth on the LAN ports on the router...

 

[edelyn]

just junk your computer......no problem at all.it so very simple you know...

 

[edelyn]

you must sleep and dream everything about ur computer...i dont know how to connect that ...ok..im just an simple actress&hot