Can Somebody Help Me Setup A Server

hey...

i need help yes im a newb at servers...what i need is help setting one up...i have a 2001 gateway:

1.4ghz celeron
256mb ram
40gb hdd

what do i need and where do i get it, and once i get it what do i freaking do with it

 

For a game?

 

if its a webserver check out apachefriends.

 

If you don't know what to do with it or how to use it, than don't waste your money, you'll just create a huge headache for anyone you host (if thats what you plan on doing with it)

 

Celeron? Bad choice...

 

Them specs aint good enough but if u really wanna....first thing to do is install apache

 

Don't even attempt to do it man, 256mb? Most servers have like 2gigs-4gigs, and a 80 gig HD, and Celerons bad :\

 

Pfff... S1lence, I already used a 400mhz 64mb ram server and it worked fine... And the best way to turn your computer into a server is to get Linux Apache Php Mysql (LAMP). You can use windows too, just get apache and configure it, then install php and mysql

 

If its for a game, it will gbe too much lag.

 

I was going for games there :wacko:

 

its a server for a few web pages, and maybe a small forum.

 

If ur tryin for a webserver (like u said) than that comp is fine for it. I hosted one for a while using a:

700 MHZ Intel Celeron Processor
256 MB RAM
30 GB Fireball HDD
56X Sony CDROM
256 MB nVidia GeForce 4
10/100 Lan Card

I used Windows XP Pro and tweaked it till it ran smooth. I personally used IIS 6 (which was built in) and Zone Alarm ™ for a firewall. I used the two sites listed below to figure out just how to tweak it. I dont remember what FTP or other software I used. Hope this helped.


(Some of this information helped on this site, be careful what networking services u disable)

http://www.hlds101.com/hlds101/bonus/tweaking.htm

(This was a very helpful site too)
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm