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waht do i need to set a computer as a server for files such as moives, music, programs, nothing more i want this thing to be for downloading and storage nothing more.
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is that a question or a statement?
Well, let me give you some pointers.
Firstly look at your Internet/Network Connection. If you want a high speed home server you may want to invest in Gigabit Network equipment. If you want to broadcast to the rest of the world, you need a decent upload speed. Eg. If you have a 512kbit/s Upload Speed, you can have 9 Dialup Users downloading off you at once @ Full speed. Even then, for users with faster internet, they can hog your bandwidth. Probly the simplest option would be to set up a Desktop Computer with several large HDD's and possibly a raid (0,1 -Speed, Redundancy) controller and gigabit. Also, you might want to run web site files or a torrent tracker so you will need to think about software. Linux would be a good choice, it is free, flexible and stable. Server software like Apache will manage your web serving and other serving software like Samba can manage your local file serving.
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Well, let me give you some pointers.
Firstly look at your Internet/Network Connection. If you want a high speed home server you may want to invest in Gigabit Network equipment. If you want to broadcast to the rest of the world, you need a decent upload speed. Eg. If you have a 512kbit/s Upload Speed, you can have 9 Dialup Users downloading off you at once @ Full speed. Even then, for users with faster internet, they can hog your bandwidth. Probly the simplest option would be to set up a Desktop Computer with several large HDD's and possibly a raid (0,1 -Speed, Redundancy) controller and gigabit. Also, you might want to run web site files or a torrent tracker so you will need to think about software. Linux would be a good choice, it is free, flexible and stable. Server software like Apache will manage your web serving and other serving software like Samba can manage your local file serving.
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nice. well i dont know yet if i wantt o share the server with others or not i most likey will i jsut need the stuff first. I need to call up my ISp tomorrow and find out what i really have. 
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Well, as long as he doesnt mention "sever" he should be fine. I dont see why hosting files would be a problem. I have ran servers at times on my connection without annoyance with the ISP. Read the terms and conditions and see if it mentions anything bout servers.
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yea im not going to sau the word server, im only going to ask my speeds so i know what im able to do.
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good stuff.
But i still dont see why the ISP will get annoyed.
But i still dont see why the ISP will get annoyed.
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because there dum and dont want you to do it.
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this is what it says.
our connection rating is:
[Test Home | Re-Test]
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Your connection is: 224 Kbps (about 0.2 Mbps)
You uploaded at: 27 kB/s
Your TRuSPEED: ^info^ 240 Kbps :: 29 kB/s (7% overhead factored)
Bottom Line: You are running: 4 times faster than 56K and can upload 1 megabyte in 37.93 second(s)
Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 100 % of your hosts average (86.211)
our connection rating is:
[Test Home | Re-Test]
See our forum for speed tips
Your connection is: 224 Kbps (about 0.2 Mbps)
You uploaded at: 27 kB/s
Your TRuSPEED: ^info^ 240 Kbps :: 29 kB/s (7% overhead factored)
Bottom Line: You are running: 4 times faster than 56K and can upload 1 megabyte in 37.93 second(s)
Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 100 % of your hosts average (86.211)
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