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laptop as server

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  • 27-03-2007 6:32pm
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    weeder
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    hi

    im using a banjaxed laptop(screen and keyboard) as a server .
    is there any problems with this? like heat etc so far it seems fine

    and is it a bad thing that im using a wireless connection for hosting rather than wireless?

    thanks
    sean


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    Ghost Train
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    well should be more power efficient than your average server

    wireless will be a bit slower than wired, but shouldn't be a problem

    i don't see any problem with it, seems like a good use for a broken laptop


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    ethernet
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    Microsoft's desktop OS solutions seem to limit simultaneous connections to 10. But if that won't be a problem in your case, I can't why not to use a laptop.

    Just a thought: maybe using an external HDD could reduce the heat in the laptop, with its internal HDD being less active, and prolong stability.


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    weeder
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    ethernet wrote:
    Microsoft's desktop OS solutions seem to limit simultaneous connections to 10. But if that won't be a problem in your case, I can't why not to use a laptop.
    ah well now id hardly use a desktop OS :rolleyes:

    anyway you can see it in action at http://weeder.no-ip.org/phpsysinfo/index.php


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    zAbbo
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    weeder wrote:
    ah well now id hardly use a desktop OS :rolleyes:

    anyway you can see it in action at http://weeder.no-ip.org/phpsysinfo/index.php
    yet you're using php in windows :rolleyes:


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    po0k
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    lol pwnt


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    Tom Dunne
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    weeder wrote:
    hi

    im using a banjaxed laptop(screen and keyboard) as a server .
    is there any problems with this? like heat etc so far it seems fine

    and is it a bad thing that im using a wireless connection for hosting rather than wireless?

    I am using my laptop as a type of server - it's my HTPC. I have it sitting on a vegtable rack :D, with all the gadgets connected into it via USB. It ain't pretty, but I can stream Divx and mp3's from it over the 802.11b connection.


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    ethernet
    Registered Users Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    weeder wrote:
    ah well now id hardly use a desktop OS :rolleyes:

    anyway you can see it in action at http://weeder.no-ip.org/phpsysinfo/index.php
    I like that page -- nice PHP application I didn't know about. Cheers for the link. Windows Server 2003 -- overkill or what for a home server!


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    Cryos
    Registered Users Posts: 816 ✭✭✭Cryos


    roflol!

    Nothing wrong with Windows Server 2003, its 2000 server you got to whach out for ;)

    Great use for a laptop really.


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