Running a Server and Playing on The Same Computer

[Darksoul]

realchamp Wrote:

Darksoul Wrote:

realchamp Wrote:

Darksoul Wrote:

ComputerHelper Wrote:good job.

Yea there are lots of people trying to do this, but hell a server should not be run on the same pc u play on, no less a home internet conection

This guy is a complete moron. Don't listen to him.

You can run a server off a home internet connection just fine. Including one hundred tick.

Proof:



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Darksoul, not everyone has such speeds. It pretty rarely.

However one of the minus about hosting at home is that the ping will be higher.

Not trying to start a fight or argue, but how so?. I had someone on my server yesterday that had a ping of 5. He was not masking his ping. It was his real ping.

Others had between 15-20. Infact, only one or two had any over 60.

Though this was on a small server, and not a super populated one.

Point is, as long as they are near you (within say 500-1000 miles) the ping will be acceptable. The same holds true for a datacenter. Despite having better network setups, it still has to deal with distance in the end.

Either am I.

Your pings as a private person will always be higher than in a good datacenter. Yeah, I have 5ms on my server too(not connected on lan). But when it's full it has twice the ping compared to my server in a datacenter.

I have 9 "jumps" to my IX. (Internet eXange Point).
My datacenter has 1. I run with like 7ms when it's pretty filled.

But as long as you've enough bandwidth private, there will be no idea to even rent or host somewhere else.

The reason why Beaver claims it is bad or one of them is that most people when they host at home, they quite offent have problems with even Steam, ports, firewalls and so on. Due to they usually host and play on the same network/pc.

DMZ Zone <3.

Only issue with that is the problems it can cause.. eh.

Yeah, I'm just saying its not a bad idea if you know how to do it from home .