HLSW Location + Company

[GreenLabel]

hey, i don't know if I'm posting this in the right forum, but there should be a genius here that should know this. I bought a dedicated server on linux. Now, everytime I set up a game server and open HLSW, I get something like this:

http://wiki.hlsw.net/index.php/Server_Location

In my case, it's written DE - xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

So, I want to get rid of the xxxxxxx (brand) part, or change it, as I don't want other people to see wherer my dedi is hosted.

Any chance?

[realchamp]

Not possible. If an opportunity should be possible, goto their forums and ask if they can do so.

Otherwise, not possible, since it's a basic feature of the program

[GreenLabel]

realchamp Wrote:Not possible. If an opportunity should be possible, goto their forums and ask if they can do so.

Otherwise, not possible, since it's a basic feature of the program

Ok, but HLSW must be getting this brand information from somewhere. I guess that this can be changed by the hosting company?

[Beaverbeliever]

Hosting companies sometimes put a brand, and make you pay a little more to have it removed. There is no way to remove this as it is usually hard-coded into the admin panel that they use.

Check their forums to see the price of removal, and they might be able to tell you. I hate branding because if you rent the server, it should be yours to customize.

[GreenLabel]

Beaverbeliever Wrote:Hosting companies sometimes put a brand, and make you pay a little more to have it removed. There is no way to remove this as it is usually hard-coded into the admin panel that they use.

Check their forums to see the price of removal, and they might be able to tell you. I hate branding because if you rent the server, it should be yours to customize.

True, when you order a debranded server you should really get a debranded server ... it sucks. I'll ask my hosting company for removal.

[realchamp]

branded = A branded server is a server with the hosting companies name in the server name.

Like: SRCDS.COM | War-Server 100TICK

If it weren't branded, you could name it anything.

Well, it shouldn't be possible. HLSW takes the IP and looks it up in a database. And then it sets the Hosting Name(country etc).

[pengy]

Arin registers ip to a certain company, and thats where HLSW gets its info from

[afterhoursgaming]

its a simple task of using a database to view the ip owner information. If you owned the ipaddress that your box is hosted on you would be able to designate the name yourself. I heard it was possible to trick it with certain masking porgrams... Don't know how though.