[Opensim-users] HELP - hosting from my home

[Karen Palen]

Drew,

I have to wonder why you want to START with Grid mode - it is a far more
complex setup than Standalone!

As a first try, why not use the Diva Standalone which comes with a
superb tutorial and set up instructions! 5 steps on Win, each with step
by step instructions.

She also includes a website/logon screen and Wifi user management package.

IMHO it is a true masterpiece!

There are a lot of subtle traps in setting up a public grid, Diva has
managed to avoid them with her tutorial.

Security and grid management are two of the issues that Diva has
addressed as well!

With a T1 line and "average" computer today you should be able to handle
20 concurrent users in a standalone. I have an AMD X3 (very low end)
using Ubuntu which happily handles 30-35 users via my LAN.

My 27Mb/s down, 5Mb/s up, cable connection seems to handle 4-5 users
with no problems.

Best of all actually running a standalone for a month or so will teach
you the issues and tradeoffs that will will face if you do decide to
grow larger.

KISS principle and "baby steps" - MUCH better to start and "inch"
towards what you want than try to start with the "ultimate" that never
does get working right!

Karen

On 09/13/2011 02:02 PM, M.E. Verhagen wrote:
> Omg dmz, that is one of the do not do that things ....
> 
> Start small, make one of the pc a sandbox and install the opensim and
> a wamp system and get that running, after you got that oki you could
> go on.
> 
> I do not think a gaming pc is ideal, but it can work.
> 
> Designate one as a database server, one as a script server c.q. Apache
> and one other to host the regions.
> 
> Splitting up the database and the regions have given a good
> performance on dedicated servers.
> 
> 2011/9/13, Robert Martin <robertltux at gmail.com>:
>> On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Drew Hart <drewehart at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> My questions, I think though this is new, lie more in how I point the
>>> domain
>>> name to my home (by changing the A record I assume) and then how do I tell
>>> my home network to go to a specific dedicated computer, or will it know
>>> that.  Those types of things.
>>
>> not a network type person (yet) but yes you would need to edit the DNS
>> record for your domain to point to your ip address. As far as pointing
>> to a particular computer i think the simplest thing to do is to make
>> sure that that computer is locked down correctly and then set that
>> computer up as a DMZ node in your router. The biggest issue is this
>> would of course mean that that computer is ON THE PUBLIC SIDE OF YOUR
>> ROUTERS FIREWALL.
>>
>> --
>> Robert L Martin
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