BF2 Server on an homeserver

2008-01-23 10:46:31

#1

RDMC: Enemy Wheelbarrow Spotted..!!; +736|6844|Area 51

Hai BF2s,

So my dad recently bought this homeserver/diskstation and I think its able to run BF2 server and so I want to try it out, only problem I've not idea how to, or if it can actuall run a server succesfully. Anyway, its this thingy:

https://ecshop.hkguide.hk/images/107.jpg

It has 128MB Ram
500 mhz CPU
500GB HD

Thats all I know about it, but does anyone have an experience running a server from those things, and can you help me with it?

P.S. I've put it in tech since it basically doesnt really relate to BF2 as in terms of the game itself, but more server like.

Update below

Last edited by RDMC (2008-01-24 07:54:34)

2008-01-23 10:53:41

#2

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6773|N. Ireland

Just so you know, you know you won't be able to run a ranked server?

2008-01-23 10:55:54

#3

RDMC: Enemy Wheelbarrow Spotted..!!; +736|6844|Area 51

kylef wrote:
Just so you know, you know you won't be able to run a ranked server?

I know, I meant an unranked 16 slots server.

2008-01-23 11:09:03

#4

mikkel: Member; +383|6881

I haven't run a BF2d before, but I can tell you that a 24 player Counter-Strike: Source dedicated server typically needs a machine with a processor at least three, preferably four times as powerful as that, and a gigabyte of RAM. Somehow I expect BF2d to be more bloated.

2008-01-23 11:09:15

#5

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6661|the land of bourbon

u have to download the "bf2 unranked server core files" from EA's website. should be easy to find with a search...

aha! found it:

http://www.ea.com/official/battlefield/ … nloads.jsp

search the page for 'Unranked Server Files for Win32 v1.3 (297MB)'

Last edited by steelie34 (2008-01-23 11:11:18)

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2008-01-23 11:10:50

#6

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6514|United Kingdom

Bearing in mind bandwidth is just as important as the server, i'd say you may get a few people on, but not many more i'm afraid

2008-01-23 11:13:46

#7

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6661|the land of bourbon

mitch212k_2 wrote:
Bearing in mind bandwidth is just as important as the server, i'd say you may get a few people on, but not many more i'm afraid

well, if he's running it locally in his house, he should be able to use the full potential of his local connections. (10/100/1000) As long as he's using all the machines on the same switch it should be fine. if everything is routing out to the internet and back, then something's wrong...

but that ram is painfully low to host the server... u might want to bump that up a bit.

Last edited by steelie34 (2008-01-23 11:14:45)

2008-01-23 11:15:41

#8

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steelie34 wrote:
mitch212k_2 wrote:
Bearing in mind bandwidth is just as important as the server, i'd say you may get a few people on, but not many more i'm afraid
well, if he's running it locally in his house, he should be able to use the full potential of his local connections. (10/100/1000) As long as he's using all the machines on the same switch it should be fine. if everything is routing out to the internet and back, then something's wrong...

but that ram is painfully low to host the server... u might want to bump that up a bit.

Its located right in the room underneath me, so yes its locally. But would that thing + a 6 Mb/s Internet connection be enough to run a 16 slot server smoothly?

EDIT: To your answer: Mmm. Ok.

Last edited by RDMC (2008-01-23 11:16:30)

2008-01-23 11:18:21

#9

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6661|the land of bourbon

RDMC wrote:
steelie34 wrote:
mitch212k_2 wrote:
Bearing in mind bandwidth is just as important as the server, i'd say you may get a few people on, but not many more i'm afraid
well, if he's running it locally in his house, he should be able to use the full potential of his local connections. (10/100/1000) As long as he's using all the machines on the same switch it should be fine. if everything is routing out to the internet and back, then something's wrong...

but that ram is painfully low to host the server... u might want to bump that up a bit.
Its located right in the room underneath me, so yes its locally. But would that thing + a 6 Mb/s Internet connection be enough to run a 16 slot server smoothly?

it shouldn't matter because you arent connecting to the internet... you are connecting only to the server. as long as all of your machines are connected to the same switch, you should get a connection speed at the limit of the switch. most older models are 10/100, but newer models support gigabit. In any case, it will be faster than any internet connection.

2008-01-23 11:26:24

#10

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steelie34 wrote:
RDMC wrote:
steelie34 wrote:

well, if he's running it locally in his house, he should be able to use the full potential of his local connections. (10/100/1000) As long as he's using all the machines on the same switch it should be fine. if everything is routing out to the internet and back, then something's wrong...

but that ram is painfully low to host the server... u might want to bump that up a bit.
Its located right in the room underneath me, so yes its locally. But would that thing + a 6 Mb/s Internet connection be enough to run a 16 slot server smoothly?
it shouldn't matter because you arent connecting to the internet... you are connecting only to the server. as long as all of your machines are connected to the same switch, you should get a connection speed at the limit of the switch. most older models are 10/100, but newer models support gigabit. In any case, it will be faster than any internet connection.

Ok, well I am downloading the setup now, first 5 were all old links but now I finally found one Anyway, do you know how to actually install/start the server from the diskstation? I'd figure you need some sort of remote control.

2008-01-23 11:28:41

#11

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6661|the land of bourbon

does it have an OS? or is it one of those storage arrays? (just a glorified hard drive...) if it's jsut a network storage device, you might not be able to host it at all...

2008-01-23 11:33:03

#12

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steelie34 wrote:
does it have an OS? or is it one of those storage arrays? (just a glorified hard drive...) if it's jsut a network storage device, you might not be able to host it at all...

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2008-01-23 12:11:13

#13

elbekko: Your lord and master; +36|6680|Leuven, Belgium

Do you have shell access to the underlying OS? If no, don't bother.

I've set up a BF2 server on my local server here (a P4 2.4Ghz, 1.5GB RAM) and it ran fine, but that's ofcourse alot better than that thing, which is made purely to serve files.

2008-01-23 12:58:37

#14

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6661|the land of bourbon

elbekko wrote:
Do you have shell access to the underlying OS? If no, don't bother.

yeah pretty much what he said. you have to have some way to access the OS, whether via remote desktop, SSH, or otherwise. if not, you might not be able to do it.

2008-01-23 12:59:54

#15

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steelie34 wrote:
elbekko wrote:
Do you have shell access to the underlying OS? If no, don't bother.
yeah pretty much what he said. you have to have some way to access the OS, whether via remote desktop, SSH, or otherwise. if not, you might not be able to do it.

Ok, cool thanks for your efforts, the both of you. I've no experience whatsoever with the thing so I am gonna let my dad have a look into it, after all its his diskstation anyway. Karma to the both of you

2008-01-23 14:23:43

#16

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6477|Winland

I doubt this is gonna work; It doesn't even seem to be X86/X64-based, sich si basically a must for running Windows/Linux and a BF2 server.

Secondly, that thing is waaay too underpowered for that. I once ran a BF2 16 slots local server on an 1.4GHz P4 with 512MB of RAM. Whiles empty, it'd run at 33FPS, but as soon as someone joined, it'd drop to below 14.

I wouldn't even bother with that tbh. Sorry to say.

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2008-01-23 14:56:10

#17

CrazeD: Member; +368|6952|Maine

I have a dedicated box that used to have like 3 BF2 servers running. Rarely did they ever drop below 100MB of memory usage (even when empty).

Sorry, it's not gonna happen.

2008-01-24 07:53:39

#18

RDMC: Enemy Wheelbarrow Spotted..!!; +736|6844|Area 51

Ok thnx for the advice, I've decided to run the server from my dads PC, but I am having a problem. I've installed everything etc, and started the server but it only was a lan server, so I opened up the required ports and so tried again but again it only showed up as a LAN server, then my dad said that I was using the wrong IP. I was using the network IP instead of the Internet IP, but the server won't actually load when I use the Internet IP. Help pls!?

2008-01-24 08:43:42

#19

CrazeD: Member; +368|6952|Maine

Are you using BF2CC Daemon? If not, you should be...

You can set the IP's to your internet IP with it.

2008-01-24 09:02:43

#20

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6661|the land of bourbon

RDMC wrote:
Ok thnx for the advice, I've decided to run the server from my dads PC, but I am having a problem. I've installed everything etc, and started the server but it only was a lan server, so I opened up the required ports and so tried again but again it only showed up as a LAN server, then my dad said that I was using the wrong IP. I was using the network IP instead of the Internet IP, but the server won't actually load when I use the Internet IP. Help pls!?

wait, this sounds right. you should only be able to host the game over the LAN... can you see the server from the PC you are trying to play on? if you can, then you've done it right.

2008-01-24 09:45:06

#21

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steelie34 wrote:
RDMC wrote:
Ok thnx for the advice, I've decided to run the server from my dads PC, but I am having a problem. I've installed everything etc, and started the server but it only was a lan server, so I opened up the required ports and so tried again but again it only showed up as a LAN server, then my dad said that I was using the wrong IP. I was using the network IP instead of the Internet IP, but the server won't actually load when I use the Internet IP. Help pls!?
wait, this sounds right. you should only be able to host the game over the LAN... can you see the server from the PC you are trying to play on? if you can, then you've done it right.

Zomg, it finally works ! Also for other people to join. /happy mood.

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