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 <[email protected]>: >> On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Drew Hart <[email protected]> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> Opensim-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users >> > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users _______________________________________________ Opensim-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users
