Now, in the next few days I will be beta testing my new server. At this point, I am still working on getting an AppleshareIP solution. But untill then, I have come up with a perfect solution.

I will be running a hotline server where users can log in, drag and drop files to update thier website, and even delete files they no longer use.

The client to connect to the hotline server is freeware and will work on 68k's, ppc's and windows and there are even *Nix versions as well.

Right now I am sorting out my local LAN, and depending on how far I get on that will dictate if I really need to buy something like a Router, but I'm hoping not.

So, if you are willing to deal with blackouts of service while i severely beta test this server and get Black Hammer running 24x7 as a flawless pearl....then do send me an e-mail as listed in my profile here, and request an account. Please include:

Your username as on the forums here
the password you want

For now, all users will get a 5MB quota.

If you had e-mailed me before regarding my previous beta test, please re-email me so that I can be sure no-one is left out.

Let the serving begin!

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I would have thought that you need a router - how else would you set things up? unless of course the server is the only computer connected to the outside world.... but if the internet connection is all tied up serving how is Citon going to visit the MLA?

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thanks

CCC

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My main PC is using the other IP. The mac then is the odd one out. It is connected to the second NIC to my PC, but every NAT/Router system I have tried port mapping refuses to work and none of the Mac services can be seen. I spent 6 hours the other night troubleshooting it.

So, it looks like I will need to get a router. I'm probably going to have the Mac and the router hooked up to the Hub and get direct IP's while my machine and my dad's both get served by the router.

I was going to have the mac doing the router serving but my PC does too much online so it would really slow the servers down.

So, that's my story.

It was 79 dollars but has a 50 dollar mail in rebate. So if they don't live up to thier end of the bargain and deliver a cheque, I will raise hell.

:)

So expect later tonight for Black Hammer to go online. When black hammer goes online, he will have the address of http://liquify.no-ip.org/

Citon.

didn't work the way it was supposed to... we never had the time to go back to CompUSA and complain about it though...

damn the 10-hour warranty!!!

I use it as a 4 port 10/100 hub of sorts... I hope that it gets the sense to work if ever we have broadband here... otherwise either I'll be turning me server into a router (good solution) or only dad's laptop will get internet (BAD solution!)

Ok folks. The server is 100% working!

Please e-mail me with what username you have on the boards and what password you want to begin beta testing. Once a good period of beta testing is done, my machine will give 10mb accounts for 5 dollars a month. The features list will grow, it's just that I have little time to fiddle with it, so right now only the basics are working.

:)

CCC

The nice things is that my Quadra is a very quiet machine, so I can leave that one on fine at night, but my PC will be off and the router doesn't take up more resources like space or electricity...the hydro bill is high enough. So for me, the slim aproach of a router is good.

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Please e-mail me with what username you have on the boards and what password you want to begin beta testing. Once a good period of beta testing is done, my machine will give 10mb accounts for 5 dollars a month. The features list will grow, it's just that I have little time to fiddle with it, so right now only the basics are working.

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I was thinking something like how apple had an option how u could pay by the year. If I said 25 a year, that would be a fair price.

But the quota will be increased that's for sure, this is just beta, I want to see how my Quadra takes the load.

So for now it's free.

The server is running great now. But I need help testing it, so please upload pages and test them and tell your friends about the server.

I will later tonight be adding some resources for folks, I know information has been sketchy especially for those who have little or no knowledge about Hotline etc., but hopefully that will change.

Citon

Hotline is just a temporary things, I have not found a good ftp server for 68k yet or gotten AppleShareIp working. What I may do i buy a copy of OS 9 off ebay so I legally have a license for shareway IP. Then I can do something with that.

I'm still working on it all.

With AppleshareIP I can offer 10MB Quotas, the possibile ability for you to run applications from the remote storage and all neat extras.

This is really fun. :)

E-mail me if you want to help beta test. I need people who have websites and who use them often to serve info so I can see how the machine handles under a high load. (Even if you just want to mirror something that's fine, just to test it out)

Citon

Server now using AppleShare Server 4 with ShareWay 3.

I will later tonight be enabling application lining, which means there will be several applications that users can use.

I'm not 100% sure how to do this so if anyone has suggestions I am all ears. I am going to have a folder that has an attribute of read-only but that can be seen by all. Users will be able to run applications from this disk. Applications include:

BBEdit Lite
WordPerfect 3.5E
Freeway 68K

If you have a suggestion for other applications to test and use as remote installs let me know. Understand though that the application needs to iether be really old or freewareetc as I can't offer public access to an application that you need to pay for. But I think this small step is a good idea because then you don't have to worry about if you have programs to edit webpages, you can do it all on the fly as if it was installed on your machine.

Suggestions are welcome, as I am always amazed at how adaptable this Quadra 840AV is and how robust it is, it has not crashed once and is behaving very nicely and has exceeded my wildest dreams for a server.

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