vista, laptop server

[pickledegg]

hey is it possible to have a server on a laptop with vista on it?
i tried alot but i can't seem to get it to work so ive been thinking it had
someting to do with my drivers or hardware.
whoever knows more about this plz help

[[§Ŕ] ŤhěxĐâŕkśîđěŕ]

Server on a laptop? That's very brave...

[スマイル・ドラゴン]

Not sure if this is true or not but I wonder if Mental Hunter hosts his server on a laptop, I know that he uses wireless networking but I'm not sure what machine he uses...

[GreatEmerald]

I don't see why servers on laptops are different from servers on PCs.

[[§Ŕ] ŤhěxĐâŕkśîđěŕ]

Laptops have less powah than PCs in general, period.

[GreatEmerald]

Plug in the AC adapter, change the power options to Desktop and there you go.

[[§Ŕ] ŤhěxĐâŕkśîđěŕ]

What about CPU donkeypower?

[Gizzy]

I (Used To) run my server on my laptop, with Vista (The Horror)

It went fine up until the point I re-installed AVG, and now I'm getting errors when I try to run it. I have to configure AVG to get the server working again, but I can't really be bothered

Specs are as follows:

Hewlett Packard 9605
2.4GHz Intel Dual Core Processor
2 GB RAM
250GB HDD

I'm using a wireless connection, so my upload isn't very good. It still seems to run a server fine though.

[[§Ŕ] ŤhěxĐâŕkśîđěŕ]

Specs are as follows:

Hewlett Packard 9605
2.4GHz Intel Dual Core Processor
2 GB RAM
250GB HDD

That is one hell of a machine!

[Gizzy]

Heh, thanks.
It also has an amazing(!) 64MB of graphics.

[Leo T_C_K]

My laptop has intergrated graphics and one without own memory, so it sucks when playing UT3.

[[§Ŕ] ŤhěxĐâŕkśîđěŕ]

Mine has 128 MB but I don't know does it share system memory. Although it should, I'm not 104,5% sure it does.

[+SanguineRose+]

Are you Insane?

Just Curious

[SkaarjSlayer]

I don't know about you guys.. but I run a laptop with:

Windows Vista Home Premium - 32-bit
AMD Turion 64 dual-core 2.00 GHz processor
3.00 GB of RAM
and a nice nVidia GeForce video card with 256 mb of video memory

It's not a lot compared to the video cards out today, but I own all of the Unreal games and it handles ALL of them perfectly without lag (with the exception of UT3)

I've never had problems with my Unreal or UnrealGold on this laptop, so I was thinking that running a server should be fine (of course it wouldn't be dedicated) and no, I wouldn't use wireless.. laptops ARE capable of being plugged in with ethernet cables.

[Gizzy]

Nice specs for a laptop.

I think a server would run fine on it, but what is better, wireless of cable for running a server?

[GreatEmerald]

Cable for sure. Lot more reliable, no packet loss and no password stealing threat.

[[§Ŕ] ŤhěxĐâŕkśîđěŕ]

Skaarj Slayer, you were on my temporary server today (it was NyLeve when you were there). That was my laptop.

I also played a round of DarkMatch and two rounds of DeathMatch. (Hosted on my laptop, duh! )

[SkaarjSlayer]

Yea and it wasn't very laggy at all. Absolutely no problems running it.

I think it's a misconception that ANY computers running Vista or ANY laptops or even laptops that RUN Vista are incapable of either playing Unreal properly or hosting servers. Apparently it's just a common incident but not found in all computers under that category.

Just what I think. Feel free to argue.

[[§Ŕ] ŤhěxĐâŕkśîđěŕ]

Maybe it would be better to play on a virtual PC with XP on Vista.

[SkaarjSlayer]

I guess, but I won't do that unless I run into any severe problems using just Vista normally (which I haven't yet).

[Gizzy]

Yea and it wasn't very laggy at all. Absolutely no problems running it.

I think it's a misconception that ANY computers running Vista or ANY laptops or even laptops that RUN Vista are incapable of either playing Unreal properly or hosting servers. Apparently it's just a common incident but not found in all computers under that category.

Just what I think. Feel free to argue.

I suppose I'm a lucky one who can run Vista, Unreal and a server all at once

(200th Post. Huzzah To Me.)