Home server plus steam downloads

[PaulU]

Hi,

 

I wanna build myself a home server. I'd use my old i5 6500PC for it.

I never worked with servers before. The hardware part is pretty self explanatory. The software side not so.

 

I want to use it as a file server, but i also want to use it to download steam games over a different internet connection.

So I got 1 network, which is the LAN one, with all the devices. And another mobile network that runs over a usb cable from the reciever to the pc, just for downloads (faster than my LAN connection)

 

I want to be able to start a download via remote access, and when it's done drag the file over to my pc via the file network.

I don't know if this is possible via Ubuntu Server.

 

Any recommendations or tips on how to do this?

 

Thank you!

[Samfisher]

You can look into creating your own local Steam cache server like LTT has done for their office.

[Kon-Tiki]

Hi PaulU,

your project seems to be very well possible to do. However, as you are new to servers, I'd probably start with an OS coming with a GUI by default (in my knowledge Ubuntu server does not). This could be a normal Ubuntu for desktop or something like openSUSE or centOS.

 

Enjoy the build