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3 minutes ago, lazyfortress said:

Should I just get this?:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-PowerEdge-1950-Gen-3-2x-E5430-2-6ghz-QC-8x2gb-Perc6-i-2x146gb-3-5-117-/401241180989?hash=item5d6bd68b3d:g:xF0AAOSwu1VW4xV7

yep that one looks good.

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Alrighty.  I'm installing it.

 

How long does it take to install?  It seems to be stuck.

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How long does it take to install?  It seems to be stuck.

stuck on what. Depending on hardware about 10-30min

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Alright, installation is done.

 

Ok, what do I do now?  I entered my user password, and now it's giving me this:

[lazyfortress@localhost ~1$

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Ok, what do I do now?  I entered my user password, and now it's giving me this:

[lazyfortress@localhost ~1$

is is plugged into a network?

 

Get it plugged into a network

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How do I do that?  I don't know how to connect my server to a network.  The only thing I have is a router that's hooked up to the server's ethernet port.  The router is not configured.

 

I was gonna make that router into a range extender.  How do I do that?  I have to unplug it from the server and bring it upstairs.

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Server #1: 2x Xeon E5430s

My rarest CPU: 1x Intel Jaketown Everest @4.4GHz

 

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1 minute ago, lazyfortress said:

How do I do that?  I don't know how to connect my server to a network.  The only thing I have is a router that's hooked up to the server's ethernet port.  The router is not configured.

Server connects to the network like any other system

 

Plug the router into anouther computer, and open the web management thing and change it to a wireless bridge(or what ever that model calls it)

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Can I connect it to my home router wirelessly?

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1 minute ago, lazyfortress said:

Can I connect it to my home router wirelessly?

What is it? the server? No, unless you get a wifi card for it

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Oh.  Ok.  Do I connect that spare router of mine into the computer's ethernet port?

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Oh.  Ok.  Do I connect that spare router of mine into the computer's ethernet port?

yep, then go to 192.168.1.1 or what ever the access page for the router is.

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I can't access the router's access page.

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My rarest CPU: 1x Intel Jaketown Everest @4.4GHz

 

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1 minute ago, lazyfortress said:

I can't access the router's access page.

you plugged into the lan port on the router and only that? 

 

Can you just plug the server into the main router?

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My parent's PC.  I didn't use my gaming PC, as I used it's monitor on my server.  So I got to this weird access page, but I don't know how to make it into a range extender.

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Server #1: 2x Xeon E5430s

My rarest CPU: 1x Intel Jaketown Everest @4.4GHz

 

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My parent's PC.  I didn't use my gaming PC, as I used it's monitor on my server.  So I got to this weird access page, but I don't know how to make it into a range extender.

Just get ethernet cable to the server from a switch or the main router. A bridge will just make the network slower.

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Ok, I'm using an already configured router instead.  Can I eject the flash drive from my server?

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My rarest CPU: 1x Intel Jaketown Everest @4.4GHz

 

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Ok, I'm using an already configured router instead.  Can I eject the flash drive from my server?

yep, just pull it out. 

 

Is it connected to the internet?

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2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Just get ethernet cable to the server from a switch or the main router. A bridge will just make the network slower.

I second this. If your router has a dhcp server running (which most consumer router do out of the box) it should have handed out an ip, the gateway and subnet mask out to your server. A bridge (if I understand correctly) will only lead to more advanced setup since the ethernet cable from the 2nd router to the server would be on a different subnet than your wifi's subnet.

 

Unless you are playing/ want to play really clever tricks with the routing tables on your second router, go with cable connection.

That time I saved Linus' WiFi pass from appearing on YouTube: 

A sudden Linus re-appears : http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/390793-important-dailymotion-account-still-active/

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Ok, so that router I'm using now is my family's old Verizon router.  For some reason it's not providing internet.

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How do I connect that router to the internet?

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1 minute ago, lazyfortress said:

How do I connect that router to the internet?

 

2 minutes ago, lazyfortress said:

Ok, so that router I'm using now is my family's old Verizon router.  For some reason it's not providing internet.

Plug it into the main router. The one plugged into the modem.

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The problem is, the main router is upstairs.  My server is in the basement.  My dad doesn't want me plugged into the main network, nor does he want my server upstairs.  I'm trying to put a network in the basement to connect my server to.

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2 minutes ago, lazyfortress said:

The problem is, the main router is upstairs.  My server is in the basement.  My dad doesn't want me plugged into the main network, nor does he want my server upstairs.  I'm trying to put a network in the basement to connect my server to.

Do you have a computer down in the basement with wifi and ethernet?

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Yes.  My gaming computer.  The problem with that is that I'm using my gaming computer's monitor on my server.

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Server #1: 2x Xeon E5430s

My rarest CPU: 1x Intel Jaketown Everest @4.4GHz

 

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1 minute ago, lazyfortress said:

Yes.  My gaming computer.  The problem with that is that I'm using my gaming computer's monitor on my server.

Plug a ethernet cable from your gaming pc to the server. Then setup a bridge on your gaming pc, 

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