Is there anyway to host without Daemon or Seeker closing

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Jan 26 2003, 10:38 am
Like host long long periods at a time..like 1 day straight.
Jan 26 2003, 10:54 am
it should do that if you leave it for a day, put crashes and windows overall will crash it and force it down.
the other alternative is getting a website to host it, or digitalbyond.org hosting
Jan 26 2003, 11:11 am
In response to Maz
the other alternative is getting a website to host it, or digitalbyond.org hosting

...Which, unfortunately, closes once every day. Ironic, really. ;-)
Jan 26 2003, 11:26 am
Maybe you could have 2 systems. One that is the main host that try's hosting 24/7 but when ever it goes down causes system 2 to boot up hosting service and host the game while the server 1 is still down. Then make server 2 boot up server 1 while its hosting.
Jan 26 2003, 11:37 am
In response to Maz
But i want to host for free..i mean why let a t1 connection goto waste? =( Grr@windows always closing Byond when im hosting
Jan 27 2003, 9:37 am
In response to Spuzzum
Spuzzum wrote:
...Which, unfortunately, closes once every day. Ironic, really. ;-)

Actually - it does not 'close' once a day... just the DSL line resets giving me a new IP every day... I'm rarely down for more that 1-2 minutes as the dyndns client updates my ip address for digitalbyond.dyndns.org - the worse that happens is that people in games during the update get dropped because the IP changes.
Jan 27 2003, 6:12 pm
In response to digitalmouse
Actually - it does not 'close' once a day... just the DSL line resets giving me a new IP every day... I'm rarely down for more that 1-2 minutes as the dyndns client updates my ip address for digitalbyond.dyndns.org - the worse that happens is that people in games during the update get dropped because the IP changes.

But you can't deny the fact that everyone gets disconnected because the connection goes down. Thus, the server closes once per day. =P
Jan 28 2003, 2:02 am
In response to Spuzzum
Spuzzum wrote:
But you can't deny the fact that everyone gets disconnected
because the connection goes down. Thus, the server closes
once per day. =P

That implies (to me) that the physical hardware goes off-line or shutsdown. Not the case in this, er.. case. So you get dropped for a minute or two - big deal! =P What do ya expect for $4/month!
Jan 28 2003, 5:27 am
In response to digitalmouse
That implies (to me) that the physical hardware goes off-line or shutsdown.

I suppose I should clarify the definition of "server" in this case: Dream Daemon. Technically speaking, the game stays up, but everyone's connections are terminated to the point of seeming as if the server goes down.
Jan 29 2003, 3:05 am
In response to Spuzzum
Spuzzum wrote:
but everyone's connections are terminated to the point of
seeming as if the server goes down.

And this is a point I'm making specifically to digitalBYOND hosting - the Daemon does *not* go down, only the router resets it's IP address, then the dnydns update program detects this and makes an update so that people can reconnect properly.
Feb 3 2003, 3:33 am
In response to digitalmouse
Depends on what OS you are using to run it.

If you are using linux, you can create a crontab file which will auto-restart the server if it crashes. It actually checks to see if the process is running every X amount of time you specify.

If you are using a windows system, then you will have to scan for a program to help you there.



Cheers
Feb 5 2003, 8:43 am
In response to Millamber
Actually, the help is appreciated, but he's running a Linux box already. He already has a process to reset the connection when it goes down.