[dugans]

I am going to try and set up a chat server on my local network.
I am installing linux again on one pc to do so since open source programs are much more available.
My question is this:
What is a relatively easy server daemon to install and configure?

I have messed with linux (various distros) a few times but I am nowhere near an expert! Maybe just past newbie would be the right class to put me in!

Also, what about the SETI@home client? I never did get it working in linux.....help there too!

[nihili]

In another life I used to run one of the West Coast hubs for IRC. The server was surprisingly easy to deal with. I don't know what the server looks like these days, but I'm guessing it wouldn't be to hard. Or were you looking for an instant messaging sort of thing?

nihili

[dugans]

Nope, chat server type of thing, as a test to see how much traffic gets generated.

Right now I am using mIRC for the first time so......

[nihili]

Watch out, it's addictive.

It shouldn't be too much traffic unless people start using it to trade files.

nihili

[XWRed1]

IRC server.

Actually, file trading wouldn't incur any load on the server, because the people just look up their ips and the file transfer is ip to ip, bypassing the server.

I've never set one up, but I've thought about it. There's a ton of different irc server daemons, you should probably go to freshmeat.net, search for ircd, and go down the list that it returns to you.

[nihili]

Originally posted by XWRed1
IRC server.

Actually, file trading wouldn't incur any load on the server, because the people just look up their ips and the file transfer is ip to ip, bypassing the server.

I've never set one up, but I've thought about it. There's a ton of different irc server daemons, you should probably go to freshmeat.net, search for ircd, and go down the list that it returns to you.

Duh, brain lapse, you're right. That's what I get for typing without thinking. As I recall both DCC and CTCP are client-client connections. I tend to forget about them as I was getting out of the server business about the time they became commonplace.

nihili