1) Any server capable of accepting HTTP requests should do it, whether the box is yours or not.
2) and 3) I'd advise against using your dedicated server as a redirect though. The server itself should be able to sustain the load, but your bandwidth may not, and it could generate lag spikes for the players. As for speedtest.net, depending on your ISP, the results may not be accurate. For all I know, it may well accurate here, but you never know.
I'd advise you shut down almost everything on your server, and get a few friends who have pretty good connection to download a huge file from your server (via HTTP or FTP, doesn't matter). You should have your server's max upload speed.
4) Slow download means either redirect not setup correctly or files in the redirect don't match files on the server. Either way, it's slow because it's downloading directly from the server's folders.
Ensure that :
- AllowDownloads=True
- UseCompression=True
- that file are correctly compressed by decompressing them any comparing them with the server's files (just pick a few files, no need to go through all of them)
- your redirect server allows request on the default http port aka port 80 (I can't remember if a non-default port can be used), check the firewall/router/whatever
- you've typed the URL to your redirect server correctly. It must look like this : RedirectToURL=http://my.example.tld/
Do NOT omit the protocol nor the last slash.
Last edited by ARsEnAl51 : 17th April, 2009 at 09:35 AM.
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