b/w limits

well me and a friend are using a server we have made from home and ned to know how to find out the b/w limit thnx

1) Only you can tell what your bandwidth is. Contact your ISP to find out, we cannot tell you from here

2) I hope your not actualy going to have people *Pay* for this server...

no no paid just some thing we have tried doing a while and it could get us good marks at school

you don't really have any bandwidth limits at home they usually give you a capped connection. the problem you might run into is that your internet company may not allow you to host these types of things on your home connection. Check with your provider to make sure

Install http://www.bandwidthmonitorpro.com/ to look at bw traffic. And if its linux get vnstat.

Cheers

Test your upload and download speed here http://www.pcpitstop.com/internet/Bandwidth.asp

I would just like to add a simple word....why? :D

Most ISPs block ports 80, 21, 22, 23, 25, 107, 109, 110, and loads of others. Port 8080 is oftentimes used when such restrictions are placed. However, some ISPs block this port as well.

Ports aren't of any relevance. There's 65537 ports for you to chose from.

If he's trying to set up a home server, ports are completely relevant. But yes, there are quite a few ports to choose from ;)

If he's trying to set up a home server, ports are completely relevant.
Not when you can run your server on practically any of them. :p