Simple and practical Internet cafe server configuration Solution

With the rectification of illegal Internet cafes, it is foreseeable that more valid legal Internet cafes will be born to meet the needs of Internet users. Shenyang is going to build the largest Internet cafe chain store in China, and the "oriental network" in Shanghai will use the central management platform to effectively control all chain stores.
In fact, most Internet cafes use ADSL Asymmetric Digital user lines to access the Internet to provide Internet services. This article provides a detailed analysis of how to configure simple and practical Internet cafe servers. It should be noted that the server configuration scheme mentioned in this article is not only applicable to Internet cafes, but also has reference value for SMEs.

I. Overview

Internet cafes can access the Internet through ADSL, ISDN, and DDN. Currently, most small and medium-sized Internet cafes use the ADSL Access Mode, because ADSL has many advantages: first, you can directly use the existing telephone lines of the user for modification; second, you can achieve the first-line multi-functionality, and be able to make calls while surfing the Internet; and third, the speed is high, it can provide users with bandwidth services of up to 8 Mbps and up to kbps. The fourth is low access equipment, and the fifth is the ability to implement Internet broadband applications such as VOD, distance learning, and online games.

Below, we will introduce in detail a typical configuration scheme widely used by small and medium-sized Internet cafes for the reference of Internet cafe investors. The overall performance of multiple Internet cafes configured through this solution is very good, and the management and maintenance are very convenient.

Ii. Overall Diagram

An Internet cafe in Zhengzhou is introduced as an example. The Internet cafe has 43 PCs and uses ADSL to access the Internet. The LAN adopts a star structure as shown in the figure below ). A pc with good performance is used as the internet cafe server to implement proxy and Internet cafe management functions at the same time. Two NICs must be installed on the PC, one as the Intranet Nic and the other as the external Nic. It should be noted that the PCs, hubs, network cards, and other hardware devices required by Internet cafes can be purchased based on the situation of Internet cafe investors. This article mainly introduces the software configuration in detail.

Iii. Software selection, installation and configuration

The Internet cafe adopts the Windows NT Server 4.0 Chinese Version) + MS Proxy 2.0 + "Vientiane phantom" as the main software to form the internet cafe Server. The following describes the software selection, software installation, and server configuration.

1) server software selection and causes

The operating system of the Server uses Microsoft's Windows NT Server 4.0 Chinese version, and the patch uses sp6. Windows NT Server 4.0 is selected instead of Windows 2000 Server, because although Windows 2000 is a newer Microsoft operating system, it has greatly improved its performance, usage, and functions, however, as we all know, as a newer operating system, there are always some vulnerabilities, and Microsoft is constantly introducing patches, which brings risks to the maintenance and normal operation of Internet cafe servers. Windows NT Server 4.0, as the most running Server operating system patch in the world, has been tested for a long time and proved to be a very stable Server operating system. Therefore, if Windows NT Server 4.0 is used, the Internet cafe Administrator does not need to perform maintenance and the Server runs stably for a long time.

The agent server software uses Microsoft's MS Proxy 2.0. This software is designed for Windows NT platform and can be seamlessly connected to Windows NT and Internet Information Server. MS Proxy 2.0 needs to have NTFS Format hard disk space for caching, so it cannot run on Windows 9x platform. This software can be well combined with Windows NT, making it easy to configure, manage, and run. The Client only needs to run the corresponding Client software, after that, the user accesses the Internet through proxy is basically the same as accessing the Internet directly. No special settings are required and the agent server does not exist on the client.

As an internet cafe administrator, the most annoying thing is that you have worked very hard to configure a good system and are confused by users at any time. In addition, the charging problem is also a headache, and the use of the "Vientiane magic" Internet cafe management program has received good results. "Vientiane magic environment" is the flagship product of Chengdu Jisheng Technology Co., Ltd. It is a management software designed specifically for Internet cafes and so on. First of all, it has powerful protection functions for the original computer system software, which can ensure to some extent not to be damaged by users, greatly reducing the maintenance tasks of management personnel. Second, it has a powerful billing function, which can classify and automatically give the user's computer fees, and can be managed by membership. In addition, it has powerful network functions and can remotely manage other computers in the network.

Ii) Installation and attention of Windows NT Server 4.0

Note that, as NT Server 4.0 was launched earlier, the installer does not recognize hard disks larger than 8 GB without patching. If NT4.0 is installed after the partition is located on the hard drive, some difficult errors may occur. Therefore, we recommend that you follow the steps below to save a lot of time. Generally, the computer with the best performance in Internet cafes is used as the server. If the hard disk is 40 GB, two NICs and the corresponding driver are required. Of course, the optical drive and the soft drive are also essential. The following describes the key points of installation.

1. Preparations before installation

It is better to use a Windows NT 4.0 cd to directly start the installation or start it through a floppy disk. If you are using a new hard disk, it is best not to partition it first. If you have already been partitiOned, use the partition software to delete the existing partitions. You can use the Fdisk in the Windows 98 boot disk ). After the partition is deleted, go to the computer's CMOS, set it to the disc boot, and put the Windows NT 4.0 Chinese version of the disc boot disk into the optical drive, and restart the computer.

2. precautions during installation

First, when the installer needs to select the disk space, the actual disk capacity of the unpartitioned space of 4.0 MB is much larger than this value. After installing the patch of NT, you can manage all disks.) create a 5 GB disk partition in the space and use NTFS to enhance system security.) format the new partition. Second, select the server method when selecting the right to use license agreement), that is, each server allows 100 customers to access at the same time. Third, we generally use "NTSERVER" as the computer name, which is easy to understand and easy to maintain. Fourth, select the server type as the primary DOMAIN controller. The new DOMAIN name is "DOMAIN", and the Administrator account and password must be kept in mind.

3. network configuration parameters

In this instance, the IP address of the external network card is 10.2.224.67, the gateway address is 10.2.224.68, the mask is 255.255.255.252, And the DNS server address is 202.102.224.68 and 202.102.227.68, these parameters are provided by the ISP service provider when you apply for ADSL from the ISP service provider. The Intranet address is defined by the Network personnel.

4. Install IIS 2.0

When installing Microsoft Internet Information Server 2.0, select all installation options and follow the default settings to complete installation step by step. Restart the computer. installation is complete!

5. Install and test the Windows NT patch

After the basic system is installed, install the NT patch SP6 step by step according to the default settings and restart as required. Then, you can set some unfinished devices, such as the video card, to partition and format the remaining hard disks. We recommend that you use 10 Gb of data disk (D) and NTFS format to store the cache generated by the proxy server. It is divided into 10 Gb as an e disk and formatted with FAT32 to store some backup software. The remaining disk is used as the f disk, formatted with FAT32, and reserved for backup. After completing the preceding steps, you can use the server to access the Internet to verify that the settings are correct.

3) agent server software installation and configuration

Because ADSL only has one IP address, and Internet cafes have dozens of machines, how to allow so many machines to access the Internet through one IP address is the reason for using a proxy server.

The installation of MS Proxy 2.0 requires attention to the following: first, when the Access Control window is reached, you must remove the right signs before "Enabe Access Control for the Winsock Proxy Service" and "Enabe Access Control for the Web Proxy Service", that is, you cannot Control Winsock and Web Proxy Access, this ensures that the agent software does not affect the use of various types of client software, such as QQ and online games). Second, when setting the Local Address Table Configuration, add from 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.0.254. Third, when selecting the location where the cache is stored, change the default setting of MB for drive C to MB for drive d to be in ntfs format), which can effectively increase the speed of webpage access. Finally, the installer generates a client software, which can be stored in \ NTSERVE R \ mspclnt. The client can easily use the proxy service by running and installing the software.

4) Installation of "Vientiane magic world"

Because the "Vientiane magic environment" software requires the support of ODBC databases, install Microsoft's Office 2000 or Office 97 software before installing it. The "Vientiane magic world" Internet cafe management program has a good Chinese installation interface. You only need to follow the prompts step by step to complete it smoothly.

Iv. Conclusion

Although an internet cafe is small, it is not easy to fully understand the technologies involved in its establishment. This article provides a stable, simple, and practical Internet cafe configuration from the perspective of Internet cafe practitioners. It gives a detailed description of some of the areas that require special attention, in some conventional scenarios, the aim is to provide a practical and feasible example for Internet cafe investors and hobby groups, it is expected to play a reference role in their work.

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