Chapter 1


	Chapter 1

1. The Chat Server

The Chat Server is a NT service application. It runs quietly in the background. To install it, click on the following link, chose run from current location. If you wish to save it to the local drive, remember the location, then double-click on chatsvrsetup.exe. This will install the application. For optimum installation settings, Open the services administration as found in the control panel.

Then click on Chat Server and click on properties. The following window will appear:

In the “General” tab ensure that Startup type is set to automatic, then click on “Recovery”.

Ensure that “Restart the Service” is selected for all 3 failure conditions. Hit, OK.

This creates the optimal Server Installation.

Chat Server Config Options

The chat server has several config options available to it these are accessed by running "chatserver.exe config" from a command line. This can be done by start->run c:\chatterbox\chatserver config [params]

webadminport=

port number for the web administration port (default is 4443)

webadminpass=

password for web administration

adminpass=

password from remote administration

whois=

location of whois cgi (see chapter 5)

proxyport=

port number of your local proxy (if applicable)

proxy=

IP address or DNS name of your local proxy (if applicable)
clear - if you type in proxy=clear, then all the proxy settings are cleared

ie: (start->run) c:\chatterbox\chatserver config webadminport=4444&webadminpass=mypass

NOTE: If you are running the server on Windows 95, 98, or ME, none of these options are available. Additionally we do not recommend using any of these antiquated OS's for the server. We will not provide support. And at some point in the future we may release a server that will no longer work on these versions of Windows.

To install on these platforms, perform the following steps:

Open a DOS command prompt
cd \chatterbox
chatserver install
chatserver

This should install and start the chatserver on Windows 95, 98 or ME.