I am currently running my server off my laptop that is always on as it is just two of us playing now and did not want to pay a host.
Used Gportal before then had a few of us playing, they are good.

Originally posted by Mharr:

You can also use Steam Link for this, minimize the Steam UI instead of launching a game and you get full desktop access. It's one of the few solutions that streams sound from the host and has clients for Android boxes.

Wow! I had no idea you could do that. Thanks for the tip!

Originally posted by Mharr:

Re: Dogs - yeah, they communicate primarily by farting, sneezing and the happy walrus pose.

Originally posted by CrazyWithPower:

great input guys much appreciated and may odin guide you !

You're welcome and thank you.

Been using Valhost for about a year for myself and a few friends. It's cheap & happy with it :)

I hosted a server on my PC, where I also played on it together with 1-2 others and I had no problems.

I would tend to avoid companies that look like they sprung up just to host one popular game and look to experienced places with servers everywhere and support for dozens of games, but Valhost also offer Rust and Factorio servers so maybe they're older than their name implies.

great input guys much appreciated and may odin guide you !

Originally posted by GinsengSamurai:

For me, I run a server for up to 10 players hosted at home. Normally, there are 3-4 players on at a time. Only 9-10 when we do a boss fight for the first time. Lag is very minimal. My internet provider is Telus and I'm subbed to the Fibre Optic 150MBits up/down plan in Metro Vancouver.

The computer specs:
- Mini-PC
- Windows 10 Professional
- Intel Celeron J4125 (4 Cores/Threads)
- 8GB DDR4 RAM
- 120GB SSD

100% vanilla, no mods. I connect to it via Remote Desktop whenever I need to do stuff like back-ups and stuff. My wife and I watch Netflix from it via HDMI to the television, while the game server app is running, and no one has reported any heightened lag on it.

PS: my dog walked up to me just now, brushed his face against my leg, then as I went down to pet him, he sneezed right into my hands... Wonderful.

Originally posted by Mharr:

I have a decade old HP server box put aside for game hosting and network storage, 4 thread Intel Xeon CPU, 16G Ram, cost us about $150, it's been more than up to the job for four players with the Serverside Simulation and Compess (ZDO Data) mods. Server is CPU light but network traffic heavy, so the main bottleneck is your internet provider.

Remote hosting is extremely location specific, ideally you want word of mouth from other gamers in the same city.

Originally posted by GinsengSamurai:

I connect to it via Remote Desktop whenever I need to do stuff like back-ups and stuff.

You can also use Steam Link for this, minimize the Steam UI instead of launching a game and you get full desktop access. It's one of the few solutions that streams sound from the host and has clients for Android boxes.

Re: Dogs - yeah, they communicate primarily by farting, sneezing and the happy walrus pose.

I have a decade old HP server box put aside for game hosting and network storage, 4 thread Intel Xeon CPU, 16G Ram, cost us about $150, it's been more than up to the job for four players with the Serverside Simulation and Compess (ZDO Data) mods. Server is CPU light but network traffic heavy, so the main bottleneck is your internet provider.

Remote hosting is extremely location specific, ideally you want word of mouth from other gamers in the same city.

For me, I run a server for up to 10 players hosted at home. Normally, there are 3-4 players on at a time. Only 9-10 when we do a boss fight for the first time. Lag is very minimal. My internet provider is Telus and I'm subbed to the Fibre Optic 150MBits up/down plan in Metro Vancouver.

The computer specs:
- Mini-PC
- Windows 10 Professional
- Intel Celeron J4125 (4 Cores/Threads)
- 8GB DDR4 RAM
- 120GB SSD

100% vanilla, no mods. I connect to it via Remote Desktop whenever I need to do stuff like back-ups and stuff. My wife and I watch Netflix from it via HDMI to the television, while the game server app is running, and no one has reported any heightened lag on it.

PS: my dog walked up to me just now, brushed his face against my leg, then as I went down to pet him, he sneezed right into my hands... Wonderful.