Camfrog Web Installation Instructions

For more information please view our user guide page.

1. First you should rent a remote server with a super fast Internet connection. It's best to start with a Celeron Windows 2003 server.
Ev1servers.net has Celeron servers for $100 per month with Windows Web Edition http://www.ev1servers.net/english/value_series.asp. This is what we use for our Camfrog room servers. Other hosting companies with similar packages include www.managed.com and www.servermatrix.com. If you don't want to pay the entire $100 per month yourself why not split it with two or more friends? You can all be room owners and all add/remove operators.

2. Once you have ordered your server the hosting company will send you an IP address, a logon, and a password. Go to your Windows XP "Start" menu and
choose:
Start/allprograms/accessories/communications/remote desktop connection.

3. Now that you have opened the "Remote desktop connection" program type in the IP address of your server. An IP address looks something like this 1.23.45.67. Now press connect to connect to your remote server.

4. If your server is online you will not be asked to type in a logon and password. To logon as administrator type "administrator" and then enter the password your hosting company gave you. If your hosting company gave you a different logon and password use that one instead.

5. If you typed in your logon and password correctly then you successfully logged on to your new computer. We recommend going to the "Start" menu and using "Windows Update" to make sure your server has all the newest security patches.

6. Now open Internet Explorer on your remote server and follow the instructions given to you when you ordered Camfrog Web. You will need to post the code for your server on your web page.

To insert the Active X control into the WEB page you should use the example
code:

<object classid="CLSID:64E27CFB-8B69-4b83-80F0-36A81437D587" id="cfweb"
width="700" height="550"
codebase="http://activex.camfrogweb.com/basic/cfweb_activex.camfrogweb.com-b
asic_instmodule.exe#version=2,0,1,2">
<PARAM NAME="cfsServerName" VALUE="cfwserver.YOURDOMAIN.com">
<PARAM NAME="cfsServerPort" VALUE="6006"> </object>

Active X params (formatted as <PARAM NAME="." VALUE=".">):

cfsServerName (default value is "")
Camfrog Web Server address. This is the address where your Camfrog Web server is located.

cfsServerPort (default value is 6006 // 6006 - is a default CamfrogWEB Server port) Change this value only in the case that you have changed the server port before. Otherwise please leave it as default.

7. Now go back to your remote server window and at the top of the window click the "x" and disconnect from the server. You room is now ready to go, good luck.

8. If you have some problem with your server and cannot connect to it contact your hosting company through their help control panel. They will help you reboot your server and make sure it is online. Even the best hosting companies sometimes have outages.

9. It is possible if your room is extremely popular you may go over your bandwidth allotment and get charged more money by your hosting company. If you begin to use too much bandwidth there is an easy solution. Go to your Camfrog server settings and minimize the maximum number of your rooms to around 25, or 50 users. If you want to continue to have over 100 users in a room and still save money you can buy an unlimited bandwidth package, or a package that allows over 2000 GB of bandwidth from your hosting company.
Shop around with different hosting companies and find the best deal available.

If you need help with the setup please contact us so we can assist you.