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Introduction to servers in Ventrilo

Ventrilo is a VoIP software aimed at gamers due to its specific characteristics associated with the needs of demanding gamers, such as private user-user conversations both voice and text, or ghost users to only listen to other channels.

Using Ventrilo Client & Ventrilo Server

Save time by talking instead if typing using the Ventrilo software and server. Below are a few questions and answers related to using Ventrilo.
Is Ventrilo related to the game or application im using?
  1. No. The Ventrilo program is not related or connected to any game or application.
What do I need to use Ventrilo?
  1. Microphone and speakers(headset prefered) connected to your computer. There are two different types of microphones. USB headet-microphone and wired microphone. If you do not have a USB headset, plug your microphone(usually a pink plug) into the pink socket on the back of your computer.

    If you have a USB headset (metal rectangular plug) plug the connection into the back of your computer in the USB connector it fits into.


  2. A Ventrilo Server to connect to. You will need the server IP, port and password (if there is a password needed to join) of the Ventrilo Server you are joining.
    Example: IP/Hostname: vent1.light-speed.com PORT: 8000 Password: mypass

    You can either connect to a Ventrilo Server owned by you or one of your friends, or you can purchase a Ventrilo Server. Read further to see how to setup your own server.


  3. You will need to have downloaded and installed the Ventrilo Client program to your computer. Download Ventrilo Client by clicking here for Windows.

    Run the file you have downloaded and install Ventrilo onto your computer.

How do I use Ventrilo?

Ventrilo is a voice chat program you run on your computer before you open any game or application. Thus enabling you to talk while playing any game or using any software.

  1. Connect to a Ventrilo Server
  2. Join a channel in Ventrilo where your friends are talking. (Double Click on the channel to join)
  3. Verify that you can talk to and hear your friends. If you cannot hear a user in your group, they might need to adjust their sound or microphone settings.
    You might need to adjust your sound or microphone settings if your friends can not hear you.

    Trouble shooting sound or mircrophone issues
  4. Open your game or application as you normaly do, but keep the Ventrilo program on. Now you will be able to talk to your friends while doing so.

How to create a your own Ventrilo Server

The only requirement for creating a Ventrilo server is that you must run Windows since the program is windows based.

  1. Download the Ventrilo server software here .
  2. Now install the server software on your PC.
  3. Once the installation is complete, go to start and look for VentSrv and choose Edit INI file option. The server configuration file will open in Notepad. It should look this
  4. You will need to change some parameters to customize your server. For example, you can put the name and password of the Admin and also enter the name of the server.
  5. Now save the configuration file and run the server, a window will open with the current server configuration that we can connect to, remember that the port used is 3784.

Setting up Port Forwarding

  1. Once you have all of that set up, start Ventrilo.
  2. Now go to your Router (find this by pressing Start > Run > cmd > type 'ipconfig', the Default Gateway, is your router address, so type that # in the browser. Mine is 192.168.1.1
    Account & Pass are admin / admin on default
    Open GAMING & APPLICATIONS
    Add a new Protocol
    Applcation: ventsrv
    Port Ranges: 3784 to 3784
    Protocol: Both
    Check IP Address checkmark
  3. Now, for people to connect to your server give them YOUR IP address from whatismyip. For you to connect, put what it says in 'IP Address' as IP address for server, the port is 3784, and the password is whatever you set it to be.

Joining Your Server

  1. Run Ventrilo Server (start > all programs > ventsrv > ventrilo server)

  2. To connect as admin, press on the computer > server admin / channel admin > login > login with password you added in the INI file!

You will have to use Ventrilo client 3.0 to connect to the server that was just created. It supports up to a maximum of 8 users.

** KEEP THE VENTRILO SERVER RUNNING UNLESS YOU WANT TO DISCONNECT SERVER **

Conclusion

Creating your own server for Ventrilo is simple, editing the configuration and connecting is a very easy process with shortcuts from the start menu. Unfortunately FlagShip Industries, which is the company behind Ventrilo, has put aside its server application without updates for several years, remaining in version 3.0 and with no option to download it from its website. A shame because the service is simple to install, quick to configure and lightweight without consuming hardly any resources .


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