Below are some common tasks that you will need to know using Mumble servers.

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Having a hard time with Mumble servers? These are some common tasks that you may need to preform with your mumble server.

Logging in as the server’s SuperUser:
If you want full admin access to the server then you need to login with the username “SuperUser” and the password that you have set in the superadmin.txt file (which is located in the Default Config Files section of your server’s web control panel). The login is case-sensitive so make sure that you capitalize both the letters S and U in the username SuperUser when logging in. The SuperUser account is currently the only one with access to create channels, kick, ban, etc. Also, note that the SuperUser account cannot speak. If you wish to be able to speak then you need to login under a different username.

Setting a global password on the server:
Edit the murmur.ini file (which is located in the Default Config Files section of your server’s web control panel) and place the desired password at the end of the”serverpassword=” entry. Save the file and restart your server for the change to take effect.

Adding an administrator or other users:
This functionality has not yet been implemented, but is slated for the v1.2.0 releases of the Murmur & Mumble voice chat software (which hopefully will be fairly soon). You can see a list of all the functions that are to be added in the upcoming version by visiting their “Upcoming Features” page at the link below:

http://mumble.sourceforge.net/Upcoming

Mumble servers are becoming very popular, but users are still getting the hang of how to use them. Here is a set of simple instructions on how to connect to your Mumble voice server!

When you first open the Mumble voice client you will see a window labeled “Mumble Server Connect”. Click on the “Custom Servers” tab at the top of this window and click on the button labeled “New”. You will than want to fill in the following blanks:

Label - This is simply a name for this server entry on your home computer. The label can be anything you like, such as “Bob’s Server” and has no effect on how you connect.

Address - This is the server’s IP address (or hostname if it has one).

Port - This is the port number of the server that you are wanting to connect to.

Username - This is the name that will be visible to others when you login to the voice server. This can be anything that you want. The only restriction being that it is not a username that is already in use by someone else on the server.

Password - This is the password used to login to the server. By default you will simply leave this blank. If the voice server admin created a global password that you need to login to their server then you will type that password in here.

You will then want to click on the “Add” button at the bottom of the window once all the above information has been filled in. This will add this entry to your Custom Servers list so that you can connect to it at anytime simply by selecting it on the left and then clicking on the “Connect” button at the bottom of the window. You will now connect to your Mumble server.