Renegade.Author

I'm actually having this problem, and my server is still not up, still a unknown status on my TCAdmin cant restart or stop the server, any idea what might have caused this?

Just purchased a server last night, so far i see the server in the server select, but any time i tried to join i get stuck at waiting for host. also is there a way to change the server name? im sorry im so noob

I'm thinking of purchasing a server, but I'm completely new to this sort of thing. Just wanted to know if some one can shed light for me on what and how to do stuff. I wanted to start a private hive that would restart every 6 hours or so, be a daytime server and have custom vehicle spawns and such. i have no idea how hard this actually may be or to do it, and was wondering if i did purchase a server if help would be given or ill just be on my own from then after.