Hosting my own site

[Islam]

Is it possible to host my own site in my computer? I use Comcast @home before do I have to tell them because I'm looking for an unlimited FTP upload
THX

[master7]

Yes you can! If you have 98, you can use PWS (cdrom/addons) or if you have 2K/XP PRO you can use IIS, or get good software by using Apache (http://apache.org)

It would benefit you to have the os be 2K Advanced server or any flavor of Linux.

Since we're talking about webservers, everyone test out the message board I just put up on my Linux box. I need stress test!!

http://master7.myip.org/cgi/ubb_cgi/

[cplclegg]

Actually web hosting was against @Home's terms of service and I would not see why that would change with Comcast. Find out for sure if you can because they can shut you off no questions asked if they catch you and wehn you're running a web server it's not too hard to see that you are. Also, Comcast is now entirely DHCP so you would have to figure out a way to solve that problem.

[Kip Patterson]

Cox does not allow the installation of servers, and they prohibit "excessive" use of bandwidth.

The days of unlimited upload and download on cable modems are gone, I'm afraid.

Kip

[Islam]

I got the site hosted by earthlink what do I need to host it my self I'm kinda of new in this I'm running XP is it slower that ways though ..I noticed on www.dixiesys.com they porovide like router or something

[Kip Patterson]

They provide a non-dedicated server. Youo'll see that they charge for any traffic that exceeds their maximums - $2 per Gigabyte, or $.25 per gigabit The problem is, you can't control how much people download from you.

On the other hand, their cheapest plan provides 5 GB, and Comcast will probably not allow that much.

Kip

[Islam]

So. Should I keep earthlink because any way Comcast will notice if I do it my self right...I pay $20 for 200MB

[Kip Patterson]

Probably.

I think that the reality is that there will no longer be a free lunch for folks that transfer a large amount of data. There will be limits set by the ISP's.

There is also the issue of copyright. Don't know what you might be uploading, but if you didn't create it you can expect problems. Enforcement is getting tougher every day.

Kip

[Panther.Moderns]

The bad news here is this:

Cox Communications, in effort to restrict bandwidth usage, have blocked.. BLOCKED port 80 requests (inbound) from their routers. This renders any attempt the host your own Web Server USELESS! :(

They cannot block FTP and other services due to the fact that these are easily manipulated by server owners. If you configure your Web Server software (Apache for me) to listen on another port and specify this port in your inbound request from outside of your network, you will see your site. Otherwise, you can thank Cox Communications for raining on the parade.