Self-Hosting....

[Nightmare]

Ok...I have my own hosted website with a crappy provider and I figure I could do better on my own except that I dont know how to. I have a Cisco 675 router that holds the IP...All the computers are connected through it with a Linksys EtherFast 10/100 Workgroup Switch...basically all the network cards go into that that thing and another one goes from it to the Cisco router so all of my computers have DSL. I have 2 good computers and a relatively crappy one that noone ever uses. My goal is to host my website on the crappy computer. My cousin tried helping me but it didn't really get anywhere because he said that the IP was in the router...I am wondering if it is possible. And if it is possible what would I need to get and do. Once I have that set up what would I need so I can hook it up with a .com name, DNS and all of the other goodies?


sorry if this isnt totally DSL related...but a big part of it is getting past the firewall and the router...because it does hold the IP.

[stevebakh]

ermmm... firstly... find out if your ISP allows this. Some ISPs don't allow hosting etc... and may disconnect you. But... let me see... actually, I'm not sure ¿ sorry... but still find out if your ISP allows it... and hosting the site on your naff comp probably ain't a good idea!

[cyberskye]

you might want to do a little research - maybe even get your page running intranet style - before you try this.

The codered worm caused so much trouble because admins didn't properly secure thheir systems...the mechanics of maintaining a webhost and the content creation side are night and day.

What is your upload speed? If it is less than 768Mbps you may find that your self-hosted site's performance to be weaker than your crappy provider's. You might do better to find a new provider.

Cheers,

Skye

[qball15j]

Check out this website, it's where I learned how to setup my webserver. http://cablewebserver.com

Ohh and by the way my website is http://PCeXtremist.net/