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by cul8rm8e 1 view

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Hi,
can anyone help me on how i would set up hosting my own web site,i would be using win2k adv/server, i have a 56k connection at the moment with intention of upgrading to broadband in the near future,i have my own domain name registered and web site hosted by my isp at the moment who only allows myself 10meg of web space. i hear there is somewhere i can update my ip when i connect up at the moment which i would be able to direct clients to my own site on my personal machine at home but alsothat 56k wouldnt be suitable for this? if i can get as much info as possibe on this so that when i upgrade to broadband i will be ready to have it up and running with a lot less hastle.
i know this sounds a bit like does this guy know what he`s doing but any help would be much appreciated.

thanx.

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by tjc

I can't really help to much except to tell you to make sure that once you get yoru broadband connection that they allow web hosting on your plan, since a lot of them don't allow you to do such a thing, by there TOS. Also I beleive you need a static IP address before you can have people going ot your Home server.

by ebob

Happy hosting!

Assuming that you are not going to get a "business grade" broadband connection which will include a static IP address, then one of your concerns will be how to deal with the "floating" network address.

Have a look at "www.dyndns.org" which describes how to deal with dynamic addressing.

Of course, you will also want to take great precautions with the security of your server, etc.

by justemazing

What you are wanting to do takes a lot more answer space than possible here. What I will say is if you are choosing to host your own site because your ISP only provides 10mb of space, your remedy to the space difficulty will most likely bring more problems you won't want to deal with.

Personally, I would just transfer my domain to a hosting provider that meets my needs. There are plenty reliable providers out there where you can get 50mb of space for $7-8/month or 500mb of space for $20-25/month.

It's well worth the money to avoid the security, bandwidth, load hassles on your server/connection. In addition, most all the software you want will be on the hosting provider's machine already...and it will work most of time.

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Rob

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