HOSTING AT HOME

[Gary Wardell]

Hi,

Not to mention that I believe some DSL and cable ISPs block inbound DNS,
FTP, and HTTP requests to discourage residential users from covertly hosting
websites etc.  I believe @Home may be one of these.

Gary


> -----Original Message-----
> From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org]On
> Behalf Of Laurence Kahn
> Sent: Sun, December 24, 2000 3:10 PM
> To: tollervey at classicol.com
> Cc: comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.isc.org
> Subject: Re: HOSTING AT HOME
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> you cannot do this the static ip has to be issued through
> your cable company as they have to
> route the packets to you.. you cannot just get an ip from
> somewhere else.
>
> You will need to look for a different isp. Basically you need
> static ips for dns.
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> In reply to 24 Dec message from Andrew <tollervey at classicol.com>:
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> >Any luck with this? I'm wanting to host from home too and
> thought you might know where to get started? How do I
> >connect a home computer directly to the internet with an IP
> number? I don't want to pay a hosting company for a
> >dedicated server and would therefore prefer to do it from home.
>
> >thanks,
>
> >Andrew
> >Scott.Wiseman wrote:
> >>
> >> I have a cable modem...dynamic ip address.
> >>
> >> I want a static...I would like to pay under $100 a month
> >>
> >> any ideas...I have a 450 mhz with 256 meg of ram I want to use.
> >> I only have a few sites...
> >>
> >> any companies that provide cheap static ip address
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> >> thanks
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> >>
> >> Sincerely,
> >>
> >> Scott Wiseman
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