Hosting my own website?

[amgg888]

I'm running win98 se.

Is there an easy way I can host my own website on MY computer? (My computer being the server) And would I still have to register the name somewhere?

Thanks!

- amgv84 - amgv84

 

[Gort]

You still have to register the URL, but it would point to your IP address. You really should have your PC on-line 24/7 so your site can be found by serch engines you submit your site to.

Jon Holmen

http://www.djcyborg.com

http://www.i-hate-computers.org

 

[Karl Blessing]

you can use PWS to host a website, but I strongly would recomend you get dedicated hosting , or that you get an ISP that'll give you a Static IP, and run a Server running, Unix, WinNT, or Win2k Server, that can stay on 24/7.

to do it the way you wanted you need a machine thats
* on 24/7
* has a static(unchanging IP address)
* has an Operating system meant to be a server
[unix, linux, the *nixs, WinNT Server, Win2k Server, etc] Karl Blessing aka kb244{fastHACK}

 

[paulwood]

It is theoretically possible if you registered with a 'dynamic DNS' service to point to your IP regardless of whether it changed.

There are so many reasons why it wouldn't work well, but I think security is the most compelling. As soon as a computer is out on the internet for any length of time, it will get scanned, and even with industrial strength precautions it will get hit. If this is your own computer, all the files will become available to the first hacker that chances on it.

This doesn't even begin to address the technical reasons why this may not be the best idea.

 

[SimonDavis]

I have to endorse that. It probably doesn't cost more than about $20 per month to have your own domain hosted, and depending where you live, I doubt the phone charges for keeping your PC connected 24/7 would be less.

The only difference is you have to remotely maintain the site, but that's hardly challenging.

 

[Karl Blessing]

for 30$ a month, I get 200Meg, ASP support, Databasse support, 30 POP accounts, 15GB/month bandwidth on my domain(

http://www.kb244.com)

and they register the domain name free if you dont already have a domainname registered. Karl Blessing aka kb244{fastHACK}

 

[amgg888]

Ok, thanks for the help! I guess its not such a workable idea...

- amgv84

 

[Kjonnnn]

Yea... lets an a hosting company host your site. Its really cheap now and you can still edit and have full control over your site without all the backend worries.

 

[Guest_imported]

Greets all,
I'm in the process of doing just this..
I'm hoping to run linux, just need some help with the networking <have 2 other puters hooked to the server for their internet connection> can anyone point me in a good direction .. newsgroups, forums, url's
thanks
jojo