Sinbad
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IP's are limited in number. Having an address allocated to an offline user is a waste of resource.
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IP's are limited in number. Having an address allocated to an offline user is a waste of resource.
Except that Africa (AfriNIC) has over 26 Million IPV4 addresses available still.
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sauce please?
koeksGHT
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All I know is they are down to their last /8. So many foreign companies trying to get IP's through Afrinic as everywhere else is finished.
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Then get an ISP that offers static IP. There is no advantage of running Static IP'S at home. I might even go as far as saying that it might be a risk.
I want a free one I am cheap like that.
Reason why I want one. I assume this is what they are used for?
I have a spare pc.
2 gigabit lan port
4Gb DDR3 1866Mhz
64Gb SSD Corsair
Intel core i3 something something
I want to practice setting up servers with that badboy. Like VPSs I want to learn how to be less dependant on Cpanel if that makes more sense.
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why do you need a static IP for that?
Hamish McPanji
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You can get a cheap vps for R99 a month. Run your DNS and basic mail services off there. For the rest of stuff use shared hosting. Learn how to use vi.
ESC wq
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That would be a waste. Just get something like DynDNS or No-IP and it will allow you to do what you want to do with little to no issues.
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For having an IP address that doesn't change.
Useful if there's firewall stuff involved.
You can get a locally hosted VPS for R50 a month if you look hard enough...
Hamish McPanji
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Thanks for chowing my comms bitch!
Hamish McPanji
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N@z1!!!
Not that easy though...
I'm going to get one from domains it's the best. Probably the vm1 for practice then when I am ready to host the vm2.
Or I'll get the vm2 from domains and then for testing get a El cheapo from OVH.
Okey what is the other stuff you guys mentioned ESC etc?
As for vi
Are you serious or just joking because I can't find much documentation on it that makes any sense so not sure why one would punish oneself like that.
I develope on windows/Linux using phpstorm or brackets and then ftp to the sever so no need to edit on the server assuming that's why you recommend vi?
In which case I'll just use nano if I need to edit documents in the cli