Hosting a web page

[f1man5]

Anyone know if you can host a web page on your own machine ?
I would imagine this is a problem with IP changes on the IBurst network.
I want to fiddle with a personal / family home page and generally would like to learn more about hosting a simple web page.
There will be nothing commercial or anything just a one pager type thing so it shouldn't attract any serious traffic.
Anyone tried this ?

 

[rellik]

I am currently running 2 different websites from 1 machine on adsl. Cant imagine it being much different on iburst. The IP isn't a problem. Just use dyndns

 

[slimothy]

yeah its not a problem, install apache and php or whatever on yoru machine then serve away, you can use www.dyndns.org to get around the dynamic IP thing they can give you a free sub-domain hostname or you can link a proper domain to your dyndns account.

I webdev on my machine and use the same thing basically, although you won't learn much about hosting on a windows machine

 

[f1man5]

Thanx

I will have a squiz at dyndns when I get home tonight. Cant get access from work. Either the site is down or our firewall is playing trix again.
I did have a quick lookie before though - isn't it only for ADSL subscribers?

PS: Yes Slim you are right - wont actually learn much on the windows hosting .

 

[slimothy]

I will have a squiz at dyndns when I get home tonight. Cant get access from work. Either the site is down or our firewall is playing trix again.
I did have a quick lookie before though - isn't it only for ADSL subscribers?

its not down so must be your firewall and its not for any type of customer, its for anyone who chooses to use it and any type of connection

 

[alchamy]

This is hosted on my Iburst link, nothing important just useless junk.