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04-28-2005, 02:09 AM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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Home Server questions
hi all i was thinking about using my charter cable for my own home server it is 3meg down and 30kbps up.
I am running winXp pro.
can someone help me to get it started on what I will need to do etc to get started?
Thank You
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04-28-2005, 02:11 AM #2Disabled
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First contact your ISP and find out if you can host a server on your internet connection since a lot of them don't allow this.
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04-28-2005, 02:22 AM #3Newbie
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Ya, I ran my website for a few months on my website before they shut me down .
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04-28-2005, 02:30 AM #4Web Hosting Evangelist
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I'm not sure if 30kbps up is enough for a webserver, especially if it starts getting alot of traffic.
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04-28-2005, 02:41 AM #5Web Hosting Master
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I think one mb up would be better... maybe your isp offers that as an upgrade?
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04-28-2005, 03:09 AM #6Web Hosting Master
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This should squash your dreams about hosting your own server
http://support2.charter.com/support/...1-80035f79208b
FAQ: Can I host a server with this service?
Unfortunately, hosting servers is not allowed with our residential cable modem service. This includes, but is not limited to, web servers, ftp servers, and mail servers.
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04-28-2005, 04:05 AM #7Web Hosting Master
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infact there are so many afordable hosting available.. guess setting up a server at home would be costly.. you need to manage it, monitor it 24X7.. take care of hardware problems than hacking attempts.. the list never ends..
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04-28-2005, 07:32 AM #8Junior Guru Wannabe
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Since it's against your TOS to host servers... I'd suggest not doing so. They probably have port80 blocked anyway. You could host on a different port I suppose, but if your ISP finds out it could mean trouble for you.
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04-28-2005, 07:52 AM #9Temporarily Suspended
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I had a similar idea of having webserver at home.I was having pretty good connection. But when the traffic got increased the server got screwed up.haaa
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04-29-2005, 05:40 AM #10Junior Guru Wannabe
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Setting up Home Server is good experience but, in the long run it is not practical.
for starters, getting the cheapest webhosting package out there is the way to go.Prime Outsourcing | offshore solutions | manual labor | staff leasing |
because American & European labor are expensive
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04-29-2005, 07:39 AM #11virtualizing the world
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There was a thread earlier about this. ISP's generally do not allow the production of web servers to be hosted at your home ISP (as per most ISP's TOS), especially Comcast. Your better off just to buy hosting from a hosting company instead of getting shut down by your ISP.
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04-29-2005, 12:16 PM #12Junior Guru Wannabe
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You would probably save money by getting a VPS if you wanted to run your own server.
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04-29-2005, 04:42 PM #13Never Stop Working
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Originally posted by domainwala
infact there are so many afordable hosting available.. guess setting up a server at home would be costly.. you need to manage it, monitor it 24X7.. take care of hardware problems than hacking attempts.. the list never ends..
You dont need to monitor it 24 x 7 if you dont require 24 x 7 perfect uptime. Sounds like this user currently does. Not costly, or very time consuming, just takes some time to get it setup
Brandon
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04-29-2005, 04:56 PM #14Never Stop Working
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My post above doesnt mean that I think violating the TOS is right, I'm just pointing out home hosting is ok for a small family website, or just someone intersted in how things work. It can be very intersting to learn how to do things by your self
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04-29-2005, 11:37 PM #15Web Hosting Master
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Yeah, if you run a small web site that doesn't generate too much traffic they wouldn't mind cause they won't know about it.
If your server is pulling in huge traffic, they'll terminate your service. I've ran servers to test stuff out on my computers at home, no problem what so ever because there are practically 0 traffic outside of myself.
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04-30-2005, 12:43 AM #16Junior Guru Wannabe
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Setting up home server for educational purposes is a good idea, but I won't advice you to use it for business purposes.
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04-30-2005, 06:19 AM #17Web Hosting Guru
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That upstream us pretty useless aside of for a very small site though. TOS aside (just for argument) a couple of simultaneous users would kill your upstream, which in turn would also affect your downstream. You are better off with an overall better solution.
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04-30-2005, 11:54 AM #18Web Hosting Evangelist
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Does anyone know what Charter charges for basic business cable and can you get it at home?
I'm just learning now but one concern I have about using a hosting service is being able to do what I want to do the way I want to do it. Can I run my own C programs and scripts without restriction, ie, within my own space, of course? What can I NOT do that I can by having the box at home?
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04-30-2005, 02:08 PM #19Web Hosting Guru
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Not matter what traffic the server pushes they can still find it.
I used to run a server years ago when ATTBI was still around, and they found out about it when they did a port scan.• Max Wilson •
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04-30-2005, 02:28 PM #20Newbie
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Also, one other thing. What kind of server are you talking about here. Traffic is also detemined by what protocol is coming in and out of your server
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04-30-2005, 02:35 PM #21New Member
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Beware
They can turn off your connection to the internet ...don't take a chance many cheap hosting companies out there now
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04-30-2005, 03:33 PM #22Never Stop Working
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Originally posted by WebDogPro
Not matter what traffic the server pushes they can still find it.
I used to run a server years ago when ATTBI was still around, and they found out about it when they did a port scan.
None ever really did anything to me about hosting a small amount of servers for testing purposes. I've had a webserver sitting on port 80 for YEARS with zero problem also
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04-30-2005, 03:35 PM #23Never Stop Working
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Re: Beware
Originally posted by my1click
They can turn off your connection to the internet ...don't take a chance many cheap hosting companies out there now
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04-30-2005, 05:40 PM #24Web Hosting Guru
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Originally posted by BrandonSCSN
Whatd they do with you? I had @home, ATTBI, and now Comcast.
None ever really did anything to me about hosting a small amount of servers for testing purposes. I've had a webserver sitting on port 80 for YEARS with zero problem also• Max Wilson •
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04-30-2005, 07:46 PM #25Web Hosting Master
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I was on @home too, which became @Rogers in Toronto and had servers for serveral years on Port 80. Even installed mYsql. No word from Rogers/@Home.