Host Website from Home with Dynamic IP
by Jason Howard · in Technical Issues · 09/16/2005 (10:27 pm) · 1 replies
Here's a cheap way to host a website from your home.
www.zoneedit.com/doc/dynamic.html?
Apache Web Server
MacMini (OS X) comes with an Apache server, which is one way to go about this... You can also install a version of apache that works on Windows.
Overcoming dynamic IP addresses
The challenge is that most home users have dyamic IP addresses. :( That means your IP address changes frequently. Static (unchanging) addresses usually quite expensive.
However, now there are a lot of sites that do IP forwarding... You register your site name with the forwarding service site. Then you run a client on your home machine that will periodically update your site's address. When your dynamic IP address changes, it sends the new address to the forwarding service. The forwarding service then redirects all traffic for your site to your new IP address... cool, eh?
So, in effect, you should have the benefits of a static address without actually paying for one... cool...
Anyone tried it?
www.zoneedit.com/doc/dynamic.html?
Apache Web Server
MacMini (OS X) comes with an Apache server, which is one way to go about this... You can also install a version of apache that works on Windows.
Overcoming dynamic IP addresses
The challenge is that most home users have dyamic IP addresses. :( That means your IP address changes frequently. Static (unchanging) addresses usually quite expensive.
However, now there are a lot of sites that do IP forwarding... You register your site name with the forwarding service site. Then you run a client on your home machine that will periodically update your site's address. When your dynamic IP address changes, it sends the new address to the forwarding service. The forwarding service then redirects all traffic for your site to your new IP address... cool, eh?
So, in effect, you should have the benefits of a static address without actually paying for one... cool...
Anyone tried it?
About the author
Torque Owner Jason Howard
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www.no-ip.com/services/managed_dns/plus_dynamic_dns.html
dynamicdns.constanttime.com/
... and tons more just like them...
Charlie has some good advice about running a home server here: www.garagegames.com/mg/forums/result.thread.php?qt=31707.
Upload speeds could be an issue. Most dynamic IP home connections are much faster downloading than uploading, but you'd want it the other way around for a web server.
Still worth trying, tho...