Beginners questions to hosting my own website

chrisxuk

chrisxuk

chrisxuk

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Hi, before i begin i've only just started to look at hosting my own website of my computer so these might just sound like silly questions. But everyones got to start somewhere :)

Looked at two websites/ guides (just say if you want to see them)
Off one this is what it said i would need:
  • Static IP address
  • 24/7 internet connectivity
  • Web-server software
  • A stable and reliable operating system

So, i'm a bit confused on what i would need to do to have a static IP address. The guide had what seemed quite an easy method for Apache for the web-server software.

Oh and lastly, one of the guides said something about setting up a Dynamic DNS using www.dyndns.com Is this neccessary?

Thanks anyway
Chris
 
Ok - When you type in web address it looks up the IP address that site is linked too - hence you need a static IP address.

What type of internet connection do you have, I take it its either cable or ADSL. If its cable then you IP address will probably remain the same until you reset the modem or you ISP does.

If its ADSL and you switch the modem off each night then you would get a new IP address when you logged back in, or when the ISP resets it.

Some ISPs will give you a static IP address, you can Google that information, others will charge extra for it.

Alternativelyuse the free space you current ISP gives you and host your website there

Hope this helps

Rich
 
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Dynamic DNS is a DNS system with a short TTL on the domain, meaning you can use a dynamic IP address on your server and just update the record every time it changes, the short TTL ensures it propagates through the internet very quickly. (They usually provide a tool for auto-updating it)

Web servers - take your pick, the big ones are Apache (on windows and linux) and IIS (windows). Any OS can be stable and reliable - if set up properly.

Your site will be limited by the upload of your internet connection, but from the sound of it you're doing it to learn how, not doing it to run a busy/full time site.
 
A lot of routers have DYNDNS clients built into them now, but if you don't have a router that does you can download a client to run on your PC instead.

I'm IIS4 5 and 6 certified so I use what I know but your can get webserver that will be as simple or as complicated as you need. If you are running Windows then you have IIS available to you and there is plenty of resource available on the net on how to use it. Apache is VERY popular and whilst it normally runs on Linux there is a Windows version available as Dave says, but if you are looking at guides for that make sure it's a Windows one not a Linux one!!

Each webserver has it's plus and down side so you'd need to look into what you'd like to achieve and work out which will best serve you (no pun intended)
 
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