Help - Home Web Server

[Stephen!]

Okay i've downloaded pureFTPd, however i dont see anywhere where I can set it up

[Hitman]

Just a note: Some ISP's state in their T&C's that they DON'T allow sites to be hosted through their connections, somebody I knew had their web terminated because of this.

Make sure it's secure too, you'd need your PC on 24/7 so that's another thing to think about, electricity bills !

[Dentafrice]

Just a note: Some ISP's state in their T&C's that they DON'T allow sites to be hosted through their connections, somebody I knew had their web terminated because of this.

Make sure it's secure too, you'd need your PC on 24/7 so that's another thing to think about, electricity bills !

Dropcord to the neighbors outside electrical outlet

[Hypertext]

LOL.

I read an article in PC world about using some free windows software to turn a computer into a web server. You would need it on 24/7 and unless your hosting more sites and have an income the costs are going to come up. Also maintenance, it'll be hard to keep up with it. But if you can pull it off, good luck!

off-topic: has anyone had any experience with Mac OSX server? I heard it was pretty good with XServe.

[robclarke]

Ive Tryed the home webserver thing. It doesnt work out well unless you have a static IP address. My connection also has a crap upload limit so it made it useless really.

[Protege]

In-order to have a good home server your upload needs to be a decent amount, if its for personal use like a little small website I think you could get away with it. For your problem with a static IP setup a DNS account with your router which will update it with a hostname, eg nicole.jamesrozee.com

[kreechin]

I've been running an apache server off my XP PC which is running PHP and MYSQL for years and I've never had any issues with it, it runs really well and it's not that hard to maintain