Actually, I already use zoneedit.com. They are great for free DNS.
To run a site off a port other than 80(the default IP), you have to use
the WebForward feature. It simply redirects traffic. Look at how my
www.silhanek.com is set up now. It just redirects to Cox's 10Mb they
give out.
Virgil Silhanek
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 18:40, R Melder at SPiN Internet Media wrote:
> Hmmm... I may be mistaken, but if your browser defaults to sending the
> request to [ipaddress]:80, and Cox blocks port 80, then won't your request
> get blocked?
>
> Just curious.
>
>
> ..:: Randy Melder ::..
> 602-279-0135 - www.spininternetmedia.com
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of W. E.
> Brooks
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 6:04 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Web server on Cox
>
>
> If you change the port that the Apache Web Server uses to 8090 then the url
> to get to your server would be: http://www.yoursite.com:8090 If you don't
> like making everyone include the port number in the url then that can be
> avoided by using ZoneEdit. ZoneEdit (www.zoneedit.com) provides a web
> forwarding service that will allow visitors to access your site by using
> www.yoursite.com. ZoneEdit will forward all web hits for www.yoursite.com to
> www.yoursite.com:8090. For this to work, you must own the domain name
> yoursite.com. ZoneEdit's forwarding service is free if your web-site does
> not have much activity.
>
>
> W. E. Brooks
> Webknowledge Consultants
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 14:49, plug-discuss-request@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> wrote:
> > From: Kurt Granroth <kurt@granroth.org>
> > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > Subject: Re: Web server on Cox
> > Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 14:07:49 -0700
> > Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> >
> > On Tuesday 10 June 2003 01:28 pm, Virgil Silhanek wrote:
> > > I've recently upgraded and am running Mandrake 9.1 now. I seem to
> > > have the Apache server working fine, but am running off of Cox cable
> > > modem and believe they are blocking me. Is there any way around
> > > that?
> > >
> > > I really don't want to do more with the web site than post quite a
> > > few pictures(more than the 10mb cox gives) so my friends and family
> > > in Iowa can view them.
> >
> > The simple solution is to just run Apache on a higher port. Cox
> > usually only
> > blocks the standard ports like 80 and 25. If you have Apache running on,
> > say, port 8090, then it won't be blocked. This isn't feasible if you
> expect
> > random people to go to your website, but if your audience is all friends
> and
> > family, you can just tell them the port number along with your URL.
> >
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