Steven Meyers said:
> From: "Michael Sammartano" <volinaz@cox.net>
>
>>Yes you can use your own box set up as a web server. You have to have
>> some sort of server software setu up such as Apache, and set your
>> router to forward all http requests to that particular box thru port
>> 80. Keep in mind that your IP address may change (I believe Qwest DSL
>> uses dhcp and non static addresses) so you will have to monitor it
>> regularly.
>
> Michael, could you detail how to monitor your IP address regularly
> whilst updated your router w/ any updates when they occur? I have a
> VDSL Qwest account and would love to host my own web server on my own
> box. Any advice/suggestions is appreciated in advance.
Use a dynamic DNS service. DynDNS.org is probably the most popular
no-cost service. If you have domain name, your domain name provider might
alreay have dynamic DNS support. Mine, easydns.com, has it already.
There are MANY programs you can run to automatically update you DNS
record. Look here:
http://www.dyndns.org/services/dyndns/clients.html
Not in the above list is the one I use here:
http://www.gusnet.cx:8080/proj/ez-ipupdate/
Works great!
Alan
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