NTL Webserver

[KingPhillius]

Hi guys ,
I wanna set up a webserver from my 600k NTL Cable Modem connection. Since the IP address is dynamic, and I have the cable modem hooked into an NAT router (which is hooked to a few machines, including the Linux-based laptop I want to serve from), how would I go about:
(1) Keeping my domain name dynamically assigned to my ntl IP address (which changes every now and then)?
(2) Making it so that when someone types in www.<mydomainname>.com, it will not only redirect the browser to my NTL IP address, but also to the specific private IP of the webhosting machine attached to the router? (considering I have an BenQ NAT router).
Sorry if these questions sound stupid to you experienced guys, but I've just never set up a webserver before, and I'm planning to use Apache (Linux version).

Hiya - welcome to the forum


sorry to say this, but I think trying to run a server as you describe, will be difficult in ntl webspace - not impossible, just difficult.

The 55MB limit would come up eventually, too.

- It sounds like you need a 'properly' hosted site & your own domain, for what you want to do - there are loads of threads on here about it

[dev]

Originally Posted by homealone

Hiya - welcome to the forum


sorry to say this, but I think trying to run a server as you describe, will be difficult in ntl webspace - not impossible, just difficult.

The 55MB limit would come up eventually, too.

- It sounds like you need a 'properly' hosted site & your own domain, for what you want to do - there are loads of threads on here about it

he said he wants to run it from his cable connection.


KingPhillius:

1. there are a few ways of doing it, one would be to manually change the dns records for the domain when your ip changes, another would be to set the domain name to point to another host from a dynds type provider which would allow you to run a client which would update your ip automatically

2. you would have to look through your router config for port forwarding/mapping and map port 80 to the local ip of the machine which has apache on

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by KingPhillius

Hi guys ,
I wanna set up a webserver from my 600k NTL Cable Modem connection. Since the IP address is dynamic, and I have the cable modem hooked into an NAT router (which is hooked to a few machines, including the Linux-based laptop I want to serve from), how would I go about:
(1) Keeping my domain name dynamically assigned to my ntl IP address (which changes every now and then)?
(2) Making it so that when someone types in www.<mydomainname>.com, it will not only redirect the browser to my NTL IP address, but also to the specific private IP of the webhosting machine attached to the router? (considering I have an BenQ NAT router).
Sorry if these questions sound stupid to you experienced guys, but I've just never set up a webserver before, and I'm planning to use Apache (Linux version).

The following thread has info on running a webserver from a PC at home, so should contain some useful info for you (info on hosting, info on getting a domain name to point to your NTL IP, etc.):

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=7622

Originally Posted by homealone

Hiya - welcome to the forum


sorry to say this, but I think trying to run a server as you describe, will be difficult in ntl webspace - not impossible, just difficult.

The 55MB limit would come up eventually, too.

He's planning on using his PC as a webserver, rather than using his NTL webspace.

Originally Posted by homealone

- It sounds like you need a 'properly' hosted site & your own domain, for what you want to do - there are loads of threads on here about it

Indeed there are

If, as homealone suggested, you ever decide to have a proper hosting solution, rather than hosting from your own machine, then may I recommend I-Web

http://www.i-websolutions.co.uk/cfhosting.php


Also, here's a thread about different web hosting providers: http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...ad.php?t=13394

[Chris W]

i haven't read the links that tez posted (and i have been out drinking tonight so please excuse the bad posting)

Use a service such as www.no-ip.com or www.dyndns.org to make sure that your domain always forwards to your public ip address.

Then you need to make sure that your router forwards the ports to the machine that you are using. Alternatively you can put the webserver in the DMZ if this option is available on your router, although i woudln't recommend this as it means your webserver would have no hardware firewall protection. DMZ = Demilatratilzes Zone

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