Home

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Hosting a website at home

Ever thought of hosting a website at home rather than buying space on other hosts server. Well here I provide some ways of doing so without spending a buck.
We can access any computer on the internet by its IP address (eg. http://10.25.121.2). But this way of accessing through numbers is not considered user friendly. For this purpose we make the use of DNS service to give name to the IP address. We'll use one such free DNS name provider DynDNS. It provides free static and dynamic DNS service. You can also use no-Ip as an alternative.
So now you can have a dynamic DNS account. Sometimes you might face problems in logging in to DynDNS every time your IP address changes. You can handle this by installing the DynDNS Updater software, which automatically updates your IP address in the DNS records.
To get the DNS updatig software visit DynDNS updater. On installing this software you will be asked for a hostname group, give a name to your group of hostnames.And when you reach the "Hostname Information" screen,check the box next to your hostname before clicking "Next."
Now you have your very own hostname on the Internet without troubling your wallet. For most people, the next step is to assign a static local IP address to your computer so that you have a fixed address on your home network to forward web or BitTorrent traffic to.

1 comments:

Unknown said...

Well,that's a great idea for everyone. Hosting your website by sitting at home will be more comfortable. Thanks a lot for sharing this article which gives more information about hosting.

Web Hosting Service