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Computer Whizz posted 15-05-2002 04:00 BST     
I know that you (Alex) have got your web page hosted on someone elses server - but what happens if you have a permenent on-line connection and want to host your own site?

Can you point me in the right direction here?

Computer Whizz

carlii posted 15-05-2002 11:01 BST          
Ummm, my brother does that (using cable)...I think you need something called a 'U' server or something...? Sorry, I don't know much about it.
Alex posted 15-05-2002 18:21 BST          
Download a web server such as Apache, set it up, and run it - simple.

Presumably your permanent connection will be via ADSL or a cable modem or somesuch, and your provider probably takes steps to prevent you running a server on it, such as by changing your IP address every few days. You can get around this using an IP forwarding service - try www.dyndns.org.

Computer Whizz posted 15-05-2002 20:09 BST          
Yes - thank you.

I *was* talking about things such as www.dyndns.org where I wanted to register a domain name and have it forwarded to *my* server..... thank you.

Computer Whizz