Is it possible to host my own webpage?

[Dustmann]

Not sure if webpage is the correct term. This may be a dumb question, but can it be done? Why do I need someone to host my webpage? If I purchase a domain name and code my page, what has to happen to bring my website online?

[Strider]

It can be done, BUT it would be expensive. You'll need your own hardware (Server) and other network equipment, plus some kind of broadband connection which would add the cost up. To me it's better to have someone else host your website for you - that's what I do.

[faulkner132]

The key would be having a static IP. If your ISP offers this, then yes you can. Just point your domain DNS to your static IP, install a webserver (IIS or Apache), open port 80 on your firewall and there you go. I do this on my home machine as a development environment and it works great.

The only catch would be your machine would need to be on all the time and if you get too much traffic, your ISP probably would not like it and may shut you down.

[kaltizer]

I recently installed my own website. I have it on a WinXP machine. I use Earthlink as my IPS (they don't block port 80 which is used for HTTP requests). I installed Apache web server software, which is free. I have a broadband connection with a dynamic IP. I use DirectUpdate to take care of this. I registered my domain name with churchquest.com. I've been using them for some time as a web host, so I trust them. I have a broadband router which allows me to set what types of servers I wish to run and on which internal IP address this traffic should be allowed. You will have to do a lot of reading, but if you stick with it, you will succeed. My holdup for a long time was that I thought my provider blocked port 80. I knew there was a work-around for using port 8080, but I never researched it. Here is a website that helped me install and run my own web server software:

http://www.dslwebserver.com/

The site that is running on my home machine:

http://www.praisejesusamen.com

A site I have hosted at dot5hosting:

http://www.altizer.org

It was a gratifying accomplishment to set up my own web server. Next I'm going to configure Apache for running multiple domains from one dynamic IP address. I think I can do this within the httpd.conf file which is the file you will have to edit for Apache.

Good Luck!

[kram 2.0]

Originally Posted by ric449 To do that you need: A broadband connection No-IP software and account (Unless you have a static IP, which is unlikely) Web server software First you get a no-ip account here: http://www.no-ip.com/ You download the software, and change some settings on the site. Next you need to know how this woks. On no-IP.com's servers, they have a list of all the accounts registered with them. When you get an account with them you are given a domain name, for example, mine is ricserv.servebeer.com. Now, when someone types in ricserv.servebeer.com, the request for my website will go to the No-IP.com servers. No-IP will redirect the request to my IP address, and my server software on my computer will serve the site. Now, because I have a dynamic IP address, it means my IP address will change from time to time. Thats why I need the No-IP software I downloaded and installed from the No-IP.com website. The software will send my IP address to the No-IP servers after a set period of time, if my IP has changed, then No-IP will change the IP address to redirect requests for my website to. Thats how it works.

http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=101452

kram