How cani host a webpage from my computer instead of registering for a server elsewhere?
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once i have that setup i want to connect my ip address and port to my domain address, so once the page is accessed it runs of my pc. Please give me the steps on doing this, I will be using be coding in ASP.NET
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First of all, you should use Windows Server 2003 not XP, then you will configure your PC to act as a webserver using an application called IIS (Internet Information Server) which comes with Windows Server 2003. After configuring it as a webserver you can host your webpages on your PC but you have to know that:
1- You must leave your PC up-and-running all the time or your site will be down.
2- If the traffic increased on your site (i.e the number of visitors), your PC will be very slow and you’ll have to upgrade it.
First you need to make sure that you have a static IP so your external domain can point down to it. You can definately use your windows XP machine as long as it is professional. XP home did not come with the IIS built intto it.
Okay, so here’s the steps I would do.
If you have cable internet they will generally block port 80 (and even if you don’t it’s better to do the following ), either translate the TCP port from a high port like 45222 coming into the router from your outside IP address to port 80 on the way out of the router. IIS will also allow you to set it to listen on a port other than 80, so you could just set IIS to listen on 45222 and just pass 45222 through your router to your server’s internal IP address.
I wrote an ROI calculator for my software pricing doing exactly what you are doing and I have Cox Cable for my provider, ,so I had to set it up just like I’m telling you.
I used a page up on my site with a java script redirect that goes down to my server’s IP and port.
If you want to go take a look at it, you can go to:
http://www.marketplacesoftware.biz
then click on the Pricing tab at the top. That will take you to my ROI and Pricing Calculator done it ASP.Net 2.0
The better solution I have which I recommend to many people is download xamps.
With this software it installs everything you need to run a server on your computer to test out pages and stuff. It’s a little tricky at first to understand it but read all the documentation and of course ask questions. I do believe they do have a forum to ask questions and what not.
XAMPP won’t be any use for you as it runs PHP and not ASP.NET.
If you are planning to publicly host a website, your computer will have to be available all of the time, so constantly switched on. One reason for this is that visitors will be turned off by an unreliable site, and Google might not index you if your site has much downtime.
You should be able to run Windows XP Professional with IIS, although be aware that using your primary PC as a web server might open it up to intrusions. XP Home edition doesn’t have IIS.
Get a static IP address and redirect the domain to that via your account control panel (whereever you registered the domain). Make sure your firewall allows communication with port 80 so that people can connect to your web server.
If you have the budget, I’d recommend you buy a dedicated machine for the job. This will allow you to dedicate resources to the website and lessen the chance of your PC getting hacked. If you can muster the cash for a dedicated internet connection, that’ll improve performance for you (browsing the web) and your website’s visitors.
Finally, professional web hosts offer a lot of value adds – remember to think about backups of your files, OS and databases, and you might need to think of contingency measures if you have a hardware failure or lose your internet connection. Have you thought about these things?