Re: OT - Free web hosting recommendations?
 

Say... just a wild idea out of the blue... it WOULD be a Bad Idea (tm) to run Apache on my main desktop PC and use it as a web host, wouldn't it? Or have I been misled?

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It would be doable, but it is a better idea to have a dedicated PC for any "serious" hosting. You can find an 8 year old PC perfectly capable of functioning as a server for dirt cheap.

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Well, I've got an 8 or so year old PC lying around... the only problem is it lacks a NIC, and the only NIC's that seem to be up for sale anymore are PCI, and this box only has ISA slots http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

I suppose I could go on ebay or amazon or something and grab an old ISA network card, but I'm a bit wary of that... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

Re: OT - Free web hosting recommendations?
 

OK... anyone wanna test this? I set up an Apache server on my desktop machine http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

http://24.209.241.34/ed

Should say "Hello world! It's Ed!" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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Works for me http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif I knew you could do it.

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Even better - I just set up dynamic DNS:
http://kolis.dyndns.org/ed
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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Timed out for me.

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Sorry, my network connection sometimes freezes up and I have to reboot the computer... and sometimes when I reboot I forget to take the Debian CD out of the drive, so it just boots into an installer and never actually goes anywhere, and it sits there for a while until I get back to it http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

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They both work now. Congatulations.