Hosting problems

[natty]

hi
does anyone know how i can host my website from my pc ?
im running out Bandwidth with my current supliers..... any ideas ??

[Dynedain]

IIS - Internet Information Services...its part of Win2k and XP

watch your connection slow to a crawl and your processor availability disappear...

[J_Bug]

Be very careful with IIS if you're on a business network. A coworker in the past got into trouble with our Admin for using it.

--Jon

[natty]

i have a 2 meg line ...so do you think it will be a problem?

[DaForce]

not worth the pain dude. as i said to you previously. It would also be mega slow. Even a 2mb line only has an upload speed of around 256.

[cocolas]

plus not to mention all the potential security issues.....and there are plent with IIS......you'll need to be vERY carefull to keep up w/ all the latestes updates and even then it's not very secure.......
too much of a pain in my opinion..


paul.

[DaForce]

plus needing to have a dedicated server....given what he told me his last months usage was, his home 2mb connection would be going full tilt 24/7 i reckon. Definity not worth it...agreed

[natty]

mmm ok chaps thanks for your advice ..

[Dschaga]

I personally think a virtual server is far better then runing a server at home ..anyway have a look at:
http://www.firepages.com.au/

they offer a ready to use apache/php/mysql/perl enviroment.

grab dev423 and also get the invisionboard (which is btw, the best free msg board and even better than vbb) ..don't dL the 5beta!

I use dev3 for developing webpages.