There are several website hosting providers on the internet. But if you, like many others, don’t want to pay and feel that you have what it takes, you can quite easily host your own website.
Before you even start, make sure you have a good firewall and keep all your software updated. Running your own server is a serious security risk. Many of the software’s on the market have holes in their security.
Make sure you have a high speed connection, dial-up wont be able to handle it. You will also need to use a computer that will be able to handle the server request when your website starts becoming popular.
Your next step will be getting a DNS host name, and a static IP address. Static IP addresses never change, your ISP may charge you for it, but there won’t be a drop out. Without a static IP your ISP will change your address often and you will have to reconfigure your network.
Next you will have to configure your router. You will have to configure it to forward all connections on port 80 to your server. If your ISP wont allow forward to port 80, then choose another port. Your modem is most likely also a router, if it has multiple Ethernet jacks, then its a router. Make sure your firewall will allow communication via port 80.
Get yourself a web server program. Apache is the most popular with the best reviews.
Load up your website onto the server, test it with a computer that isn’t your own. If all is running well then you have successfully begun hosting your own website.
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