home server - Public reachable IP address without ISP offering that service

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2014-04
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  • Sickest

    Static IP is normally assigned to you by your ISP, this is normally a feature offered for Business class services. And also comes with quite a fee, it normally comes in package of 1 or 5 static IP's depending on your area.

    Normally every time you restart your modem or after a given time, determined by your ISP, your ip will change (dynamically).

    That being said, there are a few FREE services that offer this since DynDNS now charges for this service. (which would make it kind of pointless since, you could simply ply your ISP for a real static IP instead)

    Take a look at these two other services

    http://www.no-ip.com/

    http://www.xname.org/

    http://www.changeip.com/

    http://freedns.afraid.org/

    are still free according to a simple web search.


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    Where can I find a list of ISPs that allow a home web server?
  • 7777

    I hear that only mom-and-pop ISPs let you do that these days, but I can't find a list of them anywhere. This is also a couple of questions:

    1) Do you have any recommendations for those kind of (possibly local) ISPs in central New Jersey?

    2) Is it possible to run a home web server off a dynamic IP address?

    I want to emphasize that I'm not using this as a private music of file sharing server between family members, I'd like to serve actual webpages off it.

    Thanks!


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  • user10547

    1. Sorry nothing for you here.

    2. Yep get one of the dynamic DNS services out there.

    I run a WHS off my FIOS connection on HTTPS using Microsoft's dydns. Verizon doesn't block port 80 or 443 and the 20Mbps up makes for a decent home server.

    Why not a cheap hosting plan? If you want to use your own hardware to mess around I understand if not a decent virtual host would be perfect.

  • BlueDevil

    I agree with the above answers. There are many very inexpensive webhosts out there which will be able to provide a much more stable hosting service than your home connection. I would recommending choosing the best ISP in your area in terms of speed, uptime, customer reviews and customer service. This is far more important than their allowing you to host your own website. You can then use a service such as ZoneEdit to provide Dynamic DNS service so that your computer is always accessible via a hostname of your choosing. Then, use webforwarding to point specific subdomains to different open ports in your router.

    If available, Comcast has very good download and upload speeds and provides reasonably reliable service. Their service combined with ZoneEdit provides a very stable testing environment for my own "hosted server". All production sites are hosted at reputable Windows and Linux webhosts with unlimited bandwidth and storage options.

  • Brad

    I have done this in the past. I used ZoneEdit.com for my DNS and DirectUpdate to update my IP at zoneedit when ever it changed. My ISP didn't block the service. It was fun for a while...but it's easier to let somebody else take care of all the security stuff.