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Hosting a site on my iBook.

Hummer

Hummer

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I was wondering if it is possible to host my domain on my ibook and get mail and everything. Is this possible? And if so how can I do it?
 
Just remember that it'll only work as long as the iBook is connected to the Internet on a known/knowable IP and not sleeping/off.
 
I found out how to do it, but that site doesn't really give much instruction on how to point my domain to my machine, anyone know how?
 
If you want to do it for free, I recommend either DynDNS or No-IP.

These won't give you clean domain names for free, only subdomains, but I believe No-IP has a paid option for domain names.
 
realityisterror said:
If you want to do it for free, I recommend either DynDNS or No-IP.

These won't give you clean domain names for free, only subdomains, but I believe No-IP has a paid option for domain names.
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I use the free DynDNS with my Linksys WRT54G (it has an option in the prefs to setup DynDNS with my dynamic IP), and I love it! Works great.
 
Hummer said:
I already have a domain registered. I was wondering if I can use that.
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Odds are, no. You'd need at least a static IP address. Do you have one?
 
Hummer said:
I have a dynamic IP.
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Then you won't be able to use a registered domain name, as that would require a static IP for the Domain Name Servers to use. Unless, of course, someone more knowledgeable than me can come up with a solution. 🙂

Edit: FWIW, ASO will host you for $25/year. Pretty decent if your bandwidth requirements are low.
 
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