Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 19:27:30 -0500 From: Mike Urban <murban@webzone.net> To: CyberT187@aol.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd Message-ID: <376840F2.FFD9261E@webzone.net> References: <e43ae62c.249995be@aol.com>
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CyberT187@aol.com wrote: > Does Freebsd make a regular pc act like a internet server??? like, will it > beable to have web pages and URL's like www.whatever.com? and cgi? > > I'm sure this information is on your site, but i keep getting glitches on my > laptop, and my tower pc i want to use is dismantled at the moment. > Um.. It can act as a web server.. But there is a lot more involved then just installing FreeBSD and then publishing web pages.. For one, you need to register a domain name (www.whatever.com). You also need to get a static IP address (the default IP address is dynamic for most ISP's.. This means it changes every time you log on. Therefore it will not work for running a web server). Also, you will need a full time dedicated internet connection if you want people to be able to access your web pages all the time... And generally, analog connections - even 56k V90- are to slow for a web server.. If you get more then 1 person trying to hit your site at the same time it will slow to a crawl.. 64K ISDN is better, but still pretty slow... Probably 128K ISDN is the minimum. It's also pretty expensive (at least in my area) for ISDN and a dedicated internet line.. For any serious traffic at all, you are looking at at least a T1 (if you have to ask you can't afford it). If you are lucky enough to live in a major metro area, you may had DSL available... This is faster then ISDN, and in some cases, can be as fast as T1 (on the download but not on the upload). DSL is cheaper then ISDN too, but it is very new, and not available in many areas yet. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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