From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 22 03:59:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD92616A4CE for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 03:59:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74DD043D2D for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 03:59:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rlurman@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id f1so179865rne for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 19:59:51 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=d8v2qnTqpOuPtPEWKmpcKIgvdrTuCkStqX8s4S9fqS+7Y2LV0wwRT1+XSsXAriO4J1+1Y3GEZmIGKCG/m0x/N/EM1KsCN7V5AQ84fW7Zx6i4CQwjDiTe9y71gMrqSKKPWB9MjDwufGODUxcCGD0EvFNSC0+YWspCU2bDyChvmvI= Received: by 10.38.157.1 with SMTP id f1mr27706rne; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 19:59:51 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.149.33 with HTTP; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 19:59:51 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 22:59:51 -0500 From: RL To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20041222035615.GA10180@gamerasmog.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20041222035615.GA10180@gamerasmog.com> Subject: Re: Running own servers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: RL List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 03:59:52 -0000 On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 19:56:15 -0800, Joshua Tinnin wrote: > On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 10:24:17PM -0500, RL wrote: > > Hi. I currently have a cable modem, but I want to (if it's not too > > pricey) run my own servers including DNS server. My cable provider > > currently doesn't offer static IPs so I have a dynamic. How would I > > go about setting up my own DNS? Would I do it through the cable modem? > > Wouldn't I have to buy an IP block and be the authority for it? I'm a > > little lost. :) > > You will have problems doing this unless you have a static IP. I don't > think any cable service offers that. You can run a DNS server on an > internal network in your case. It's also possible to run a dynamic IP > resolver service, like No-IP's (dns/noip), but that is far from perfect, > unless you're just doing this for testing. For any real-world purpose, > you really have to have a static IP and a fully-qualified hostname. I > have read of people running their own servers for everyday use using > something like No-IP, but if you're running a mail server, you will most > likely have to deal with mail being rejected because of blacklisting > (many ISPs block all major ISPs' dynamic blocks from sending to their > mail servers to prevent spam), as well as reverse dns problems. It can > work alright for a small website server setup for fun or testing, or > something that won't require complicated network protocols. > > - jt > I just called my cable modem ISP (adelphia) and they said a static IP address is $130 per month!!!!!! Forget that! Now what are my other options? I do have a dynDNS address for my dynamic IP, but I can't run a DNS server and do reverse DNS with that. :(