From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 17 19: 0:17 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cygnus.rush.net (cygnus.rush.net [209.45.245.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA5A214C36 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 1999 19:00:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@rush.net) Received: from localhost (bright@localhost) by cygnus.rush.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id VAA09916; Thu, 17 Jun 1999 21:59:02 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 20:59:00 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein To: Ricky Zaccaro Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Question In-Reply-To: <37699E25.5EF0DF98@bellatlantic.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Ricky Zaccaro wrote: > I would like to run my own site like www.yourname.com but i dont want to > have a company having to server since i am only 15 and dont have alot of > money to waste on this. If i got FreeBSD would it server a website with > a www.yourname.com off of my computer and would i need a constant ip > number ot do this? Also how much does FreeBSD cost and where could i > purchase it? hrm, :) Let me just explain a few things: 1) The problem with running www.yourdomain.com from home can be solved if you get what's called a "static IP address" from your internet provider. That means it doesn't change, and you most definetly want a perminent connection to the internet. Depending on your location a static IP and a dedicated connection can be dirt cheap, or terribly expensive. In Santa Clara it's costing me less than 70$/month for several static IPs and an 'ok' DSL line for bandwidth. When I was living in New York City, just getting a modem line with a static IP 24/7 would have cost me over 200$/month However, be aware, certain providers don't like you "serving" off your sites, you should check the terms of service. 2) Yes FreeBSD can serve web pages. 3) FreeBSD is Free ('Free' in FreeBSD) you can download it off the internet at http://www.freebsd.org/, however it's quite large the complete system can be about a gigabyte or more. (not that you need all of that) If you want to get it on CDrom, you can order it from Walnut Creek cdrom at http://www.cdrom.com/ it's about 60$ and that includes the CDroms, and a book detailing how it works. 4) You need books, a whole bunch, check out Amazon.com for books on the internet and such. 5) and if that web site you're planning on takes off, be sure to drop me an email, we have some nice hosting arrangments. :) -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@rush.net|bright@wintelcom.net] systems administrator and programmer Win Telecom - http://www.wintelcom.net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message