Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 02:56:06 -0600 From: Mike Urban <murban@webzone.net> To: rickyz@bellatlantic.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Question Message-ID: <32CB7826.6F23863C@webzone.net> References: <37699E25.5EF0DF98@bellatlantic.net>
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Yes, FreeBSD can act as a web server, but there is a lot more involved then that. You need to have a static IP number, and you need to have a full time dedicated internet connection. It is possible to run a web server on a 56K analog modem, but if you get any kind of serious traffic at all, it will be very slow. If you have DSL in your area, that might be a good way to go, but DSL is very new, and only available in large metro areas right now (pluss a DSL modem will probably cost you about $400). Although service is pretty cheap, most internet providers will charge you quite a bit for running a web server. It is generally against their policy for you to do that unless you pay them more. So shop around. If you don't have DSL, your other option is ISDN, but that will probably run you quite a bit too. I don't have DSL yet where I live, and if I wanted 128K ISDN and a dedicated line, the whole thing would cost me about $300 a month. Also keep in mind that if you want to run a full time web server on your computer under FreeBSD, it will mean that you will not be able to run Windows on it at all. If you have office apps or like to play games that work under Windows, this is probably not an option unless you have a second computer. If you share the computer with the rest of your family, then this is definitely not an option. There are web servers out there that will run under Windows. There are even some very good ones out there for free that will work for an average site that isn't getting tons of hits. You might want to consider this before you jump to FreeBSD. Unless you already know Unix, the learning curve for setting up a web server under FreeBSD is going to be pretty steep. If all you want to do is run a personal web server, and you don't care about learning Unix, then you probably are better off staying with Windows and using something like OmniHTTP Professional, or Microsoft Personal Web Server, or Sambar. All of these web servers are free, and all will run under Windows 95 or 98. You can dowload them from www.tucows.com, and Microsoft Personal Web Server is available from Microsoft's web site. If on the other hand, you don't care about learning how to run a web server, and all you want is your own web page with your own domain name, you are far better off buying space from a hosting service. It will probably cost you $15-$25 a month, but no matter what, it will be a lot cheaper then running your own server. Mike. 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? > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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