From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IaI9A-0001uO-UY for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:40:49 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with SMTP id l8PLTa4J029473; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:29:36 GMT Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.200.81]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l8PLMnJN021013 for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:22:50 GMT Received: from spore.ath.cx ([24.245.14.14]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with ESMTP id <2007092521074901100kclfme>; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:07:49 +0000 Received: from pascal.spore.ath.cx (pascal.spore.ath.cx [192.168.1.100]) by spore.ath.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD5072442A for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:07:48 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:07:48 -0500 From: Dan Farrell To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Opinions on Host's Decision Please Message-ID: <20070925160748.79b4b381@pascal.spore.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <49bf44f10709251154t3109fc39k944d89b93d12be48@mail.gmail.com> References: <49bf44f10709211437l67dfa91av64dc4df6b25fa385@mail.gmail.com> <49389B7F-3A67-4EEB-B48A-34D85F7DFC44@screamingdolphin.net> <49bf44f10709241911u104d53e6n929b966c23d19ebf@mail.gmail.com> <200709251854.32931.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <49bf44f10709251154t3109fc39k944d89b93d12be48@mail.gmail.com> Organization: Spore, Ltd. X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.1 (GTK+ 2.10.13; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 0908e80c-f6fe-4d6d-be50-6d9f9625f148 X-Archives-Hash: ab0568c7d1b52332f462f623f35a71cb On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:54:36 -0700 Grant wrote: > I have a dedicated server now and I'll never use a shared system > again. I think the problem would be the internet connection. I've > heard that most ISPs block port 80 so you can't run a webserver from a > "home" connection. I think business connections are expensive. I'm > only paying $75/month now. > > - Grant $75/month is more than it costs to get a business-level cable or DSL line w/ a static ip in my area. The dsl guys couldn't guarantee speeds better than 256k both ways, but Comcast was happy to sell me loads of bandwith. Their package was around that for the 8mb down / 768kb up , + a static IP. The only catch was the hefty two hundred fifty dollar installation fee that was waived only with a 2 year commitment. FWIW, many isp's also _don't_ block port 80. In fact, the DHCP ips of both my friends on DSL and myself seem entirely open. One friend of mine has configured his router with hosts.deny, and therefore he has no true firewall; I can even get through on the finger port, telnet, smtp, ssh -- everything. On my home server (comcast cable), I am very happy to say that not only are all the ports open, but my connection is actually pretty good for my very low traffic needs. ( spore.ath.cx is being hosted from my linen closet; see the speed yourself). If you want me to run a port map on your ip address, feel free to send me your IP address. So don't think that it's really expensive to have a do-it-yourself solution in your garage or something, at least not too quickly. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list