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Originally posted by AJ Quick
That thing Jack just quoted basically means you can't have more than 1 computer. I know with Road Runner you need to pay for each computer hooked up to the connectiong. Personally we have an open WiFi network, run iRC servers, have a webserver, dhcp, and have 4 computers hooked up..
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1. They restrict providing service to other individuals. You can still provide the service to your own computers.
2. They probabaly aren't charging for the computers, they're charging for the IP address. There are only a limited number of IP addresses for the world to use under the current system, so they cost $$$. Home LAN systems help eliminate this, so most providers don't care.
3. As for servers, in general, don't do it. If you start to generate a lot of traffic (and INet providers do monitor this, because it costs them more $$$ to upload than download) then that's a bad signal. They will begin monitoring your traffic and catch on to you. A lot of internet providers generate income by offering web hosting services. They don't want you doing your own and profiting.
I don't want to rain on your parade, so I'll still tell you how to do it.
First, you need to have your Linksys router forward all traffic on port 80 to your computer (see manual: Port Forwarding). This address is most likely 192.168.0.2 unless you configured your network differently. Go to the command prompt and type ipconfig to determine this.
Next, you need a web service program. If you want free, use
Analog X's SimpleServer. It's easy to use and supports CGI and PHP (I believe). Otherwise, you can look what's at
Download.com or use a Linux webserver.
Lastly, you'll want a hostname for your computer, you can use various services like
DynDNS so you don't have to give people your IP address all the time (especially if it changes a lot). These services run on your computer and it sends your IP address to DynDNS, who then associates it with
http://yourname.dyndns.org.