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Running a server from ADSL

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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Does anyone run their own server from home off their ADSL / Cable connection?

My ISP Seems to allow people to run their own webserver and gives unlimited bandwidth - I can even get a static IP Address if I want.

I have all the hardware I'd need it's just a matter of finding the right software - I can dedicate an OLD PC ? Laptop if needs be - but the main thing is I want to be able to host multiple websites. - I'm most used to using a cPanel interface and want to host mutliple wordpress, PH / MySQL, etc sites.

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Not now but have had ones ran off cable before. The problem tends to be the upstream performance for domestic services is poor, and contention can be a factor. So externally your server is seen as a bit slow, and internally your internet access slows down.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I run an IT shop and all of our customer database is stored at the office, our website fetches customer info off the database over SQL, but I wouldn't want our main website hosted on our DSL... We have o2's best package with 1meg upstream so it's pretty good.

    For virtual hosts the best way is probably to install a linux distribution (I like Debian Lenny, but there are probably special distributions tailored to prospective web hosts)

    You'll want Apache 2 and to use the virtual hosts features so that you can host multiple subdomains with one IP :-)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    You won't get much out of ADSL with all the stuff you want to run.

    oh also, the cost of cPanel for your personal home server would cost a bomb. Would not be worth it, use something free, like Webmin.
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