WebServer Question

[Stupid123]

Guys,

I'm new to web hosting and very interested in getting started. I currently connect to the Internet through a cable modem that uses DHCP. Can you use an Internet connection through cable to host a website with a web server? i'm am pretty solid with setting up the backend server and programming the web code, but the networking out to the net has got me stumped. do you need a special service with a static IP? Pointing me to a website would be great, but I would like to ask some more questions if some has the time and knowledge.

Thanks!

[Khalid Ali]

yes you can use cable connection to host your website from your own machine,however,unles you have a static ip(which in most cases cable its not for residential users)you will not be able to assign a domain anme to this IP, which means you can access the pages like this(served up from your machine)

http://24.45.23.66/folder/pages/some.html

but to point to an address such as

http://someDOmain.com/folder/pages/some.html

you will need a statc IP as well as DNS server running on your machine

[PeOfEo]

I am running a server off of my machine and a cable line right now. I am using outside dynamic dns from http://www.no-ip.com and am going thru my router with a dmz.
http://24.129.72.170/
that is my actual address, you know my ip.
http://quasi-ke.servebeer.com/
is my subdomain from that dns provider. No-ip.com is servebeer btw, thats one of their domains. They are pretty nice for a free dns. You can also run dns off of you box but its just one more thing you have to configure on your router and install on your pc. I am on a long last ip and the only time I ever have problems is like when I have a power failior and my router ip etc are all reset together. Basically how it works is, you download a client that checks at a set interval of time to see if your ip has changed. If it has, it updates it on their server.