Self ISP (was Re: Napster)

[Philip C Mendelsohn <mend0070@tc.umn.edu>]

On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Eric M. Hopper wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 10:08:26AM -0600, Philip C Mendelsohn wrote:
> > 
> > But let me get feedback, and youse guys answer this question as if I were
> > a newbie, which is pretty damn close to true in this case:
> > 
> > Say a guy (or gal) wanted to start from square one, and buy a static IP
> > and internet access, so he could do his own teeny little e-mail acct and
> > web page server, under his own domain name.

> 	Someone running Linux shouldn't have to pay more.  You should
> only need 1 static IP for what you want.  I would recommend DSL.

I talked to USWest when they were having a sale last time.  I thought that
$29.95 (or whatever it was) was low enough to give it a whirl.  So, I
didn't hang up on the push-serving telemarketer<g>.  However, as we got
down to the real nitty gritty of the sale, I told them that I didn't want
the free internal hardware, since I was running Linux.  They told me that
I would have to move up to not only the outboard router (I was Ok with
that) but also to the higher cost $69 service, because I wasn't running
m$.

This is the same as cable, I take it -- they say that they won't sell it
to you (though I hear the techs will hook it up anyway.)

So, if I can really get DSL for $29.95 (I know that my line qualifies),
how do I ask for it?

> 	In order to put your entire set of Linux boxes on the network
> with one static IP, you will need to research something called 'NAT', or
> Network Address Translation.

Thanks.  I had a general feeling this was leaning to NAT or IPMasq issues.

> 	In order to set up you e-mail server and web server, you will
> need to get qmail, and apache.

Got 'em -- they come with *most* distros, don't they?

> 	For your own domain name, you may have to pay your ISP extra.
> In order to gain control over your domain name, you need to register two
> servers with Internic.  If you have a static IP, your mail and www
> server can be one of them, but the other one should be outside your
> network.

Two servers?  Is this not the Register.com thing?  Or one of the others
that will reserve your domain name?

When you say another server outside your network, what do you mean?

(I'm trying to make sure I have a thorough understanding, not pester you
kind folks!)

> I hope that gives you something to start with.

It does, and raises more questinos.  Good!

Phil M

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