Re: [FreeDNS] Getting an IP Address

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--- josh harris <jharris6@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> yeah your isp is a good place to start  as far as
> obtaining static ip's 
> go .That is if all you want is to run a box cheaply
> and efficiently.If 
> you have the skills to do it and the bandwidth then
> i'd say run one out 
> of your home or home office . If not then you may
> want to look at a 
> co-location service  . In addition to the links
> every one else has 
> posted you may want to take a look at
> www.massiveisp.net they offer 4 gb 
> transfer per month  for under $700 (US) per  month
> which can include a 
> block of up to 5  static ip's multihomed to one
> machine . Another 
> company you may want to look at is straynet.com they
> are how ever 
> expensive so be fore warned .
> sign Josh Harris
> On Saturday, October 20, 2001, at 12:13 , Jaco
> Engelbrecht wrote:
> 
> > Hi Timothy,
> >
> >>> How do you get an IP address, do need to
> register one somewhere?
> >>> After I've got it do I have to add it to some
> isp's routing tables
> > or
> >>> what?
> >
> > You can't `register` an IP address as such from
> somewhere, and
> > transfer it to where ever you feel like.  Your ISP
> generally gets
> > allocated an IP range, and then allocates IPs to
> their clients.
> >
> > Thus, you will need to get your ISP to allocate
> you an IP address.
> > This is generally just done for leased line
> customers, or if you
> > require a static IP for things like ETRN mail with
> MS Exchange.  (They
> > charge you obviously more for that dial account as
> well).
> >
> >> I want to set an old 486 up as a web server
> somewhere connected to
> >> the internet permanently, like a my ISP or
> somewhere similar. I only
> >> have a dynamic IP from my ISP. BTW Where is the 
> best place to do
> >> this?
> >
> > The best co-location hosting prices that I've come
> across are that of
> > StormNet (www.storm.co.za) for R700 a month, with
> a 1GB transfer
> > limit - after that they start charging you per
> additional MB
> > transferred.  (That's the cheapest rate that I've
> come across.)
> >
> > If you would host it there, you would get a static
> IP address assigned
> > to your machine.
> >
> > Perhaps see if you can't get the machine hosted at
> your office, or at
> > a friends office or such if you're not going to do
> any money
> > generating things on that machine.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jaco
> >
> > --
> > jaco engelbrecht (jee242)                       
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> >
> >
> >
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