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| rs20:
It's interesting that you're celebrating how "cheap" your RPi solution is, when there are a whole host of free options that have been outlined above. |
| yada:
--- Quote from: rs20 on May 17, 2017, 06:28:04 am ---It's interesting that you're celebrating how "cheap" your RPi solution is, when there are a whole host of free options that have been outlined above. --- End quote --- I want to learn the hardware end. Its been a goal of mine since I was a kid. Its novel to me to think that the internet is something you can touch and unplug. Half of what I do is for the learning experience. |
| kaevee:
--- Quote from: yada on May 17, 2017, 06:59:02 am --- --- Quote from: rs20 on May 17, 2017, 06:28:04 am ---It's interesting that you're celebrating how "cheap" your RPi solution is, when there are a whole host of free options that have been outlined above. --- End quote --- I want to learn the hardware end. Its been a goal of mine since I was a kid. Its novel to me to think that the internet is something you can touch and unplug. Half of what I do is for the learning experience. --- End quote --- It is always great to learn hands on. People accessing your site(s) may or may not appreciate your zeal to run servers on our own. You are the best judge. Venkat |
| Red Squirrel:
It's not hard, but the problem is that most ISPs don't allow public facing web servers or any servers that offer services. That pisses me off, it's an old arcaic rule that should not exist anymore. Also most don't provide static IP blocks. yeah dynudns and no-ip etc but if you want to run a "real" server you probably want to run your own DNS too not to mention have firewall rules on other servers that may require to add that server's IP. So a static IP is important for anything serious. That said, I run a few servers at home for my personal stuff and do have a public facing game server. My public facing web stuff is on a dedicated server at OVH though. The up side of a local "on prem" server is the vast control you have. Vlans, various network configs etc. Some stuff like that is just hard and/or risky to do remotely. That and it's more secure as you can make certain things only accessible from the inside. I need to cleanup the wiring one day. My DC cabling is kinda bad too, I plan to redo it at some point. My current power system is a 12v inverter-charger but I'd like to upgrade to a 48v dual conversion setup, possibly with solar. |
| dimkasta:
Just get a baby plan from hostgator and put them there. You will sleep better at night. |
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