does comcast let you run a webserver??

[vshah]

like the topic says. i recall some time back i had, and they shut off my line for a day...

-Vivan

 

[Concillian]

A coworker of mine does it.

I'm not exactly sure how, because of the dynamic IP, but he views his MythTV webconfig from work. He also logs in with VNC, but I know he has used HTTP also. He also uses his own mailserver.

So it can be done, whether or not it is condoned I can't answer. But if Comcast cut him off for a day, I'm sure I would have heard about it.

 

[imported_FishTaco]

If it's just you logging in, to do stuff like remote config, vnc, etc. I doubt they'll notice or care. But if you're trying to run a webserver that's open to the public through dynamic dns then they would probably have a problem with that.

 

[vshah]

shucks

 

[JackMDS]

The current state of external hosting makes it not worth while to do Serious Hosting locally,

Search a little and you might find venders that provide free Hosting if you purchase a domain from them (about $15 per year).

:sun:

 

[Nothinman]

Comcast only blocks NetBIOS as far as I can tell, with a 30K/s upload cap there's very little reason for them to.

 

[sharq]

And they started blocking SMTP (25) due to spam problem, but not sure if that's for all their customers.

 

[Nothinman]

And they started blocking SMTP (25) due to spam problem, but not sure if that's for all their customers.

I'm still receiving mail so it's not for everyone.

 

[imported_FishTaco]

SMTP is for sending mail, or did you mean you're still receiving spam from comcast users?

 

[Nothinman]

I run my own SMTP server.

 

[gutharius]

Originally posted by: vshah
shucks

I really dont think they care as long as you keep the out bound traffic (people visiting your website) no more than 10-25% of what the inbound traffic (you downloading, surfing, etc..) is. As long as your not trying to be the next Google or Yahoo then you should be ok. Basically keep it for personal use and watch the traffic, if it picks up switch to a paid hosting service or get dsl. Speakeasy.net allows you to setup servers, they actually encourage you to.

 

[Nothinman]

I really dont think they care as long as you keep the out bound traffic (people visiting your website) no more than 10-25% of what the inbound traffic (you downloading, surfing, etc..) is. As long as your not trying to be the next Google or Yahoo then you should be ok. Basically keep it for personal use and watch the traffic, if it picks up switch to a paid hosting service or get dsl. Speakeasy.net allows you to setup servers, they actually encourage you to.

Considering they limit you to 30K/s upstream it would be hard not to do that.

 

[gutharius]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

Considering they limit you to 30K/s upstream it would be hard not to do that.

Its not really a case of Maxing out Bandwidth, Nothinman. It is more a case of maxing out your outbound bandwidth all the time that is what gets there attention i.e. setting limewire to host your entire mp3 collection for all to leech... Like I said keep the site personal and don't turn it into the next anandtech, google, or yahoo and you will be fine.