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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers I want to turn my home computer into an internet server. Post 9344 by Furtoes00 on Thursday 25th of October 2001 02:10:04 PM
Old 10-25-2001
Same situation

I was in the same situation. I went out and bombarded my ISP's tech support with questions, and this is what I got:

All domain names are registered with Network Solutions, the "big daddy" over the internet. Network solutions pairs up DN's with IP address's: yahoo.com = 26.244.189.12

To keep the IP current, you must have the same IP all the time. This is called a Static IP, as opposed to a dynamic IP, in which you get a new IP address every time you connect to the 'net.

You would also want 24-7 hookup to the 'net, so your pages won't go down. Once you have these two things, you can host all the domain names you want.

Hearing these requirements, I attacked my local cable provider with gusto. Since a cable connection is always on, (hence a static IP), why couldn't I serve files off a cable connection? Thats alot faster than T1, which is what my ISP uses!!

The answer is that cable service is designed for downloading. The only thing going upstream is going to be requests for information. Once you start uploading HTML files to your viewers, you will be found out. Its somewhere in the contract.

I am attempting to host my own web/email/telnet/bbs server. As part of this plan, I am getting linux this week. If you find more info, tell me.

Have fun, and may the penguin be with you!!
 

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APCSMART(8)						      Network UPS Tools (NUT)						       APCSMART(8)

NAME
apcsmart - Driver for American Power Conversion Smart Protocol UPS equipment NOTE
This man page only documents the hardware-specific features of the apcsmart driver. For information about the core driver, see nutups- drv(8). SUPPORTED HARDWARE
apcsmart should recognize all APC models that use a serial protocol at 2400 bps. This is primarily the Smart-UPS and Matrix-UPS lines, but some Back-UPS Pro models are also supported. Some older hardware may only report a handful of variables. This is usually not a bug - they just don't support anything else. CABLING
This driver expects to see a 940-0024C cable or a clone by default. You can switch to the 940-0095B dual-mode cable support with the cable= definition described below. If your 940-0024C cable is broken or missing, use this diagram to build a clone: http://www.exploits.org/nut/library/cables/940-0024C.jpg EXTRA ARGUMENTS
This driver supports the following optional settings in the ups.conf(5): cable=940-0095B Configure the serial port for the APC 940-0095B dual-mode cable. sdtype=num Use shutdown type num, according to this table: 0: soft shutdown or powerdown, depending on battery status 1: soft shutdown followed by powerdown 2: instant power off 3: power off with grace period Modes 0 and 1 will power up the load when power returns. Modes 2 and 3 will keep the load turned off when the power returns. BUGS
Some older APC UPS models return bogus data in the status register during a front panel test. This is usually detected and discarded, but some other unexpected values have occasionally slipped through. AUTHOR
Russell Kroll SEE ALSO
The core driver: nutupsdrv(8) Internet resources: The NUT (Network UPS Tools) home page: http://www.exploits.org/nut/ NUT mailing list archives and information: http://lists.exploits.org/ Tue Oct 22 2002 APCSMART(8)
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