Be Your Own Webhost

July 23, 2007 by Dan in Gadgets with 7 Comments

Tired of paying monthly fees to a web host when you can host a server on your home internet connection? The Square One Personal Internet server is a LAN router with a firewall as well as Apache, PHP and MySQL.

Even though the software preloaded on it is powerful, the device sadly isn’t. It has an ARM 922T RISC CPU with only 64MB of RAM which isn’t nearly enough to handle a popular site.

Available for $399

chad

http://wampserver.com/en

Turn any windows pc into a web server with a few mouse clicks ;)
http://www.uneasysilence.com Dan

Chad – I can feel you typing up a screenshot tutorial right now. *wink wink*
ZionVier

um… ever heard of IIS?
Alan Rager

Any computer can be turned into a webserver. This is just a cool little gadget that does it and sets up a home network as well.
chad

IIS is icky ;)
http://squeeze-box.blogspot.com Mike Smith

It should be noted that many (if not most) home ISPs do not allow you to host websites using the bandwidth. That coupled with most western countries having upload speeds that simply will not cope.

Still a cool looking bit of kit though.
http://www.terminaldigit.com TerminalDigit

A lot of ISPs forbid this. Unless you’re running a reasonably popular site, they probably won’t find out, but it’s a good idea to check your TOS first.

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