how can i run website fom my comp without buying web space and domain name?

Answer 1

Firstly, people think you need a domain name, FALSE! You dont need a domain name! When you find webspace you will be given what is called a sub domain. As far as free webspace, if you arent going to create a monster website, you might check your ISP account! Most ISPs provide at least 20 megs of space if not more and you are already paying for it! You can also opt to sign up for free space at places likd freeservers. You can also use a combination of these sites and merely link them from your pages!

Answer 2

Doesn't diametrically mean "exactly opposite"? Would "diametrically opposite" then be a double negative? :)

Auni, you probably wouldn't want to do this unless your purpose is solely to learn how. Either way, you'd be putting yourself at greater risk than necessary so it would be wise to run a firewall and proceed with caution.

Your first step would be to setup a Web server on your machine. There are several freeware web servers on the Internet. You can try Baby Web Server at http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com/html/baby_web_server.html

From Settings you can specify a root directory for your site, a port for the site to operate on and a default web page.

The root directory is where your web pages are located.

Port 80 is the standard port for http. If you use anything other than port 80 you will have to specify it in your browser when you open the site, i.e. http://mysite:80

Your default web page is the first page that the server will try to load if no page is specified by the browser. If the default page does not exist, the web server will return a list of all files in the root directory.

Once all this is done, you will be able to access your pages by typing your IP in a browser (http://XXX.XXX..XXX.XXX or by typing http://localhost (if you are infact on the local machine). If you want external access the site you will have to use an external IP. If you are behind a router you will have to forward port 80 (if that’s the port you are using) from the Routers external IP (WAN IP) to your web servers IP. The process isn’t complicated but the process depends on your router. Also remember, to allow access to port 80 through your Firewall. I believe Windows Firewall will prompt you when you originally start up Baby Web Server.

If you’ve made it this far then you have a working website… but if you want to take it one step further, check into dyndns.com. They supply dynamic DNS for machines with Dymanic IP address (IPs that change based on DHCP). This will allow you to configure a domain name for yourself and direct it to your computer at home.

Remember! If it’s running and internet accessible a server puts you at great risk so I wouldn’t do this on a machine that had sensitive data or anything I wanted to keep.

Answer 3

You could, but do you really want to?

1) Your web server must stay on 24/7. As you run it, YOU are responsible for keeping it up and running. If you pay someone else to do it, they are responsible. Do you have the expertise to keep it up and running?

2) Your webserver will be subject to hacker attacks. Pro hosting companies have staff that fights that. You don't. You also don't keep up with the latest patches and such like they do. Can you set up your webserver to be hackproof? Or will your PC end up as one of those spam zombies?

3) Your webserver is not designed as such, thus it won't be very efficient (logical sense, right?)

4) Your Internet connection is NOT designed for hosting. Most home-use Internet connection has a large IN pipe and a small OUT pipe, but for hosting you need a large OUT pipe and a small IN pipe. It's the exact OPPOSITE kind you need for hosting, in fact. Diametrically opposite.

If all these reasons have not discouraged you from going at it yourself, all you really need is run a web server on your current PC connected to the Internet. If the PC's behind a router, you'll need to setup some port forwarding rules, but that's not that hard.

You don't need a domain name if you think people would come to your website just via IP addresses (doubt it, but it's your decision!) They'll have to type in http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is your IP address. Remember, it changes every time you reconnect to your ISP.

Answer 4

In order for anyone to connect to your machine, your machine should have a unique IP address. If you can make sure that you have a unique IP address then you can run your website on your machine and give the IP address to the external person to access your website. He will put that IP in the browser and navigate to your site.

Remember that cable modem and dsl keep changing your IP so you cannot reply on then for fixed ip. you can purchase a fixed ip from comcast, verizon etc.

Answer 5

its not really safe to do that... but there are alot of fast free webhosts....
http://www.awardspace.com

http://www.ifastnet.com