On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 02:18:56AM -0700, Mike Ford wrote: > At 08:48 PM 6/18/03 +0100, Daniel Kendell wrote: > >Being a collector of early(er) macs, (eg: Colour Classic, SE) I have a > >large network going. I was reading on the internet about Mac Plus web > >servers and I want to do the same, I don't have a Mac Plus I intend to > >use the Colour Classic as it has Ethernet. BUT... I have no idea > >how....ok, well I have a vague idea. > > That part is easy, but the hard part is if you ever expect anyone to > connect to your web server, you need a fixed IP address that they can > reference. The D in DHCP is for dynamic, ie not fixed, so what you have to > do is each time the DHCP server from your ISP changes your IP address, ie > you login to the ISP, you will need to update a forwarding link from some > Internet site that offers fixed IP addresses and forwarding.
You could also use one of the many services that offer DNS for dynamic IPs...you run an update client on your host that sends changes to their service, which updates their DNS with your new address. dyndns.org is one example that's been around forever, is free, and is pretty good. (They also do static-IP DNS and some other services.) That said, the OP needs to route traffic from an iMac (with some bastardized PPP-over-DSL connection that only offers a USB connection to the computer) to another machine that would run an HTTP server. If the iMac is running Linux, it'd be trivial to do that with iptables. If it's still running MacOS, though, I'm not sure how you'd go about doing port forwarding, or even if port forwarding is possible. (Since it's apparently already doing something similar to NAT or IP masquerading, port forwarding ought to be doable; I just don't know how you'd set it up under MacOS. I usually run Linux on machines that serve as routers.) _/_ Scott Alfter / v \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (IIGS( http://alfter.us Top-posting! \_^_/ pkill -9 /bin/laden >What is the most annoying thing on Usenet? -- MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
