TheStunMan wrotesimply you cant, you need dedicated ip which no one give it to you, the one you pay for additional fees so they give a fixed ip its not really a fixed ip (public ip).
It is a dynamic real IP, meaning it is assigned from a pool of real IPs. It changes every time one restarts the model. You need a Dynamic DNS hostname service. I'm familiar with this.
More explanation: Public ip is the one you rent online so that anyone could write this ip on the url and it will automatically go to your site. This doesn't work on shared servers... To put it in other words you cant in lebanon to have a dedicated ip unless you pay for it, the price ? i don't know i think its pointless.
True that.
You may be able to do it if you talk to your isp and let them know that you want them to port-forward for example 36363 to your fixed ip and you will pay for it too.
Yes, an ISP will modify his routing protocols if you have a gaming issue, let's say. If you want additional services to become available by port-forwarding, you have to pay up.
Its not about your pc, see if your not familiar with ip address you wont get it. Try to read more over the internet for more explanation.
I am discussing the issue of why it is not favorable to host on your PC itself. I am not discussing the issue of what crappy internet services are available in Lebanon that allow us to host websites and such.
Fischer wrote@yasamoka you could do that but it's not recommended, you may burn up some power supplies by leaving it turned on at all time, shutting it off when you don't need it will let the cpu cool down and laptops that are tuned on all times are dustier.
Burning up power supplies? Not when you have quality power supplies. Quality PSUs are rated a MTBF of 100k hrs. @ 70% load (@50C I think). They're very efficient too. My Corsair HX850 is 91% efficient at 50% load, newer PSUs reach 94% like the Enermax Platinum. I wasn't talking about laptop here. Although it's possible with laptops, they are more feeble, especially their PSUs. Desktops that have fan filters avoid the dust issue. All you need is good pressure intake fans. Problem solved. CPU cooling down? Not when you have good cooling as well. I've been running the Folding@Home project 24/7 for about 2 years now on CPU (Core i7 930 @3.61GHz) and GPU (GTX260 @729/1458/999). My temperatures do not break 70C in the summer. My system is pretty quiet, even in the summer. (2 x 120mm + 230mm intakes, 1 x 120mm exhaust + 1 x 200mm exhaust, dual 120mm fan push-pull on a Thermalright Venomous X). I use Scythe S-Flex fans (SFF21G) and Arctic MX-4 thermal paste, everywhere. (Note that I'm not giving you these examples for e-peen, I'm just showing you it can be done when you get good hardware in place).
Fischer wrotewe could argue on this subject, i'm not going to argue with anyone because the admins here love to close topics for the silliest reasons, i gave my point of view and you gave yours, this subject has been discussed on many forums out there and there are many opinions, i'm against leaving my pc turned on 24/7
We are not arguing, we are discussing. Only one of these can be true at a time:
1) It's OK to leave a PC turned on 24/7
2) It's not OK to leave a PC turned on 24/7
Don't assume that I'll argue like a kid if somebody disagrees with me. Almost everybody disagrees with me anyways. And I totally respect your opinion.
Oh and don't bash the moderators every time you get a chance too. It's not nice. They're the reason these forums are that organized. LebGeeks is more orderly than any other forum I've seen on the internet. Yet we do get work done, and progress.
@nuclearcat: Definitely. 100%