changing dynamic ips to static ips

hosting your own website

[dougmcc1]

I'm going to host my websites on my own computer at home using XAMPP. Since my cable company uses a dynamic IP I have to install software to convert it to a static IP. Can anyone sticky me some suggestions?

I already have one in mind which charges $50/year for each domain. Is that reasonable? It beats any prices I've seen for dedicated servers.

Thanks for any tips.

[jtara]

Since my cable company uses a dynamic IP I have to install software to convert it to a static IP.

That's not possible.

What you can do is use a dynamic DNS service. You install client software on your PC. When your IP address changes, the client software updates the DNS server to switch to the new address.

Some users will fall through the cracks every time your IP address changes, though. It's far from an ideal solution.

If you are only hosting one domain, there are a number of places where you can get this for no cost. $50/year/domain is pricey in any case.

Best thing is to search for DNS providers, then go over their feature lists and make sure they support Dynamic DNS.

[dougmcc1]

What you can do is use a dynamic DNS service

Yeah, that's what I meant.

It seems the free services only give you a subdomain on their website. I cant find any that let you host your own top level domains for free and allow more than one domain.