"Dave" <dbucks81@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uOJ9O1nkHHA.1532@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Also think of your ADSL connection speed at home. I doubt very much
> whether you have a good enough line speed to host a site visited by a few
> people without it being frustratingly slow.
>
>
> ".._.." <.._..@yourmom.mil> wrote in message
> news:5tG%h.34278$G23.698@newsreading01.news.tds.net...
>> Windows XP IIS has a concurrent connection limit of 10 connections. Keep
>> in mind, many browsers open up more than one connection. As such, XP Pro
>> is inadequate for anything more than very simple web pages with one or
>> two images and _one_ user at a time.
>>
>> It wil most certainly fail if used for an application where the general
>> public (even a small group) might visit.
>>
>> "MrBister" <mrbister@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:5a3rchF2n0o2eU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> You would do just fine with XP Pro, although you'd be better off with a
>>> server O/S.
>>>
>>> Br
>>> Jonas
>>> <-> wrote in message news:e3GSXwujHHA.4768@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>I am currently using a web hosting company, which is hosting my SQL
>>>>Server/ASP.Net
>>>> website. I think it would be an interesting, challenging project for me
>>>> to move the
>>>> hosting to an extra machine I have at home, and host it here.
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone help me with this? I'd like to know about some online
>>>> references
>>>> or books, or whatever information anyone has.
>>>>
>>>> Poking around online, people say that it's better to stay with a
>>>> hosting
>>>> company due mostly to security concerns. The argument goes something
>>>> like
>>>> this: hosting is cheap enough and there are massive security threats
>>>> everywhere that a hosting company is better suited to deal with.
>>>>
>>>> I can't really argue with those points, except to say that I want to
>>>> do this because I'm interested in learning about networking, web
>>>> technologies and the like. The best way for me to do that is by doing,
>>>> so
>>>> I'm willing to take the risks. Besides, the website(s) I'm interested
>>>> in
>>>> hosting is my own personal site, nothing confidential anyway, so if I
>>>> muck
>>>> it up, it's not really a problem.
>>>>
>>>> Whew, that said, I would appreciate any help I can get.
>>>>
>>>> I have Windows XP Pro. Is that appropriate, or will I need to get one
>>>> of the
>>>> Server OS's?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the help.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

<-> wrote in message
news:e3GSXwujHHA.4768@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I am currently using a web hosting company, which is hosting my
>SQL Server/ASP.Net
> website. I think it would be an interesting, challenging
> project for me to move the
> hosting to an extra machine I have at home, and host it here.
>
> Can anyone help me with this? I'd like to know about some
> online references
> or books, or whatever information anyone has.
>
> Poking around online, people say that it's better to stay with
> a hosting
> company due mostly to security concerns. The argument goes
> something like
> this: hosting is cheap enough and there are massive security
> threats
> everywhere that a hosting company is better suited to deal
> with.
>
> I can't really argue with those points, except to say that I
> want to
> do this because I'm interested in learning about networking,
> web
> technologies and the like. The best way for me to do that is by
> doing, so
> I'm willing to take the risks. Besides, the website(s) I'm
> interested in
> hosting is my own personal site, nothing confidential anyway,
> so if I muck
> it up, it's not really a problem.
>
> Whew, that said, I would appreciate any help I can get.
>
> I have Windows XP Pro. Is that appropriate, or will I need to
> get one of the
> Server OS's?
>
> Thanks for the help.
>