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4llerbuntu:
pls do not try to run a server with internet from a 3G USB Modem.

Its too slow, its unreliable, and not suitable for that type of thing.

besides, you can't forward ports arbitrarily through that type of connection.



secondly, if you want to run a server, its better to be a machine dedicated as a server and not your daily driver laptop/PC.



port forwarding :

system services utilize various ports on your system.

i.e. ftp (File Transfer Protocol) - usually Port 21
http port - usually 80, 8080

this can be set to anything between the acceptable range.


Access to this port means access to the PC/Server and ability to carry out extensive tasks. For instance access to your FTP port means i can remotely access the file system on the server and do whatever i like with it.

For this reason the ports are all closed by default by the firewall.

Port forwarding allows you to open just one or two ports to be accessible remotely via the internet and other devices
which means that you can carry out certain limited tasks remotely without having to access the ports which can directly compromise your PC

an example is to allow you upload files remotely through port 8080 (http) which you ordinarily would have to do via FTP.


Port Forwarding via your USB Modem connection is likely to be difficult/impossible depending on which side of the bed MTN wakes up

Okay, thanks.. I probably should just give up now...

litaninja:
Hmmm...depends on what you're tying to achieve. Say you just need you and maybe a few friends / colleagues to access the webserver on your computer and you have a typical home grade modem (which most isps assign a dynamic IP), you can try using a dynamic DNS service like dyndns. This will have u allocate a name and tie it to your dynamic IP as it is changed or reassigned by the ISP. That way, when you need to access the server you use that domain name. You may need to configure port forwarding as well (how to varies depending on the modem and the os or services you're running). The port forwarding will allow you access different services on different ports on the same computer using the same dynamic DNS service name.

On the other hand, of you'll be offering professional grade service to people... Say the general public, say a cloud storage solution, the you're probably better off, getting a business grade connectivity from an ISP. This will give you a static public IP address that's web addressable. Also this should give you dedicated bandwidth that will be more reliable than the shared/burstable one the home users or customers get.
With this kind of pro grade connectivity , you'll probabaly want to get a router / firewall and a better configuration / more secure configuration for your server / services. Again how u do that will vary slightly by platform / hardware / is / e.t.c
But the general concepts are the same.
cheers...

Thanks a lot.. I actually just want a mini server, like I'm just trying to learn the basics of hosting though it or let me just say I'm just playing around.. But I really wanna do it. I have read about the dyndns on one of those tutorials and I think I should be able to follow through to that stage.. From what you have said now, I might have issues with the port forwarding depending on OS and the modem, I run Ubuntu OS (15.10) and I use a MTN Modem.. The question now is, will I need to go through that port forwarding stage? If yes, how do I go about it?? Can you be elaborate this part pls:

The port forwarding will allow you access different services on different ports on the same computer using the same dynamic DNS service name.

It seems I'm not understanding it

Okay, I wish I can get a 'home-made' response here. I didn't know Nigerians use Linux this much, I have always thought few exist in that ecosystem.

I am hoping to try some new stuffs out, tech/Linux related. I made a search on google on how to host a web server on ones personal desktop machine and I got a lot of tutorials with different explanations. Most of them suggest to have Lamp Server installed and make some few configurations to get apache and other necessary things working which I understand to an extent. When it got to the stage of Dynamic IP/ Dynamic Server, I got a little bit confused. I learnt ISPs dynamically change the IP address assigned to a subscriber (that is what I understand and I am not really sure). A suggestion as a work around is to have a DNS name registered that points to that IP and automatically redirects to my server should in case the IP gets dynamically changed.

Now, what I am actually confused about is, from what I have read so far, I have been made to understand that my machine has its local IP address, and if the IP address is typed into a browser from another device with the device on the same LAN as mine, the browser should show my index.php or index.html page hosted on my machine through apache (and from there, other subsequent pages can be accessed). A part of the tutorial I read also made mention of a public IP address which is that provided by my ISP and if I wish that anyone that isn't on my LAN to access my server, the person would need to point that IP and would get the result as in the first case (assuming the IP is static and not dynamic).

The question I have now is, the ISPs in Nigeria, do they assign a static IP address to a subscriber or a dynamic IP address. In case it is dynamic, If I wish to know this dynamic IP address and have it linked with a DNS name, how do I get to know it?? I learnt I can get to know it by searching whatismyIP on google but I need answers from my Nigerian brothers that know how things operate here. Another thing is, I know web servers use internet that is available 24/7, which means it is only when I am connected to the internet that any one gets to access my server (or literally, my pages), is it possible to do this whole kind of thing using a modem (Most of the tutorials I saw were router based)??

Last question, how do I get to know my local machine's IP address?? I know of ifconfig already, but I need alternatives.

Yes, I remember! Another thing, the most confusing part of all, port forwarding and firewall, I do not understand this part at all. The whole apache might not get accessed through port 80 because of one freaking firewall, and you probably would need to edit apache config file, I do not understand that part at all.

PS:
If you feel as confused as I am by my write up or you think I don't really know what I am saying, just refer me or make a tutorial that is very noob friendly that I can follow which would make me achieve my aim, which is setting up a webserver on my personal computer.

PPS:
I am currently running Ubuntu 15.10 and I use a MTN Modem.

I can remember when I was in this kinda situation too. I didn't take my first semester, HND 1 seriously, I thought it was the usual "just get an idea of whatever the lecturer is teaching, flex around, refresh with <30 mins reading b4 the exam" style I used when I was in ND. I eventually had a bad result, the worst ever..

The break that followed that semester was the time I talked sense into my head, I made sure I changed that bad 'reading for a short time' habit, I did a lot of mathematics, and that charged my brain. I, in fact, broke up with my gfs and when I resumed second semester, I had become this strange guy to everyone, friends hated me.. But at long last, I achieved my aim.. I was able to reset my brain back to 'default' and I reconciled with everyone afterwards with my grades coming out the way that didn't make me hate myself.

I can also remember a whole lot of spirituality stuffs happening with me around that time too due to 'Ramadan' and really, it assisted me a lot.

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Spacebooking... And I actually lost that space, no thanks to ds fake UC Web browser.. Well, FTC on page 1, n I actually feel like FTC on page 1..

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BTTT, Op, na lie u dey lie, U sabi write like ds, n you no sabi toast girl, who you wan dey form 4?!.. NL ladies, beware, ds Op sabi wetin en dey do.

n ds chics bn dey fall already sha.. Chai!

Ds Lagrange tho, I never knew any of his equations or theories when I was secondary school, neither did I when I was in ND nor throughout HND I until now, he has started appearing, numerical methods 1st.. Or, is this where I'm heading to?!

MrBasketball:
Da fück!!! that ugly bitchh? I weep for Nigerians with their poor taste in beauty!

But you typed that as if you are a female by saying you are "finer than her"

woman wrapper.. buh I fine pass her, walahi

MrBasketball:
But upload your pix let's see na.

But the girl is ugly, that camp must be full of ugly girls if she can be the finest there... Maybe because of her tall height.

chairman, miss Nigeria, not just miss 'her camp'.. n I ain't a female

ah no sabi d criteria wey den dey use choose ds miss Nigeria or miss whatever. me xef fine pass her.. better thing den no dey encourage, na miss nonsense we go dey see.. Look at those yeye force men too, little wonder BH is getting deadlyer, discipline = 0..

Picture wey b say na d day wey I see m, na em ah don spot d difference.. ah no know ow den take resemble, one fair, one dark, one slim, one dey chubby small.. e con b like say na only me get better eye... buh na bad belle wan kill sm pple sha, na en no allow dem get eyes..

AnneMomoh:
At his age , he has to cut down on the coke and fanta

ha ha, why you con fine like ds??! Oga o

“I am
not aware of the incident and I don’t see the
nexus between a man drinking poison and when
the government will pay workers’ salaries.” -- The Director of the state Bureau of
Communication, Semiu Okanlawon..

This FOI bill is one whack shii.. Sm headlines are just murderous and dose in charge of such should be jailed..

.

e b lik say ds one no sabi say na 2015 we dey..

if ds topic no reach fp, e go pain me o.. na me b STC again

Adventures of TinTin
FTC
You must to reach front page o..
Abeg, call me dose mods..
emm, emm
wetin b en name,
mae I call dr oga,
Seun oooooooo,
Lalasticlala ooooooo (shey ds one na mod or en topics just dey reach fp),
Ishilove ooooooooooo (ds one, ah no sure jare)
guys, help me out na

anyone's gotten anything from these guys yet? it's been almost 2 months since the interviews n there hasn't been any news yet.. if you have any info, pls do share with us so we can knw if to still keep d hopes up or have our minds off it

then you start wondering, like APC appointed Jega?
like how many comments have they really made about ds Jega-Jonathan issue?
these fake, shit-spitting bastards tho..

the question is how come everything started happening 6 weeks to the election... what has Jonathan bn doing?
playing politics with peoples' lives?
it is really pathetic..
Bokoharam has bn around for quite a while now, the intensity of the insurgency has bn at its peak for about 2 to 3 years now buh President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan only got to know that prompt actions should be taken just few weeks to the election.. n some bastards would still be hailing this dr fellow bastard over ds glaring propanganda.. I can't just imagine.. It is now so hard to differentiate between what is right n what is wrong..
n fact is, it is not Buhari or APC that i like, it is Jonathan n his administration that I hate.
I have always hated him since the subsidy thang

ellawify:
Just kul down n make sure all d boxes ar filled, mine contd doing like dat until I found out out I didn't choose entry level in years of experience. Just go thru it until u find out where d fault lies.

I'm sure I did all that.. I will try again later though.. Thankz

I have been trying to complete the registration, but I'm always getting "Your application form is incomplete. To submit your application, you must add your....." after clicking on "Proceed to step 5". Is there anything I'm not doing right??

$8.5million to refurbish??! O_o

How much con be new one!

We don suffer!

.... This is the internet I forgot....

AlfaSeltzer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePJSywwVWZM

Ah no get mb to watch d video, buh with what im seeing from its thumbnail, I think only unintelligent pple cannot differentiate btwn a technologically formed video n a real one..

Don't you guys get it, we just want a new thang. That is the nature of we humans..

We are tired of an underperforming n corruption-encouraging government.

Period!

The rate at which those kids dey do Permutation n Combination ehn, den supose don write textbook.