Hello Dave,
Thank you very much for your help.
Let me read up what you have wrote and if I
will have any questions I will get back to you
May I?
Thank you in advance,
Have a Nice day
Almaz
In a message dated 1/30/00 9:06:07 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hi again Almaz,
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Hello Dave,
> >
> > Thank you very much for your help about web server
> > during our previous conversation!
> > Sorry I did not contact you in while because was reading
> > books about TCP/IP!
> >
> > I have few questions if you dont mind:
> >
> > If I understood right first what I have to do is to obtain static IP
> > address from my ISP or NSI?
>
> Yes, from your ISP, making sure that it is not in one pf the 'internal'
> ranges
> that I mentioned previously. Also make sure that you are allowed to
> assign it to
> your own domain. Not all ISP's allow this. Your ISP should then handle
> NSI for
> you.
>
> > The cost for static IP address offered by my ISP will be $10 per
> > month that is approximately 2 times higher than I found at another
> > places.
>
> Well to me ,here in the UK, that price doesn't sound too bad. But then
> again
> we're used to being ripped off over here :~(
>
> > Can I order static IP address directly from NIC and to whom
> > will I pay in that situation?
>
> No, the address will have to be allocated by whoever supplies your
> connection and
> they should then make sure that your domain is on the nameservers. It
> will come
> out of their block(s) of IP numbers.
>
> You can find out what range your IP will be in as follows (assuming that
> your ISP
> does not give you an 'internal' address). I'll use my own service
> provider as an
> example, although they don't provide static IP's. My service provider is
> a
> company called Global Internet.
>
> First, connect by modem as normal then find the IP that has been
> allocated.
>
> [root@eden /root]# ifconfig ppp0
> ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
> inet addr:195.147.141.105 P-t-P:195.147.128.13
> Mask:255.255.255.255
> UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:313 errors:3 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:3
> TX packets:313 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
>
> Then use the appropriate whois server for the address range. In my case,
> addresses beginning with 195 are allocated to the RIPE block(Europe) so
> I need to
> use whois.ripe.net. The other main whois servers are whois.arin.net for
> the
> American area and whois.apnic.net for the Asian/Pacific area. There is
> also
> whois.mil.net(I think that's right) for American military bases etc.
>
>
> [root@eden /root]# whois [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [joshua.ripe.net]
>
> % Rights restricted by copyright. See
> http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/pub-services/db/copyright.html
>
> inetnum: 195.147.0.0 - 195.147.255.255
> netname: UK-GLOBAL-971112
> descr: Global Internet Ltd.
> country: GB
> admin-c: AEL2-RIPE
> admin-c: TJS1-RIPE
> tech-c: AEL2-RIPE
> tech-c: JPN5-RIPE
> status: ALLOCATED PA
> mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
> changed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19970618
> changed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19971112
> changed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19990413
> changed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19990426
> source: RIPE
>
> route: 195.147.0.0/16
> descr: Global Internet Ltd
> descr: Second RIPE Allocation
> origin: AS5482
> notify: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> mnt-by: AS5482-MNT
> changed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19971112
> source: RIPE
>
> person: Andy Leveridge
> address: Global Internet Limited
> address: 113-123 Upper Richmond Road
> address: London SW15 2TL
> address: UK
> phone: +44 181 957 1167
> fax-no: +44 181 957 1100
> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> nic-hdl: AEL2-RIPE
> mnt-by: GLOBAL-MNT
> changed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19970514
> source: RIPE
>
> person: Trystan Julliard-Search
> address: Global Internet Limited
> address: 113-123 Upper Richmond Rd
> address: London SW15 2TL
> address: UK
> phone: +44 181 957 1175
> fax-no: +44 181 957 1100
> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> nic-hdl: TJS1-RIPE
> mnt-by: GLOBAL-MNT
> changed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19970102
> changed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19970106
> source: RIPE
>
> person: Jon Nangle
> address: Global Internet Limited
> address: 113-123 Upper Richmond Rd
> address: London SW15 2TL
> address: UK
> phone: +44 181 957 1171
> fax-no: +44 181 957 1100
> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> nic-hdl: JPN5-RIPE
> mnt-by: GLOBAL-MNT
> changed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19961212
> changed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19970106
> source: RIPE
>
> That should give all the info with regard to your ISP. You may find that
> there
> are several blocks of IP addresses if it's a big provider, whereas
> Global
> Internet only has the one block (195.147.0.0 - 195.147.255.255).
>
> I assume that you are in the USA, since you mentioned dollars above. If
> this is
> the case, you will need to change:
>
> 'whois [EMAIL PROTECTED]'
>
> to
>
> 'whois <yourIPnumber>@whois.arin.net'
>
>
> > Am I talking about virtual hosting if in my case I have 5 domains
> > and 1 linux box?
>
> Yes
>
> > Will one static IP be enough in my situation with virtual hosting?
>
> No, because even if you could register 5 domains to a single IP, there
> would be
> no way for your machine to know which domain the request was for, as the
> request
> headers only contain IP numbers. This is why you often get a delay while
> your
> browser looks up the address that corresponds to the name you have
> entered.
>
> You require one IP for each domain/virtual host and would configure your
> linux
> machine like this (I'll assume for the example that your IP's are a
> consecutive
> block, from 200.0.0.1 to 200.0.0.5).
>
> In /etc/hosts
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
> 200.0.0.1 www.domain1.com
> 200.0.0.2 www.domain2.com
> 200.0.0.3 www.domain3.com
> 200.0.0.4 www.domain4.com
> 200.0.0.5 www.domain5.com
>
> And either use linuxconf to set up the aliases or have the following
> somewhere in
> your boot scripts (/etc/rc.d/rc.local is as good a place as any). I'll
> assume
> eth0 for a cable modem or DSL. You will also need to 'man ifconfig' for
> configuration options relevant to your circumstances.
>
> ifconfig eth0:0 inet 200.0.0.1
> ifconfig eth0:1 inet 200.0.0.2
> ifconfig eth0:2 inet 200.0.0.3
> ifconfig eth0:3 inet 200.0.0.4
> ifconfig eth0:4 inet 200.0.0.5
>
> You then need to set up the virtual hosts in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
> (on RH).
> I've kept these simple for brevity.
>
> <VirtualHost www.domain1.com>
> ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> DocumentRoot /home/www/domain1.com/public_html
> ServerName www.domain1.com
> ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/www/domain1.com/cgi-bin/
> ErrorLog logs/www.domain1.com-error_log
> TransferLog logs/www.domain1.com-access_log
> </VirtualHost>
>
> <VirtualHost www.domain2.com>
> ...............
> </VirtualHost>
>
> <VirtualHost www.domain3.com>
> ...............
> </VirtualHost>
>
> <VirtualHost www.domain4.com>
> ...............
> </VirtualHost>
>
> <VirtualHost www.domain5.com>
> ...............
> </VirtualHost>
>
> And, of course, you need to set up the directories and fill them with
> all sorts
> of exciting web pages ;~)
>
>
> > > "Neuhofer, Georg (EDU)" wrote:
> > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Dave Millen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 6:33 AM
> > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > Subject: Re: WEB SERVER
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Almaz,
> > > > >
> > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hello Dave,
> > > > ---[snip] >
> > > >
> > > > ---[snip] >
> > > > >
> > > > [Neuhofer, Georg]
> > > > Thanks Dave
> > > >
> > > > I also read your advise with great interest, please keep it
> on
> > the
> > > > mailing list.
> > > >
> > > > regards
> > > > Georg
> > >
> > > No problem :)
> > >
>
> Hope this helps, regards,
> Dave
>
> --
> He was part of my dream, of course -- but then I was part of his dream
> too.
> -- Lewis Carroll
>
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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