On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 15:23, Dorothy Okello wrote: > Hi Mark, > > Many thanks for your informative response. We shall check out the options > with the various providers. I have to say that cost was a major reason we > hosted outside Uganda (in addition to many great services that Kabissa > provides to African NGOs). > > One thing that is not quite clear, and kindly indulge my questions. This > would mean for example that we could have our main site accessible as-is > and then a link to the Uganda site such as http://xx.xx.xx.xx/...... Would > there be any advantages to getting a .or.ug domain name? >
No. The system (DNS) that does the maping of names <-> ip addresses does not really care where the ip address is located. The only advantage (if there is such) of having a .ug domain name is that it probably makes it easier for people to guess the location of this particular organisation.. but other than that no. With all due respect I think you'll find it's cheaper to keep your current domain name, and just do a ug.yourdomain.whatever which just points to wherever you host your site. my 2 cents, Patrick. > Regards, > > Dorothy > > > At 08:24 AM 7/29/03 +0300, Mark Tinka wrote: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hullo Mark, > > > > > > For a long time I have considered the possibility of mirroring the > > > WOUGNET site locally and so it is with great interest that I read > > > your mail below. How can we go about doing this? Currently, we are > > > hosted by Kabissa.org <http://www.kabissa.org>. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Dorothy > > > >Hi Dorothy. > > > >This is quite simple really. While there have been several methods and > >techniques tabled to make mirroring dynamic and scalabale, the only method > >we can go with in the immediate, is to have a main page on your website that > >provides links to either the Ugandan-hosted copy of your site, or the > >Kabissa.org one. > > > >The links are based on IP addresses, and users in Uganda with limited > >capacity would experience faster connections to your website, as it would be > >accessible via the exchange. > > > >In terms of connectivity, all you need to do is host WOUGNET with one of the > >ISPs that are currently connected to the exchange; which are: > > > >1. Africa Online > >2. Wilken Afsat > >3. UTL Online > >4. MTN Uganda > > > >Once you acquire colo space at any of these ISPs, the WOUGNET site will be > >locally accessible. > > > >Regards, > > > >Mark Tinka - CCNA > >Network Engineer, Africa Online Uganda -- Patrick Okui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Systems Administrator One2Net (U) Ltd
