Home Server

[teamhex]

I would suggest your dump the home server and get a dedicated or VPS server. Save yourself the hassle. Plus since it is your server you will still have full access to the machine at admin level account. I would recommend Serverintellect.com as they have managed servers and vps. I am going to be honest here, if you cant set up a forward to static ip at your house I wouldn't recommend hosting the server yourself. What your attempting to do is quite simple but your confusing yourself.

The simplest way is get your static ip address, then use something like No-ip.com and forward to your home pc. And make your home PC DMZ full open so all request and ports arnt blocked.

Serverintellect.com that's wayyyy to expensive to even think about going with them 1-2k a month for a simple site hosting?

 

[tlarkin]

just pay for hosting to be honest, I pay 9.95 per a month from this place

www.phpwebhosting.com

 

[EGS]

Don't host a website on a home server. That takes real stupidity because you really didn't think about the downtime that'll occur when there's a blackout. Choose a host; hosts are in datacenters that are will built with UPS and mulitple ways to connect to the Internet should a blackout occur.

Check out my tutorial here:
http://www.computerforum.com/99729-tutorial-how-make-register-website-online-2.html#post1176167