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AT&T DSL Home Based Webserver
by tofferr - 8/6/09 10:06 AMWhen I was with Comcast I ran a small webserver at home, no problems. I've switched to AT&T DSL and now that appears to not be possible. When I go to my public IP address I just see a screen from AT&T, not my home server.
Is there some trick to making it work? If not, I'll just switch back to Comcast.
Thanks,
Chris
"Business Class"
by R. Proffitt
- 8/6/09 12:53 PM
In reply to: AT&T DSL Home Based Webserver by tofferr
They allow it if you get the right service. I found that many ISPs block servers are don't allow on the cheap home user accounts.
Thank you
by tofferr - 8/6/09 1:03 PM In reply to: "Business Class" by R. Proffitt
I agree, it appears that they are steering me towards their business class DSL. I only switched to AT&T because 1) I was moving and 2) it was cheaper. If I have to go to the business class DSL it will no longer be cheaper. I now have an appointment to get Comcast installed at the new place, with a "special" 12 month price.
Thanks!
I went with the special but for 24 months.
by R. Proffitt - 8/6/09 1:11 PM
In reply to: Thank you by tofferr
They had deals that you have to ask about. Did you see Comcast's quarterly results?
They, like Verizon . . .
by Coryphaeus - 8/6/09 6:47 PM In reply to: AT&T DSL Home Based Webserver by tofferrblock port 80.
You can get around it by picking another port and giving it an IP address of:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:81
Set your router to this port DMZ.
Don't ask me how I know.
You get what you pay for
by a62dave - 8/19/09 8:12 PM In reply to: AT&T DSL Home Based Webserver by tofferrMost ISP's do not allow you to serve pages from your home computer because it hogs bandwidth from other customers. AT&T explicitly states so in their "Terms of Service", "AT&T Legal Policy", and "AT&T Acceptable Use Policy" pages:
"You may not use your Service connection to host a dedicated Internet server site."
"Prohibited Activities
General Prohibitions: AT&T prohibits use of the IP Services in any way that is unlawful, harmful to or <B>interferes with use of AT&T's network or systems, or the network of any other provider, interferes with the use or enjoyment of services received by others</B>, infringes intellectual property rights, results in the publication of threatening or offensive material, or constitutes Spam/E-mail/Usenet abuse, a security risk or a violation of privacy."
These pages located at http://worldnet.att.net/general-info/terms-dsl-data.html and http://www.corp.att.com/aup/
You are just lucky that Comcast did not pull your plug for violations of its terms of service. AT&T must be taking pre-emptive, rather than reactive, measures to eliminate these violations.
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