The video does cover the following three principals

1. Assign a static (unchanging) local IP address to each server host
2. Use “Port Forwarding” to prepare your router for incoming traffic
3. Advertise the public IP address of your router

Again this is just a fundamental over view,but the graphics and the dialogue can help you determine if you are barking up the right tree whether you are trying to configure a hosting server at home or for your school website or even if you are trying to run a site advertising fat burner or other commercial products available at a micro level.

As I was playing a few games with my son I was looking at his old PlayStation device in looking at the memory cards plugged into the device that used to hold all of his user data. I started thinking that there were probably come a time, when gamers would have to hold us in an amount of information online in that posting this information would become more of an issue.

Nintendo actually provides the service for free. I have to wonder however of someday this will become more of a hosted option is not free. Could there ever be a situation where a person would want to self host their gaming information?

It could become a useful scenario when people need to ensure that their information is secure or when they need more personal control over their information. It’s probably that last item that would make this somewhat useful if a person needs to do some hands-on programming to a character or avatar. It could be akin to keeping your information in a bank account except for the hosting plan would be your bank account. That safe place where you control the voluble information you need to store.

For games today it is really isn’t much of an issue because games are just games. But as gaming platforms gets more intense and become more realistic I suspect it will definitely start to translate into real world situations where their importance is significantly higher and the need to retain control over the information will also be higher. Years ago, many people used to use free accounts hosted by large corporations to do things online. Since then many people have started to gravitate away from those free environments and pay for hosting themselves because it makes practical sense. But they could come in the same transition takes place for gamers.

It is not here today, but someday in the future, you might buy an Xbox 360 or an Xbox 900 maybe, that comes with a free 1 year hosting plan for your user information…

Now, the single hosting plan is something that I signed up for years ago.  I tend to collect domain names like I collect checking accounts.   My old hosting plan keeps auto renewing each year at the same price that I paid when I signed up.  The rates for the same plan have come down since then, but they keep charging me the historical rates.

I have thought about transferring everything from the server the site sits on and pushing it to my own server to consolidate things and save about $100 per year.

The only thing is that this is not always a good thing to do for Search Engine Optimization purposes.  Search Engines can view sites all sitting on the same server that happen to link to each other as one collectively controlled group and therefore discount the value of the links.

Now, I don’t use the sites to build up links between each other.  They just happen to sit where they sit and they just happen to link where they link, but for some people this is a decision that they must make and a situation they should consider in their strategy.  Consider where you put your sites, how you group them together on servers and under common IP addresses.  You might even consider mixing their placement with multiple hosting companies and in some situations you will want to take a look at hosting your sites or backups in different countries or geographical regions.

There is a time and place for each of these actions and you should review which options are right for you or your clients.

There are several typical types to consider or that come up during a simple Google search.

• Shared Hosting – On a Hosting Companies Server, you essentially buy as much space as you need, prices typically start at about $5 per month, but usually hosting companies bill a year in advance.  Its lean and mean and cheap for a reason, like taking weight loss pills as opposed to exercising.
• Virtual Dedicate Server Hosting – A company leases a partitioned section of a server configured itself as a server for you to host multiple websites.  Rates usually start at about $50 per month.  Can be a great fit for someone with under a hundred websites to manage.  Typical configurations are 1-2 dozen sites.
• Dedicated Server Hosting – Ergo you lease an entire server from another company located outside of your office to host your website. Usually necessary for websites with very heavy traffic and bandwidth requirements.
• Purchasing Your Own Server – Just as it implies, you purchase a hosting computer and configure it run your website.