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[LUG] Hosting a site on my PC.

 

Hi, I asked recently about web hosting services as my ISP doesn't provide me 
with any space but I have been considering recently hosting the site on my 
desktop PC. I can do this, right? As far as I know at the moment it seems 
possible. I could set the computer up to allow other users to connect. This 
I have a slight grasp of. What I can't get my head around though is how do I 
get a domain name to point to the IP address of my PC?
This IS possible right? I bought my current PC froma gamer. It's some kind 
of stupidly fast 'dual core' and it has LIGHTS ON THE RAM!...So it is fast 
anyway and I have a fair bit of spaire storadge in all of my old harddrives. 
Would you reccoment this over buying a domain and webspace and is it fairly 
easy?
Cheers for any thoughts!
Jon.

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