>>>>> "Keith" == Keith Wright via WLUG <wlug@lists.wlug.org> writes:

> Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug@lists.wlug.org> writes:
>>
>> We've got a meeting next week!

> I hope to tune in via jit.si

>> I think it's really worth talking about Self hosting.

> I'm not quite sure what you mean by "Self".  For twenty years I had a
> DSL connection with a static routable IPv4 address.  I had an intenet
> host with Tandy Monitor that ran a name server, mail server, and web
> server.  That's all broken now because the ISP no longer does DSL.

That's certainly a definite form of self hosting!  When you run your
own internet infrastructure (http, mail, ftp, ssh) that's you doing
the work and keeping the control.

> Instead I pay $10 month for a VPS (Virtual Private Server) from
> AfterBurst, which comes with an IP address.  Pretty much everything
> that used to be in my basement is now in "the cloud".  It's not
> "Self" because its not my computer, but almost everything else is
> the same.  AfterBurst does not do anything, just let me use their
> computer to do it myself.

I do this too with a Linode Droplet ($5/mo) but I'm thinking I should
upgrade to something with more CPU and Memory so I can run some better
anti-spam tools.

> The main problem I am dealing with now is that the internal (in home)
> network is notwork.  I have been keeping notes and put them here:

That sucks! 

>   http://www.free-comp-shop.com/none/ipv6.html

> I am trying to use IPv6, which I have never done before.  If anybody
> has any suggestions...

I've tried as well in the past, with the big issue for me being
getting from IPv6 internally to a (mostly) IPv4 network outside.  I
think IPv6 probably works better as a gateway to your home, since you
can then assign multiple distinct IPs to your own block of 64 (or
whatever the count it) of internal IPs and make them visible to the
outside.  So it removes NATing and such. 

But IPv6 just is a pain to do.  I keep reading that Charter/Spectrum
offers IPv6 IPs, but I haven't made the leap.  Still working on my
wireguard setup, which has falled to the side lately.