DIPLink enables you to run a web server on your home PC even if your internet provider used dynamic IP numbers. (What are dynamic IP numbers? Click here) It does that by periodically checking the IP address of your computer. If it changed, DIPLink will generate an HTML link file and ftp it to a designated external web space, e.g. the webspace that you usually get from internet provider (ISP). You can then either have a link from your homepage to the link file or you can register your own domain name and forward it to the link page. If then an http request for your domain name comes in, it will be forwarded to the Link page which resides on your ISP webspace. This will link the request to your home computer where your web server is running.

Here is a diagram of how DIPLink works:

The advantages of using DIPLink are:

• Running your own webserver at home does not limit you by web space quotas that are usually quite low with the free webspace that you get from your ISP.
• Depending on your web server, you can make use of ASP, PHP, SQL server, etc. which you usually only get if you are using an expensive web hosting company.
• The link is fast, usually the surfer will see the link page only for less than a second.
• You can use your own domain name which is not possible with the free dynamic DNS services that are offered on the Internet.
  

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DISCLAIMER:

• Some Internet Service Providers do not allow their customers to run a web server. Please check with your ISP's terms of contract before using DIPLink. Borknet is not responsible nor liable for any contract violations.
• DIPLink allowes to periodically check for your computer's IP number using an external website like www.whatsyourip.com. The frequency of this check can be set to as short as 5 sec which creates a substantial network traffic for the selected website. DIPLink does NOT yet check for the robots directive, so if you set it, it will create the amount of requests. Please check with the owner of this website if he would mind this amount of traffic. Borknet is not responsible nor liable for any infringement, upsetting or other violations in this regards.