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Thought about buying a Spinneret? I'd love your input on this document.

Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
edited 2011-07-08 15:49 in Propeller 1
I'm posting this here instead of the dedicated Spinneret forum (for now) as it is directed toward those who have considered the purchase of a Spinneret and could use some help setting it up.

This document is a work in progress, so there are still some rough edges. Currently it contains some basic networking information, combined with Spinneret web server setup.

I'd appreciate any additional eyes on it in assisting in getting it smoothed out a bit for official release.

Setting up a Spinneret web server:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7557533/shared/Setting%20up%20a%20Spinneret%20Webserver.pdf

Thanks!
OBC

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  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-07-08 10:01
    Jeff,

    'Nice document! You might also mention services like dyndns.com, which let you attach a name to your IP address that you can advertise, instead of the actual IP address. This is important since most home users have dynamically-changing internet IP addresses.

    -Phil
  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2011-07-08 10:06
    @Phil,

    Agree'd! Items like that will be appended to the end of the document!

    Was actually already considering this as well as using Spinneret w/Email, and real world control snippets.

    OBC
  • Ron CzapalaRon Czapala Posts: 2,418
    edited 2011-07-08 10:31
    DynDns has some great free services in addition to the dynamic host service (which I use for my PINK webserver).

    They provide what they call WebHops a.k.a URL forwarding/redirection.
    For example, I have one for a web site with pictures of my Yorkie called http://pippin.mypets.ws which redirects to http://pippinpup.home.insightbb.com/

    I have also found that their DNS servers are faster and more reliable than those of muy ISP.

    My router is set to use 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 in addition to one from my ISP.
  • tdlivingstdlivings Posts: 437
    edited 2011-07-08 15:12
    Jeff
    Nice Doc
    Question
    You recommend assigning a higher port number than the typical 80 to the Spinernet, 5555 in your example and
    then further in the Doc on port forwarding you say to use 80. Should it be 80 to forward incoming requests .

    Tom
  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2011-07-08 15:49
    @Tom,

    Yup.. That's one of the rough edges... Gotta sort that out.. Thanks!

    OBC
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