Hi All,

Can someone tell me the best way to resolved this issue:

I am currently out of Bandwidth (for the remainder of this month)

My Question is:

Is there someway that I can redirect my current domain (which is hosted) to my local machine (which I just installed Abyss Webserver, with php 5)? I don't have mysql installed at the moment, but am going to soon. I will be needing mysql, as my site makes use of 1 database using mysql.

The reason I want to do this, is to basically use my machine as a backup bandwidth machine if/when my hosting account runs out of bandwidth. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I don't know if this is feasible, but I think you get where I am getting at.

Thanks alot!

-Brian

Contact the host and ask them to change the IP to your server in there DNS zone

Hi,

In General, would you know if asking this quesiton to my webhost company would be a good idea? Meaning, If I plan on still using them? Or would that not even be an issue?

Thank you.
-Brian

If you ran out of bandwidth I guess they may allow you to purchase extra for just this month or upgrade your plan, however it you used all your bandwidth I wouldn’t mind changing the IP for a short while as long as you are paying!

You could just change your name servers to another provider temporary until next month.

I think the easiest thing would be to ask your host to bump up your bandwidth quota for the remainder of the month. Either that or upgrade to a higher plan if you think this may become an ongoing issue.

Yes, buy some bandwidth from your web host if you can afford it. It usually is only a one-time thing.