- What is Hosting?
This is when a user has his/her website on someone else's servers.
E.g. a user may register a domain with net4domains, and then place
his website with net4india. Then his website is said to be hosted
at Net4india.
- How do I get it ?
Please refer to our hosting HOWTO www.net4india.com/howto/hosting.html
- Why do I need it?
If you wish to have your website seen by users 24 hours a day,
then it must reside on a server which is connected to the Internet
24hrs a day, such as Net4India's
- Is the hosting on NT or on Linux?
The hosting is on Linux by default. If you wish to use ASP,MSSQL
or Front pages then please notify us, so that we will host it
on NT.
- Are FTP details supplied, so that I can
upload my site?
If you have taken webspace from us, your FTP username/password
will be emailed to you.
- What is the path for CGI FILES?
By default we do not allow direct access to the CGI-BIN directory.
The path is www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/yourscript.pl
- Is the space used by my database part of
the overall space that I purchase?
Yes.
- Are you providing CGI-BIN access?
We do not provide direct CGI-BIN access
- What is the path to the perl interpreter,
and what version do you run?
The path is /usr/bin/perl, and the version is 5.005_03. This is
ONLY on Linux
- I can't Login to upload my site.
You will have three types of login
a) A 16 number username, this is for maintenance, creating emails.
b) A POP username/password combination. This is for retrieving
emails
c) A FTP username/Password. This is used to upload files
- Do you support SSL?
Currently we do not support SSL, or offer hosting on Secure Servers
- What is the guaranteed uptime of your server?
98% over the course of the year.
- Where are your servers hosted?
All our servers are hosted in various parts of India. This provides
faster access for sites, which are meant just for users from India
- What is your bandwidth like?
This is a difficult question, since our bandwidth changes constantly.
We have a simple principle to monitor our bandwidth, and maintain
a 10-15% buffer. Once this is breached, we endeavor to increase
our bandwidth.
- Do you offer telnet service?
No, you cannot telnet to our servers, and we will not be providing
this service.
- Can I increase my webspace at anytime?
Yes just email us, and we will increase your webspace.
- What are your costs, for MS Access, MSSQL
etc?
Please view our web hosting page
- Can I host more than one website under my
10Megs of webspace?
No, we can point as many domains as you require to your webspace,
but we will not point domains to subdirectories under that webspace.
- What is the difference in MS-Access and
MS-SQL database hosting as far as the price is concerned and the
no of users that can log on at a time?
The difference is primarily the cost (refer to www.net4india.com/costs.html).
There is no limit on the number of users who can logon, how ever
if your site is very heavily used and there is a lot of querying
of the database, then please try to use MSSQL.
- Can MP3 files be hosted on our server,
is there any extra charge for the load our servers will bear for
the download requests?
Yes they can as long as they are legal. We reserve the right to
close any site which we find to contain copied, or illegal material,
e.g. pictures, software, sound files.
- Do we have Real Audio and Video Support?
Yes we do, as long as your are referring to pseudo real audio,
i.e. using .ram, .rm. files etc. We currently do not have a real
audio server, how ever we will be installing one in the near future.
- What is the difference between file DSN
and Server DSN and what are the charges?
The charges are not different, it is simply down to the user,
how he/she designs their site.
- What are charges for preparing A CGI based
Feedback form?
There are no charges, you can use our form to mail CGI, on
our servers, to carry out the processing. To refer to our FormMail
section click here.
- What are the charges for providing a counter?
We do not charge for providing a counter.To set one up please
look at our counter setup section
- Do you provide access logs?
Yes we do, and we provide them only on a monthly basis.
- Can I maintain my own site after you have
configured it?
Yes you can upload, change your webpages, etc as often as you
like. In fact once we have created the webspace, and registered
your domain, we do not actually do anything else to your site.
- What do you mean by data transfer/month?
This is simply the number of Bytes, which have been transferred
from your website over the period of one month. This does NOT
include any Bytes that have been transferred while you have FTP
to or from your website. Only when access is made via your website.
- Data storage requirements, how will it
be done and can we maintain our own database?
We simply create you database here, and then you remotely manage
it, using one of the various DB clients, e.g. MSSQL clinet, to
link to your DB on our servers.
- What is a host?
A host is simply a machine. A domain name is like a street name.
To point to a particular house, we need to add the hostname to
is, e.g. www, ftp, to form the FQDN (Fully qualified domain name)
www.domainname.com
- What is the process involved in web hosting?
Firstly, you need to get a domain, and then buy some webspace.
After this is done, design a website, and upload it to the server.
Please refer to our hosting HOWTO www.net4india.com/howto/hosting.html
- What is Virtual Domain? Non - Virtual Domain?
A virtual domain, is one which looks as if it is hosted on it's
own SERVER, but is not, a non-virtual domain is simply hosted
on a machine on its own, with no other websites on it. To do the
latter you would have to co-locate your own server on our network.
- What is mirroring of the server?
This usually applies to websites, where the website is mirrored
across two countries. If users come from country A, they will
go to the server near them. It's basically creating a mirror image
of a website on another server.
- What is Pointing to the Server?
This is when a domain is registered in one place e.g. net4domains,
and uses there name servers, but the website is hosted elsewhere.
Hence the www.yourdomain.com record has to be POINTED to that
server
- What do I call the first page of my site?
Please call the homepage index.html index.htm index.asp (on NT)
or default.htm (on NT)
- What type of servers do you host?
We host NT and Linux servers. If you wish to have any other OS,
then you can opt for our co-locating services
- How much space does a static page take?
Each character takes approximately 1byte. To see the size of the
page, just right click on it, and go to properties (in Win95).
If you have images on it then please add up the total of all these
images also.
- Can I host my web pages in the free web
space offered by some other agencies?
Sure, just tell us where to re-point or forward your domain. This
will mean that the URL in the browser will change as soon as the
redirection has occurred. In other words, your domain name will
not show up in the location bar once the user is looking at the
site.
- Will your server accept credit card transactions?
Not currently.
- Do the hosting charges include your mirrored
servers?
No
- Will you be giving me a separate server
if I pay extra for it?
Yes, we offer co-location services.
- How can I measure or study about my visitors?
We provide users who have a domain name with us access logs on
a monthly basis.
- Does your Server support Live Video?
We do not offer this service as yet.
- Does your server support Live Chat?
We do not offer this service as yet.
- Is it necessary to do designs through you
since I am taking space from you?
No, feel free to design the site yourself, or from any other design
house.
- Is design inclusive of programming?
When we quote for a site, we will include the programming costs
as additional, even though it forms the overall design of the
site
- Does the design include content development?
No, we do not provide content for the site. We can however create
the images, page layout etc.
- What language do you use for Design?
The majority of the website is done in HTML. If programming is
required we will do it in Cold Fusion, ASP, Perl, or any other
we find suitable, unless the customer has a particular preference.
- How can I incorporate Chat Facility?
You will have to purchase a chat server, and then install it on
your site. We do not provide a chat server at present
- How will you charge for the man-hours or
for the pages?
In website design we charge per page, for the HTML markup and
design, we charge per-man hour that is if any programming has
been done.
- Are your Charges inclusive of Web Strategy
and Consulting?
No, consulting for a web site is extra, and it also depends on
the level of Consultation offered.
- Do you support hosting the web-site developed
using JSP?
Currently not supported.
- What are your charges for registering to
various search engines?
We do not currently offer this facility
- What are the formalities and charges for
up gradation to higher packages e.g. Economy package?
You can upgrade by simply sending a DD, and upgrading from the
website.
- Are there any additional charges that you
foresee for us to incur once the web-site is hosted ?
That all depends on what you add to your website. If you opt for
a DB then that is charged extra e.g. Server administration charges,
startup/shutdown/back-up charges? We admin the server, unless
you co-locate your own server with us.
- How do I start designing a webpage?
There are many helpful sites on the web, which will guide you
through designing a webpage. Please go to your favorite search
engine, e.g. www.altavista.com and search for HTML guide.
- What is the specificatio of your co-location
servers?
a. Intel ISP2150
b. PIII 550 Megahertz (Dual or Single processor)
c. Four slots for hot swappable ultra wide SCASI hard disk (Available
9GB or 18GB)
d. Upgradable to 18GB (each slot)
e. 24X Slim line CDRom drive
f. 1.44 MB fdd
g. 128 or 256 MB RAM (upgradable to 2GB)
h. 10/100 ethernet card
i. Two Serial and One Prallel port
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