- 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 Net 4 India. Then his
website is said to be hosted at Net 4 India.
- 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 Net 4 India'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 System DSN and what are the charges?
The charges are not different, it is simply down to
the user, how he/she designs the 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.
- What are the charges for providing
a counter?
We do not charge for providing a counter.
- 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 por
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