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SMTP Relay, Port Forwarding, Dynamic DNS and Other Network Requirements for Running Your Own Server

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In this Daily Blob Eli the Computer Guy discusses the networking requirements for running a server out of your home or office.  He talks about: finding your external IP address, internet speed, latency, static and dynamic IP addresses, dynamic DNS, MX records and SMTP relays.



Eli the Computer Guy (426 Posts)

Eli the Computer Guy has 16 years experience in technology being the guy to fix "it". From the Army, to building out new satellite offices for the enterprise, to running his own shop with 9 full time employees Eli has real world experience with almost all systems that technicians will be working with. Eli has 1600 hours of formal technical beyond his Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice on technologies ranging from Avaya PBX/ Audix to Microsoft, Red Hat Linux, MySQL, Cisco and much more.


  • Pradeep

    Hi,
    I am Pradeep, while i browsing t he youtube, I watched your video “Intro to VoIP”. That is really good. I am very impressed with your way of teaching.
    I am building my test bed for experimentation. Can you please help me how to send traffic to the system which is having private IP, which is behind the Gateway(I used linux system as gateway) from public Ip. I used the ip forward at gateway system. I am able to send the traffic from private ip to public ip system.

  • http://www.facebook.com/logan.johnston.562 Logan Johnston

    Eli how do i receive an invite to the etcg community?

  • http://www.facebook.com/mmihnat Michael Ihnat

    Hi Eli,
    Your video problem may be in your preferences in your editing program. Make sure you have the frame rate set at 29.97 frames per second (fps). Also check to ensure you haven’t accidently unlinked your video and audio timelines. If I understood you correctly you are using Adobe Premiere. On the bottom right of the screen you should see a padlock icon. If it looks like it’s unlocked then your timelines are not linked. Click on the icon to link them back up. Currently I use Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 12. The timelines are both white when linked together. If I tell the program to ignore the link to do an L cut or a J cut then the audio line turns pink if the video is moved by even 1 frame. As you are editing your piece are you rendering frequently? An unrendered video is slow moving and looks terrible. For large files to You Tube make sure they are a .wmv format. That seems to work best for PC viewing. For your lighting I would suggest doing a simple 3 point light set up with some LED shop lights from Lowe’s or Home Depot. In a small area you shouldn’t need more than 20 – 30 Lumen per light. Have a lamp on either side of the camera and one to light behind you to cut out shadows. White balance your camera and you should be good to go.
    Good luck,
    Mike Ihnat
    BYBOA Productions, Orlando, FL



















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