Project Mundo 3D MMORPG

[Rodrigo Robles]

If I were you I would contact your ISP about lifting the blockage of port 80. You see most ISP nowadays block local 80 port by default due to security reasons because port 80 was most commonly used for botnets communications simply due the fact that most software based firewalls simply ignore all the traffic that goes through port 80.
My ISP also blocks port 80 by default but when I asked them to stop blocking it they simply sent me a new gateway along with needed password so I can now control myself which ports are blocked and which are not. Now they did warn me that with this I might be compromising security of my computer and that they could hold me responsible for potential damages caused if my computer does gets infected with some malware which then starts further spreading from my computer.
Also at the same time they told me that for merely 5€ a month they offer hosting of a smaller website with 200 MB of storage space with built in database support. That would probably be enough for hosting some smaller forum.

This ISP is known to block this port (although we have a law that forbid this), and there are few competitors that are really bad too... Probably in the short term I will host the website somewhere but keep the game server in-house.

[Ñuño Martínez]

About hosting, I use OVH, not too expensive, 10M hosting for free just buying the domain (no database though)... I'm happy with them.

Anyway, SourceForge includes free hosting with PHP and MySQL. Why don't you use it?

[Rodrigo Robles]

About hosting, I use OVH, not too expensive, 10M hosting for free just buying the domain (no database though)... I'm happy with them.

Anyway, SourceForge includes free hosting with PHP and MySQL. Why don't you use it?

The server runs a freepascal binary that opens a direct TCP connection, so at least a virtual server is required to run.

[Ñuño Martínez]

Oh, then it wouldn't be so cheap.

[phibermon]

A number of dynamic DNS services such as noip.com offer a port redirect feature for just such blocks - when setup your game can connect to the new hostname at port 80 which will in turn connect to any Host/Port that you desire.

If you've ever owned a DLink device you can get a free account with dlinkddns.com by using the serial number of your DLink device as part of the signup - not sure if they offer a port redirect but considering a dynamic DNS account with no expiration requires a subscription and considering the vast number of dlink devices out there with users that never make use of the dynamic dns service offered?

Buying a cheap Dlink router off ebay and using its serial number can be considered as a cheap one off payment for a quality DDNS service - all the better if you get a cheap router that's compatible with dd-wrt which when setup gives you a super powerful device (I use mine as a range extender)

[gasdeveloper]

If you can afford $10 per month, digital ocean and linode both are good choice for virtual cloud servers. I think digital ocean even has a $5 monthly server.

[Rodrigo Robles]

If you can afford $10 per month, digital ocean and linode both are good choice for virtual cloud servers. I think digital ocean even has a $5 monthly server.

For this price? I'm going to check this now!

[Rodrigo Robles]

If you can afford $10 per month, digital ocean and linode both are good choice for virtual cloud servers. I think digital ocean even has a $5 monthly server.

You're right! It's really impressive!

[Rodrigo Robles]

A number of dynamic DNS services such as noip.com offer a port redirect feature for just such blocks - when setup your game can connect to the new hostname at port 80 which will in turn connect to any Host/Port that you desire.

If you've ever owned a DLink device you can get a free account with dlinkddns.com by using the serial number of your DLink device as part of the signup - not sure if they offer a port redirect but considering a dynamic DNS account with no expiration requires a subscription and considering the vast number of dlink devices out there with users that never make use of the dynamic dns service offered?

Buying a cheap Dlink router off ebay and using its serial number can be considered as a cheap one off payment for a quality DDNS service - all the better if you get a cheap router that's compatible with dd-wrt which when setup gives you a super powerful device (I use mine as a range extender)

The tip about dynamic dns service offered by dlink is very interesting, I never heard about that.

For this specific problem, the website can be hosted cheaply. I believe I will host the website at some third-party and keep the server in-home.