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<BR>If this is your first time online and you don't understand the internet, then don't draw a blank - our Q&A section helps you out with simple language.<BR><h1 align="center"><font face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Internet Business Services</font></h1>
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<p><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">How should I set up an ADSL modem/router?
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<p><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">Using a private network
IP address and the public IP and DNS details provided by your ISP… more
Every ADSL modem/router is different, and the way to set them up is different, so you should refer to the manual and <a href="http://isp.sitesource.com.au/">ISP
information</a>. As a basic guide though you need to consider that on either side of the modem/router there needs to be a computer network (even if it’s only a computer network of one on your side). Your ISP will provide you with your IP address (most often this is a static number), their DNS server IP addresses (at least two of them) and a gateway IP address. All these are programmed into your modem/router on the WAN side.
On the LAN side (ie your computer’s side) of the modem/router you need a basic network. Normally an IP address in the range from 192.168.1.1 through 192.168.1.254 is assigned to your computer (as well as a sub net mask, often 255.255.255.0) this can be done manually, but many modems/routers offer the ability to do this for you automatically.
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<p><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">How can I get my own email
address? </font></p>
<p><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">Register your domain and
then use a web hosting service that also offers an email server… more
To use an email address like YourName@YourBusiness.com you need to register the domain name, then sign up with a hosting service that offers email services. If the service is a POP3 service it means that you will be able to use programs like Outlook or Express to access your emails.
Once you have a hosting server, setting up your email addresses is normally fairly simple as most providers have simple interfaces for this purpose. All hosting <a href="http://solutions.sitesource.com.au/">services</a> that SiteSource recommends come with Email included, the number of mailboxes that can be set up depends on the plan that is chosen.
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<p><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">How does a website take
online payments? </font></p>
<p><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">By using a payment gateway
to process payment information and <a href="http://estore.sitesource.com.au/">deliver
confirmation</a> back to your website
and funds into your bank account… more
To get money from your website user into your bank account is a fairly easy process. Firstly you need a web server, often you may want to activate SSL on this service (which is normally an optional extra charge, or to activate a dedicated IP address is). You create a web page that collects all the<a href="http://results.sitesource.com.au/"> information</a> needed to process the charge, ie the customer’s details, amount and credit card number. Next you use a special script to transfer this information to a payment gateway.
The payment gateway takes this information, communicates it to your bank and credit card company, the payment is either accepted or declined and the payment gateway sends a special script back to your website to tell it whether the <a href="http://diy.sitesource.com.au/">payment
is accepted</a> or rejected. A popular method for scripting this process in the PHP language, which is supported by many web servers.
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