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Our
frequently asked questions database contains over 100 questions
and answers related to concerns and queries with your
Internet Webhosting
account. The database is constantly updated and if you would
like to see a Q&A added please
email us.
The following F.A.Q's is prepared especially for Cpanel for
Linux Platform Control Panel. If you require a documentation for
Plesk 7.5 for Windows Control Panel, please
click here.
Server and Network Questions
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Where are your servers located?
All of our high-performance
servers are located in Georgia, Atlanta, USA at the
multi-million dollar high performance The Global Net
Access
data-center.
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Why are your servers located in the USA ?
Our servers are located in the USA
due to the unrivalled infrastructure and global
connectivity available. Response times to sites hosted
in the USA are often superior to those hosted anywhere
else in the world, no matter where you accessing from.
You may think of the USA as the central hub of the
Internet. In addition due to the fibre capacity
available in the USA bandwidth prices are
significantly lower than anywhere else in the world.
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Which data center are your servers located at?
Our servers are located in
The Global Net Access data center, one of the
only true NOC's. They has huge fiber commitments with
the following carriers, totalling over 4.5 gigs:
UUNET, Level 3, and EPiK. By doing so, they ensure
0:00 down time.
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What are the specifications of your servers?
Processor #1 Vendor: GenuineIntel
Processor #1 Name: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.06GHz
Processor #1 speed: 3065.886 MHz
Processor #1 cache size: 512 KB
Processor #2 Vendor: GenuineIntel
Processor #2 Name: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.06GHz
Processor #2 speed: 3065.886 MHz
Processor #2 cache size: 512 KB
Memory: 2067628k/2096576k available (1646k kernel code,
28560k reserved, 1183k data, 164k init, 1179072k highmem)
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Do you have an IP address I can test with ping and
traceroute?
Yes, can ping and traceroute to
124.217.243.23
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How many sites do you host on each server?
We do not have a predefined limit,
nor can we give you an estimate. Resource usage is
continually evaluated on each server to ensure there
are no bottlenecks in the serving of your web pages.
You’ll find each and everyone of our servers extremely
responsive as we never overload our servers.
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Who monitors your servers?
Our data center monitors our
servers 24hrs a day 7 days a week, hence we are
alerted to any problems within minutes, we have an
arrangement with the data center to immediately notify
us and begin troubleshooting any problems. For
integrity we also use Alertra third-party monitoring
service.
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How often do you upgrade your servers? How does
this affect me?
We take a proactive approach to
upgrading our servers and ensure upgrades are carried
out well before resource capacity is reached.
Occasionally we will install more memory or increase
the processing power. You will be notified in advance
of any upgrade work and your files will not be
affected.
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What OS do your servers run? Do you run Windows or
UNIX?
For Linux/Unix our servers run Red
Hat Linux 9.0/ Red Hat Enteprise 3.0 Server. Linux is
a robust, highly efficient, multi-user, stable and
reliable operating system. Linux runs the vast
majority of Internet web sites; we estimate that over
45% of web sites utilize Linux servers. It is
important to note that our services are not platform
dependent, and of course you can upload files and
manage your web site from any version of Windows.
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What web server software do you run?
We run the Apache web server
software for Linux/Unix hosting and IIS for our
Windows hosting.
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What Kernel do you use?
We always have latest custom
compiled for best performance.
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Billing and Fee Questions
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What currency are your rates listed in?
All of our rates are listed in US
dollars and Ringgit Malaysia. (USD) & (RM)
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What is the billing schedule?
We bill every 365 days from the day
you sign up in case you opt for yearly
billing.
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Will my credit card be charged automatically every
billing cycle?
No, we do not automatically charge
your credit card or Paypal. You will notify by Email, after you receive your emailed
invoice, and submit payment. We do not keep any
credit card information on file.
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How do I pay my invoice?
You will be notify by Email.
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What happens if I don't pay for my
account?
Your account will be suspended and
your web site will not be accessible. Your account
will then be deleted at the discretion of the company.
It is your responsibility to ensure payments are made
on time.
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How do I cancel and request a refund under the 30
day money-back guarantee?
The refund is only covers for
Shared Hosting services. Domain name is not covered
by the 30 days money back guarantee. For more info
of our refund policy please
email
us.
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Is there a minimum contract or commitment?
Not at all. You can leave whenever
you wish. Any fees paid up to the cancellation date
will not be refunded (partially or in full).
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Do you accept PayPal?
Yes, must be made using our online
ordering form or through your Member's Area.
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Do you accept wire-transfer or money order?
Yes, but will activate the services upon payment
clearing.
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What is the billing name that will appear on my
credit card statement?
Your credit card statement will
show Internet-Webhosting as the merchant.
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Do you offer any discount for transferring from a
competitor?
Unfortunately our rates are
already extremely competitive hence we can not offer
any further discounts.
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What happens if I exceed my bandwidth or disk space
quota?
Your website will not accessible
by public and we will contact you to
discuss possible options, we will never bill you for
extra bandwidth or disk space without your explicit
agreement first.
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I only need a fraction of your xyz Plan, can I get
a discount?
Unfortunately not. Our plans are
preset, in order to maintain a high-level of service
we can not offer any discount.
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Does it cost anything to upgrade my account?
There are extra charges for
upgrading your account, just pay the different sum
from which package you would like to swift to.
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Does it cost anything to downgrade?
No, you can downgrade at any time,
your lower monthly fee will come into force the next
time you are billed. Any fees paid up to the downgrade
date will not be refunded (partially or in full).
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Content Related Questions
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Will Internet - Webhosting host a-d-u-l-t/e-r-o-t-i-c web sites?
No, We allow only LEGAL
a-d-u-l-t-sites.
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Can I upload MP3s for download by visitors?
Due to high usage of CPU
resources, we do not allow MP3 to be hosted on our
servers. If you need to upload it, please compress
and zip it.
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Do you host w-a-r-e-z, appz or serialz websites?
We do not host any w-a-r-e-z related
websites, this includes sites web linking to such
material.
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Can I host a Java chat site?
No, we do not allow java chat site.
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Can I host a VBulletin or PHPBB or InvisionBoard
forum?
Yes, we generally have no problems
with any of above PHP forums.
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Do you allow any extreme right-wing or left-wing
content?
Unfortunately due to the increased
risk of denial of service attacks on such web sites we
can not host any extreme right-wing or left-wing
content, this includes but not limited to web sites
aimed at provoking racial tension.
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Can I use Yabb , UBB or Ikonboard?
Perl based forums and bulletin
boards are not allowed, experience shows that these
are a major resource hog on the servers due to way
they are implemented. PHP based forums such as
Invision Board and VBulletin are much more resource
friendly.
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Secure Server and SSL Questions
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How to install SSL Certificate?
You have to subscribe to dedicated
ip in order to install SSL Certificate on you
hosting account. Please contact us for further
details.
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Control Panel Questions
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What control panel do you issue to clients?
Every account created comes with
cPanel 10.8. cPanel is a fully-featured web-based control
panel that allows you to manage your domain through a
web interface. The idea is to transfer as much of the
control and responsibility of managing your web site
to you. You have the ability to manage all aspects of
email, files, backup, FTP, CGI scripts, and web site
statistics.
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Do you have a demo of the control panel?
cPanel control panel URL:
https://124.217.243.23:2083
username: demo1
password:demo
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Can I create, modify and delete e-mail accounts
from the control panel?
Yes, you can create, modify and
delete mail accounts, forwards, autoresponders,
filters and mailing lists in realtime from within the
control panel.
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Can I create add-on and parked domain from the
control panel?
Yes, parking a domain on top of
your primary account and creating add-on domains can
be done in realtime from within the control panel.
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How do I access my control panel?
To access your control panel use:
http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/
Or alternatively if you are waiting for your domain to
transfer use one the following depending on which
server you are located on:
http://ip/cpanel/
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Can I access my control panel securely?
Yes, all clients can access cPanel
over HTTPS (secure connection) via: https://ip:2083
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Do you have a Multilanguage version of the control
panel?
Yes we have control panel themes
with multi-language support.
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PHP Questions
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What version of PHP do your servers use?
We use PHP 4.3.4 We upgrade to the
latest version of PHP regularly to ensure hassle-free
development and security.
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What file extension must php files have?
PHP files must have the .php
extension in order to be recognized as PHP files by
the server.
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Can I run PHP scripts in CGI mode?
Yes, in addition to the default
mod_php processing unit we also have the php
executable installed on all our servers. If you wish
to run PHP as CGI, start you script with following:
!#/usr/bin/php
<?
//code in here
?>
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Technical Support and Customer Care Questions
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Is technical support free?
Technical support is available
free to all clients. If you are having a problem with
your account we will troubleshoot it for you and if
necessary correct the problem. This does not include
help with development, fixing script errors or aiding
in your website creation in anyway.
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Do you offer 24hr 7day a week support?
Our support e-mail address is
checked every few hours, every day of week, throughout
the year. We aim to respond to all clients within
12hrs, however as many clients have found we often
respond within the hour, sometimes within minutes.
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What happens in an emergency?
In the event of an emergency you
can rest assure that we already working on a
resolution to the problem. Our servers are continually
monitored by the data-center and by a third-party
monitoring company called Alertsite. Data-center
technicians are on hand 24hrs a day for hands-on that
may required on any of our servers.
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How do I contact support?
The best way to contact support is
to raise a ticket by visiting our
helpdesk.
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Mailing List Questions
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Do you support mailing lists?
Yes, you can run as many mailing
list on your account as you wish. We recommend using
Mailman which is installed on all our servers and
ready for use. Under 'Mail Manager' in cPanel select
'Mailing Lists' and 'Add List', once created you can
then manage the list via the Mailman web interface.
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What is Mailman?
Mailman is software to help manage
email discussion lists, much like Majordomo and
Smartmail. Unlike most similar products, Mailman gives
each mailing list a web page, and allows users to
subscribe, unsubscribe, etc. over the web. Even the
list manager can administer his or her list entirely
from the web. Mailman also integrates most things
people want to do with mailing lists, including
archiving, mail-to-news gateways, integrated bounce
handling, spam prevention, email-based admin commands,
direct SMTP delivery (with fast bulk mailing), support
for virtual domains, and more.
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Where can I get more information on Mailman?
For more information on Mailman
visit
http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman.html.
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