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Christoph · 06-25-2002, 07:53 PM

Actually - if you have a couple of public IP addresses (some DSL ISP's give out 5 to customers here) you could run your own DNS and web server. Here's how that works:

You install DNS on your server (e.g. BIND) and put it onto the Internet. Let's say you name that server "ns1.yourdomain.com" with IP 123.123.123.123 - You setup a zone file for your future domain with MX record (email) and all the necessary stuff (www,ftp, etc.) - Now you buy a domain name "yourname.com" ! At your registrar you first register the DNS server (name and IP address) from above. Most registrars check in that moment if that server responds to DNS queries. If your server responds they accept it. Then you set the DNS server name into the proper field for your domain name and after 24-48 hours you should be able to resolve the name. That's a very short description of how you could get it to work.

You need an always on Internet connection and at least 2 IP addresses and 2 machines.

Christoph

06-25-2002, 07:53 PM	#7
Christoph Member (10 bit) Join Date: Jun 1999 Location: Denver, Colorado / USA Posts: 545	Actually - if you have a couple of public IP addresses (some DSL ISP's give out 5 to customers here) you could run your own DNS and web server. Here's how that works: You install DNS on your server (e.g. BIND) and put it onto the Internet. Let's say you name that server "ns1.yourdomain.com" with IP 123.123.123.123 - You setup a zone file for your future domain with MX record (email) and all the necessary stuff (www,ftp, etc.) - Now you buy a domain name "yourname.com" ! At your registrar you first register the DNS server (name and IP address) from above. Most registrars check in that moment if that server responds to DNS queries. If your server responds they accept it. Then you set the DNS server name into the proper field for your domain name and after 24-48 hours you should be able to resolve the name. That's a very short description of how you could get it to work. You need an always on Internet connection and at least 2 IP addresses and 2 machines. Christoph __________________ Life is a journey, not a guided tour.