Hosting at home

[nevpugh308]

Calling on that greatest of computer related knowledge bases again, er, Pistonheads ......

I'd like to try my hand at setting up a spare PC I've got kicking round as a web server, connected to the world via my 600k BB link. The site is always going to be very low traffic, and is more of a play really, so I can't imagine I'm going to get hassle from my ISP.

I've already got static IP addresses on my existing PC's, but what I dont know is, after I've registered my domain name how do I link the two together ... i.e. how do I tell the world that when someone types www.something.com that it's got to come to my PC ?

Thanks !

(p.s. it'll be windows 2000 server)

>>> Edited by nevpugh308 on Monday 4th August 14:51

[bigtone]

Get your ISP or whoever looks after your domain names to change the A record for the names to the IP address of the server. You'll then need to set up the web sites to recognise incoming requests from those domain names and point them at the relevant virtual web sites. In NT this is done in IIS, and host headers, but not sure on the W2K front.

Hope this is of some help!

Tony

[alan_driver]

Can you not just use domain forwarding and hide the re-directed address. I knoow you can do that with OneAndOne. namesco allow you to froward from something.com to take you to 192.168.1.1 or whatever your IP is. So I guess it depends on wou you registered your domain with.

[nevpugh308]

alan_driver said:

So I guess it depends on wou you registered your domain with.

I haven't registered it yet, so I can go with whatever option is best / easiest / makes most sense.

[dontlift]

nevpugh308 said:

alan_driver said: So I guess it depends on wou you registered your domain with. I haven't registered it yet, so I can go with whatever option is best / easiest / makes most sense.

www.freeparking.co.uk/ they give you free forwarding and full DNS control

[Bodo]

dontlift said:

nevpugh308 said: alan_driver said: So I guess it depends on wou you registered your domain with. I haven't registered it yet, so I can go with whatever option is best / easiest / makes most sense. www.freeparking.co.uk/ they give you free forwarding and full DNS control

Here is a list with different dynamic DNS providers

[Mark.S]

Worth keeping in mind that your more likely to attract the interest of hackers if you have a public facing website hosted.

Its so cheap to host a website these days (£8/month) that I'd be inclined to pass the risks on to a hosting company.

[ErnestM]

Activate the DNS server in your W2K install and then inform your registering service that your Win2K server will supply primary DNS. That way you can direct requests to any public IP you wish...

ErnestM

[nevpugh308]

Thanks for the ideas folks, I'll chase them up .... most of this is all chinese to me, but it will be fun figuring it out