The Little Guy Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 If I were to buy a domain at godaddy.com how would I tell that Domain to connect to my home computers web server? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s0c0 Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 I don't know what options godaddy gives you so ask them if you can update your A record. You will need to point your DNS A record at your home computers IP address. I assume you know that you'll need to forward all port 80 requests to the web servers local IP or at least setup the web server as a DMZ host. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 I used a DNS service from DNSexit.com then pointed my godaddy name servers to the dnsexit dns servers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Id'e skip godaddy all together. Just go to dyndns.org purchase a domain, and read the instructions for setting up custom DNS. Iv'e been using these guys services for a long while now (I run several sites, a mail server and a few other bits and pieces from home) and they've been excelent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Little Guy Posted March 20, 2007 Author Share Posted March 20, 2007 Id'e skip godaddy all together. Just go to dyndns.org purchase a domain, and read the instructions for setting up custom DNS. Iv'e been using these guys services for a long while now (I run several sites, a mail server and a few other bits and pieces from home) and they've been excelent. Don't they mask the URL? Is there some sort of DNS thing I could download and have godaddy point to the DNS on my computer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Read here. This is exactly what your looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomfmason Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 You could also use Zone Edit. It is a great free dns service. I used them for a long time. Also, here is a nice general link for running a web server on a dsl or cable line http://www.dslwebserver.com/ @little guy I would recommend that you research it further before actually hosting a dns server on your home system. Depending on which one you go with there are major security concerns that you will need to address before doing that. I recommend that you use a dns service instead of hosting it your self at least until you are more familiar with them. Also, as long as port 80 is not blocked by your isp the dns hosting service should not have to mask your domain. It should point directly to your ip from the zone files. Good Luck, Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Little Guy Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share Posted March 21, 2007 right now I use no-ip.com they either mask the URL, or convert the URL to my IP address. I want the URL to display, and not mask or convert To an IP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stopofeger Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Make sure u have a static ip adress from ur isp. After that just get the domain. Park the domain into any name server and point that to ur ip adress. Done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I want the URL to display, and not mask or convert To an IP Read the link I provided. Your question has been answered! Sheesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Little Guy Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 I want the URL to display, and not mask or convert To an IP Read the link I provided. Your question has been answered! Sheesh. That costs money... Is there a way to do it for free? Like some sort of download? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 I want the URL to display, and not mask or convert To an IP Read the link I provided. Your question has been answered! Sheesh. That costs money... Is there a way to do it for free? Like some sort of download? What sort of download should that be? You could install a DNS server on your computer, but tomfmason said that there are a lot of security issues involved with that so it might not be a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomfmason Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 That costs money... Is there a way to do it for free? Like some sort of download? Are you 12 or something? Most of us pay for our piece of the internet. And to be honest you are not ready to host your own server.. If you put up an insecure server it will only be your fault when it gets owned by some script kiddie. I suggest, for right now, that you stick with a third party hosting service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Little Guy Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 Its not that I don't want to pay, Its just that I don't want to pay monthly fees... So... I found this: http://www.simpledns.com/ I think It has exactly what I am looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 I think It has exactly what I am looking for. And yes. You need to pay for that aswell. It is exactly the same sort of thing. Sheesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted_chou12 Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 dont buy domains from godaddy, their service sucks, they ask you to pay for extra when it comes to domain related services. I bought my domain from them, so I know, namecheap.com might be better choice, I believe it gives you lots of more stuff besides the domain. Ted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neylitalo Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 I'm a fan of dyndns.com. As well as providing free DNS services (you get assigned a subdomain), they let you buy full-featured DNS service with your own domain name, and you can point the domain at whatever host you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrbnsn Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 I have all my domains at GoDaddy and have had absolutely no problems. When you bought your hosting from the hosting provider, they should have told you the names of the DNS servers to use. Got into godaddy.com and get to the details for your domain. In the display you should see the current DNS Servers listed, click on those and change them to the names given to you by your hosting company. Once this change is done, your domain name should resolve to your site. It may take a few days for the change to propagate through the Internet. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomfmason Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 I have all my domains at GoDaddy and have had absolutely no problems. I have also had all of my domains and a dedicated server with GoDaddy for a long time without any problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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